Electrical People - Rewiring Cost

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Does anyone have an idea how much it would cost to rewire a 3 bed mid-terrace? I'm just looking for a ballpark figure - £1k? £2k?

Also, how much to install power to a garden shed? Not including laying about 60' of armoured cable as I'd be happy to do that myself.

Thanks in advance
 
I had my house (3-bed semi) rewired about 18months ago, it cost £1.5k. (Yorkshire)
I would have said around £2-3k, if its a one man band I would say the lower end of £1.5-2k, a firm with a couple of guys nearer the £3k mark, maybe more.

The cost though will be dependant on sockets, chasing etc, if you're cutting costs go for white plastic sockets (replace later) and offer/do the chasing yourself.

When the sparky has finished the install do the shed yourself, ask him if he'll include to test when complete.

Why do you want armoured cable? If you must use armoured, lay the cable and just let the sparky make the terminations and test, it'll take all of 10mins and would probably do it for free.
 
If your southeast the I recon 2-2.5k minimum. It's kind of a how long is a peice of string question, you need to be more specific I.e are you going to be using cheap GET or MK/crabtree etc... How many points per room...

Best bet is get a local sparks round to give you a quote, but definitely expect more than £1k :)
 
I will guess at 3k.

You do not have to use SWA for your shed. Just get some PVC ducting and use T+E cable, just work out what is the cheapest!
 
Think ours was around £2300.

Thats new junction box, fully rewired, new light fittings, switches, sockets in every room and a new alarm fitted.

He started it on Monday last week, just one man on his own and he's nearly finished it now. He only had the alarm and the rest of the kitchen to do today.

Might want to get some prices for the plastering aswell, some electricians can give you a price or can recommend someone. There'll be quite a lot of work that needs to be done though after they've done though i.e redecorated etc.
 
Will you be wiring in a network as well?


Stanners said:
You do not have to use SWA for your shed. Just get some PVC ducting and use T+E cable, just work out what is the cheapest!
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You can pull a data cable through the ducting as well.... ;)
 
C.R.A.Z.Y said:
Errr maybe because SWA or MIMS is the only type of cable you should run any significant distance outside without any extra mechanical protection!
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MIMS or MICC is primarily for installations where there is risk of fire, or in critical systems i.e fire alarms. You can install it but costs more than armoured and is a little trickier to terminate.
If you install SWA you're also going to have to gland the cable armour at either end of your new DB's, probably an adaptable box next to the DB.

Ducting/trunking is mechanical protection, if its outside and going to be buried it needs to be 450-500mm underground regardless if you use T&E with conduit or some form of armoured cable.

In the end work out which is cheaper.
 
Kagemusha said:
MIMS or MICC is primarily for installations where there is risk of fire, or in critical systems i.e fire alarms. You can install it but costs more than armoured and is a little trickier to terminate.
If you install SWA you're also going to have to gland the cable armour at either end of your new DB's, probably an adaptable box next to the DB.

Ducting/trunking is mechanical protection, if its outside and going to be buried it needs to be 450-500mm underground regardless if you use T&E with conduit or some form of armoured cable.

In the end work out which is cheaper.
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"No specific requirements for depth of burial are given in the Regulations, except that the depth should be sufficient to prevent any disturbance of the ground reasonably likely to occur during normal use of the premises. Hence, a cable to outbuildings installed under a concrete path could be at 400 mm, whilst if running through a cultivated space which could be subject to double digging would be less likely to disturbance if buried at 700 mm. For caravan pitches, cables should be installed outside the area of the pitch, unless suitably protected, to avoid damage by tent pegs or ground anchors."

Extracted from The Electricians Guide Fifth Edition
by John Whitfield
(Which i am guessing is based on the BS7671 17th edition)

Also MICC or the good old fashioned name of pyro ;) is not designed to be directly burried in the ground, this too would be required to be in a ducting
 
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BS7671 doesn't specifically mention a depth. Not that I've found anyway. Utilities and services are usually buried 450mm min. with warning tape at 300mm.
 
No BS7671 does not give depths but the NJUG guide does which can be used as a rule of thumb guide as it applies more to street works. :)
 
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