Hi,
We've just bought a 1920 Victorian house . A few days after moving in, realised that the quirky electrical installation of metal boxes in the cellar was not a decorative momentum that the owner had left to remind those of what the first electrical installations looked like, but the actual, working electrical installation . When we first visited the house we though "aw, look, how quaint ... " without even crossing our minds to ask, where the electrical equipment was. We were too busy falling in love with the high decorated ceilings and period architecture
Anyway, I digress ... we now have to rewire a 5 bedroom house ... (oh Lord, let there be money!) Of course, after payment of a very hefty deposit, not to mention moving and solicitors fees, money is not as abundant as it used to be ...
We've had a few quotes (still reeling from the amount of zeros in them ) but no electrician is very willing to replace the wiring in stages, so we could do the house a floor at a time (4 floors in total).
Can rewiring be performed in stages, perhaps by having two electrical systems working in conjunction until all the house has been rewired or does it really have to be done all in one go We want to rewire the whole house but still have to live in it, never mind pay for it and a full rewire would imply a lot of financial hardship, not to mention the blasted black lime which is sure to spread everywhere
Can any electricians please provide an unbiased answer?!
Thanks in advance
We've just bought a 1920 Victorian house . A few days after moving in, realised that the quirky electrical installation of metal boxes in the cellar was not a decorative momentum that the owner had left to remind those of what the first electrical installations looked like, but the actual, working electrical installation . When we first visited the house we though "aw, look, how quaint ... " without even crossing our minds to ask, where the electrical equipment was. We were too busy falling in love with the high decorated ceilings and period architecture
Anyway, I digress ... we now have to rewire a 5 bedroom house ... (oh Lord, let there be money!) Of course, after payment of a very hefty deposit, not to mention moving and solicitors fees, money is not as abundant as it used to be ...
We've had a few quotes (still reeling from the amount of zeros in them ) but no electrician is very willing to replace the wiring in stages, so we could do the house a floor at a time (4 floors in total).
Can rewiring be performed in stages, perhaps by having two electrical systems working in conjunction until all the house has been rewired or does it really have to be done all in one go We want to rewire the whole house but still have to live in it, never mind pay for it and a full rewire would imply a lot of financial hardship, not to mention the blasted black lime which is sure to spread everywhere
Can any electricians please provide an unbiased answer?!
Thanks in advance