The Order of Things...

[dpm_dpmartin]

I appreciate this question might sound daft, but I'm going to go for it anyway...

I've just completed on my first refurbishment property purchase. It's a tidy sturdy little terrace where I intend to spend around £10,000 to bring it really up to date.

I think a new Consumer Unit, likely a rewire, replacing a back boiler hidden in a chimney breast with a new boiler and some building work (removing a door and a wall to open up the kitchen so it becomes a kitchen / diner and that much more appealing) will need doing - that's before any of the normal, more cosmetic, stuff.

In terms of 1) new central heating and 2) a rewire - if both are to go ahead - which should I have done first? Is there a common sense order to these jobs that I haven't yet got my head around? Or should I, ideally, be aiming to get both separate professionals to liaise if there's to be major work like pulling up floorboards, chasing into walls, re-laying cables and pipes?

 

[EFLImpudence]

It's not a daft question but the answer is rather obvious.

You don't want one to come in and then make good only for the next to come in and start ripping apart again.

Plumbers and electricians may talk to each other but it's up to you to project manage.

You will need power for the central heating to be commissioned.

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

Lovely. This makes sense.

 

[noseall]

I intend to spend around £10,000 to bring it really up to date.

I think a new Consumer Unit, likely a rewire, replacing a back boiler hidden in a chimney breast with a new boiler and some building work............

I had to stop the sentence there because that's where the £10k ran out.

 

[noseall]

In terms of 1) new central heating and 2) a rewire - if both are to go ahead - which should I have done first?

It's easier to thread cables around pipes than it is to thread pipes around cables. The electrician will also be able to bond any pipework as required.

 

[ladylola]

I'm a joiner and have at times been employed on sites prior to and during the period when both electrical and pipe work are being undertaken . Reason for this , and no disrespect to other trades is intended , is that some can be a little , shall we say , rough when it comes to taking up boards , notching , drilling and similar works.

 

[longdogs]

Trades would find it so much easier if boards were screwed down instead of using brad nails.

 

[dpm_dpmartin]

I intend to spend around £10,000 to bring it really up to date.

I think a new Consumer Unit, likely a rewire, replacing a back boiler hidden in a chimney breast with a new boiler and some building work............

I had to stop the sentence there because that's where the £10k ran out.

£2,000 for the new central heating (quotes received around this mark), £2,500 to £3,000 for the new metal Consumer Board and complete rewire (1 quote in at the top-end so far) and £5,000 for a pretty super kitchen, including some building work to knock part of a wall down..?

 

[ladylola]

Trades would find it so much easier if boards were screwed down instead of using brad nails.

Can't argue with that , it would be so much easier but nails look so much better

 

[JBR]

Trades would find it so much easier if boards were screwed down instead of using brad nails.

Can't argue with that , it would be so much easier but nails look so much better

Doesn't really matter if they're under a carpet, though.

 

[ladylola]

Can't argue with that either .

 

[Gasman28]

In terms of 1) new central heating and 2) a rewire - if both are to go ahead - which should I have done first?

It's easier to thread cables around pipes than it is to thread pipes around cables. The electrician will also be able to bond any pipework as required.

Is bonding required with a new 17th edition board?

 

[noseall]

In terms of 1) new central heating and 2) a rewire - if both are to go ahead - which should I have done first?

It's easier to thread cables around pipes than it is to thread pipes around cables. The electrician will also be able to bond any pipework as required.

Is bonding required with a new 17th edition board?

No idea.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Main bonding, yes. Supplementary, probably not.

 

[Dextraneous]

I'm a joiner and have at times been employed on sites prior to and during the period when both electrical and pipe work are being undertaken . Reason for this , and no disrespect to other trades is intended , is that some can be a little , shall we say , rough when it comes to taking up boards , notching , drilling and similar works.

Even Hitler's butchers of Belsen would wince at the disrespect shown to god's produce!