I'm looking for a very rough ballpark figure to rewire a typical 1960's ex-council 3 bed semi. (Bridgend, if that makes much difference) to beat up an estate agent with over their asking price. What should I say? £5000?
A quick look revealed most of the surface mounted double sockets were spurred from the original flush mounted single sockets with 1.5 flex emerging from behind the sockets then tucked under the edges of the carpets
- three doubles daisy chained like that way in one room - and then the boiler spurred off the last one.
There's an old brown 6 way wylex board with a 40A MCB for a shower stuffed in it.
No sign of any MEBs of course.
At least that house looked in better order than another I viewed yesterday. That had only one 13A socket per room, but a selection of 5 and 15 Amp sockets to go with it, VIR cables clipped round the skirtings and architraves, round bakelite switches and porcelain ceiling roses, all on wooden pattresses. The meter was a new digital one, but the overhead supply had what looked suspiciously like an ELCB on the end of it.
A quick look revealed most of the surface mounted double sockets were spurred from the original flush mounted single sockets with 1.5 flex emerging from behind the sockets then tucked under the edges of the carpets
- three doubles daisy chained like that way in one room - and then the boiler spurred off the last one. There's an old brown 6 way wylex board with a 40A MCB for a shower stuffed in it.
No sign of any MEBs of course.
At least that house looked in better order than another I viewed yesterday. That had only one 13A socket per room, but a selection of 5 and 15 Amp sockets to go with it, VIR cables clipped round the skirtings and architraves, round bakelite switches and porcelain ceiling roses, all on wooden pattresses. The meter was a new digital one, but the overhead supply had what looked suspiciously like an ELCB on the end of it.
