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I have booked an electrician to do a condition report next week. Little concerned at what i will be told as it may take some time to find the funding if i need extensive work but its got to be done at the end of the day. I cant take risks with my grandaughter in the house. From what i have...

I definitely wont assume the first guy was a scammer, i will get a condition report done. It was the remark about wire insulation lasting 25-40 years that made me question it a bit since i dont think people have rewires every 20 years. That and the fact he had condemned my entire house wiring by...

There are two types of wire visible around the house, one is grey and the other is green and yellow. I am not sure but i think my colleague said the green and yellow is the bonding that should be upgraded All the visible wires are like one of these, the green and yellow are attached to my pipes...

Definitely not rubber, my colleague who had a good look said it was pvc and the bits he examined were in good condition but that it was 'old colours'

No, it just looked like polystyrene We had a plug socket moved some years back so that the gas cooker met regulations (the socket had previously been above the cooker) The electrician cut a massive hole in my ceiling which at the time i wasnt overjoyed with but i had a look to see what i could...

Yeh i will get someone in but not panic, i will ask for a condition report, and ask for advice on the cabling above the kitchen ceiling where i know the insulation is polystyrene. In an ideal world i will just need a consumer unit and minimal wiring work. He really put the wind up me to be...

Thanks all, you have convinced me not to use the guy i initially found. I will get someone to do a condition report and perhaps to rewire the kitchen since i KNOW there is polystyrene board touching the big grey pvc cabling in the kitchen ceiling (thanks to me having a good look when there was a...

Thanks so much guys I do know there is polystyrene insulation above the kitchen plasterboard, since when we had a socket moved in the kitchen a long time back the electrician drilled a hole in the ceiling and i saw the polystyrene then (i have since had it plastered up). The electrician who...

Hey all Money has been tight for some time and the house not properly maintained as a result (my partner has been too sick to work) However i have had a payrise and got a lot done in the last 3 years, lintels under windows, new fascia and guttering, new bathroom etc. Next on the list was...