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Grounds for recommending a full rewire?
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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 461056" data-attributes="member: 490"><p> If you are ripping out the kitchen anyway, then I suspect most issues can be resolved with that work. Cable at nearly 50 years old is going to be nearing the end of its life - testing will ascertain if its any good or not, but as there are no diffinitive guidance on cable life, the test resuts will be open to opinion regardless (in theory anything that passes test is good for 10 years). As stated above, it would be worth resolving any issues like hidden JBs before fitting new flooring. As Pro Dave has said, it may be possible to refurbish rather than full re-wire, but it isn't that much of a cost saving in my opinion. A full rewire could be done in stages, ie start with kitchen, new board and replace feeds to upstairs sockets / lights whilst trashing kitchen. Then extend works from that on a room by room basis - this saves damage to decor in every room and having to live with that until a room is ready to be redone, unless you are lucky enough to be able to afford to renovate whole house in 1 go</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 461056, member: 490"] If you are ripping out the kitchen anyway, then I suspect most issues can be resolved with that work. Cable at nearly 50 years old is going to be nearing the end of its life - testing will ascertain if its any good or not, but as there are no diffinitive guidance on cable life, the test resuts will be open to opinion regardless (in theory anything that passes test is good for 10 years). As stated above, it would be worth resolving any issues like hidden JBs before fitting new flooring. As Pro Dave has said, it may be possible to refurbish rather than full re-wire, but it isn't that much of a cost saving in my opinion. A full rewire could be done in stages, ie start with kitchen, new board and replace feeds to upstairs sockets / lights whilst trashing kitchen. Then extend works from that on a room by room basis - this saves damage to decor in every room and having to live with that until a room is ready to be redone, unless you are lucky enough to be able to afford to renovate whole house in 1 go [/QUOTE]
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