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I don't have anything that looks like that as far as I am aware. How do I know what age the wiring is or if it does need replacing, it could have been redone as some point in the past for all I know.

Again thanks for the replies, unfortunately it is a house not a bungalow. Sorry what is VIR? The plug sockets are largely in the worng place and are in the skirting boards in places but I was planning on moving these to the correct height and spuring new ones off where I wanted additional...

The respray is a pretty good anaology to be fair. Its not so much about can't afford it more about allocation of money, if I have to reqire its less money for elsewhere etc. Whats involved in 1) a lighting rewire? 2) a full rewire? Is one more urgent than the other, one messier than...

Thanks for the replies everyone. So it doesn't have to be done, but its good practice to and may fail the test anyway in which case it would have to be done. Every room in the house needs redecorating so I can understand you saying to redo now. Problem is, like with many people, money...

Hi All, This is the first of what I am sure will be thousands of posts over the next couple of years as I have just bought my first home and it needs a fair bit of modernising. I would like to upgrade the current pull-out fuse style fuse board to a modern RCD type. I have had a number of...