Rewires - FCR Electrical & Mechanical Ltd - Commercial Electrical Contractors

01 Feb 2023

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5 Things To Consider When Rewiring Your Kitchen

Having a new kitchen installed in your home is a great way to add value to your property. Ensuring your kitchen electrical installation is up to standards and current regulations is really important as if the installation is in a poor condition, then you may need to remove your new kitchen to repair or rewire your kitchen.

Here are five things to consider before installing your kitchen.

If your property is over 25 years old it is advisable to rewire the kitchen circuit, cable manufacturers only guarantee pvc cables for around 25 years. If you are installing a new kitchen, it is reasonable to expect your kitchen to last at least ten years, this would result in the original wiring being around 35-40 years old. At this age you can expect wiring faults and problems which may result in having to remove your kitchen to repair.
Modern kitchens have many more electrical appliances installed than in previous generations. This can range from two ovens, dishwashers, warming draws, microwave grills, tumble dryers, hot taps to name a few. Rewiring your kitchen taking into consideration all of the new appliances that will be installed is a wise move and ensures your kitchen electrical installation is up to the demands of modern life.
If you make alterations to your existing wiring and add additional sockets, then these sockets will need RCD protection. If your wiring is 25-30 years old your current socket circuits may not be RCD protected. Installing a new consumer unit to current wiring regulations would be a perfect time when upgrading your kitchen. This would ensure your installation is keeping up with current wiring regulations. This will help if you ever come to sell your property.
Your new kitchen layout may be different to your current kitchen layout. If you need to alter the locations of sockets and switches it makes sense to rewire the circuits. It is just the same amount of work to alter an electrical circuit as it is to rewire your kitchen circuit. Rewiring your kitchen will give you peace of mind that the circuit will not fail and cause wiring issues in the future.
Rewiring your property adds value to your home. Rewiring your house can cause disruption and lots of dust as does installing a new kitchen. Carrying out both jobs at the same time limits dust, disruption, and inconvenience. Rewiring your home and installing a new kitchen are two of the most disruptive but rewarding jobs to be carried out in your home. What better way than to do them at the same time?

If you are considering installing a new kitchen to your home and are unsure about the condition of your electrical installation, your first point of call is to book in with Fylde Coast rewires for a free consultation. Our engineers will be able to advise you on the age of the electrical installation and any upgrades you may require. Please fill out the below form to book an appointment today!

If you are considering a new kitchen, check out Howdens range of kitchens here https://www.howdens.com/help-and-advice/inspiration/kitchen-makeovers/100-beautiful-kitchens

Thinking of rewiring your house? Please check out these rewiring projects we have recently carried out https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/bungalow-rewire-in-fleetwood/

21 Jan 2023

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TWO BEDROOMED REWIRE IN NOVEMBER 2022

Just before Christmas we received a call from a customer asking if we could quote for an electrical rewire and carry the rewire out before Christmas.

Now, the six weeks running up to Christmas is our busiest period as everybody is wanting their projects completed for the big day. However, in this case we jumped at the chance and the race was on!

WHY DID THIS PROPERTY NEED REWIRING?

Our customer’s problem was all his electrics kept blowing leaving him with no sockets or power for the heating boiler. Obviously, with Christmas coming, the weather starting to get colder, and no power is not ideal. This problem occurs more in older properties as they tend to only have two or three circuits, this can cause major issues if a fuse blows as it can knock out all of the sockets or all of the lights in a property. When you have your property rewired, your electrical installation is typically split over seven or eight separate circuits which limits the disruption if an MCB is to trip off.

Fylde Coast rewires carried out a site visit so we could complete a rewiring quotation and advise what we would require for us to carry out the rewire within the timescale.

We issued the quotation and documents ready for the rewiring to start. This was a two bedroomed semi-detached property with an outbuilding, it was lived in, however our client stayed out for two nights which really helped to speed up the rewiring process. See more of this project on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=524337153043215&set=pcb.524338769709720

This project was completed in three days. We had fully rewired the upstairs and downstairs sockets, upstairs and downstairs lights, the kitchen circuits including the boiler, installed a new consumer unit and re-supplied the outbuildings. If you are looking for more information on rewiring your property then visit our home page https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/

MORE REWIRING INFORMATION?

If you are wanting more information on rewiring your home then download our free Ebook, this book indicates the tell tale signs your property may need rewiring

21 Jan 2023

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BLACKPOOL REWIRE

Is it best to rewire your property whilst it is empty?

The other property we rewired after Christmas was a three bedroomed house rewire in Blackpool.

Our clients had purchased this property just before the Christmas break, we provided a full written quotation for this rewire with a full breakdown of the work to be carried out.

This property was a very straight forward project as the house was empty with no carpets down. The property needed a full rewire to all circuits including rewiring the lighting, sockets, kitchen, and oven supplies.

As this property was empty, The rewiring took four days to complete which included the issuing of electrical certificates and a Part P building control sign off certificate. It is always best where possible to rewire an empty property. To see how long a lived in rewire can take read this project https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/bungalow-rewire-in-fleetwood/?preview_id=11035&preview_nonce=5293693480&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=11037

If you want to see more about this project then visit our Facebook page where we post all of our ongoing rewires https://www.facebook.com/fyldecoastrewires

Now that the electrics have been rewired our clients are able to carry on with the property renovations which will include a new kitchen, plastering, decorating, an extension and possible loft conversion. As the property is being extended, we included the installation of smoke detectors which will satisfy building control when the extension works are carried out and will limit the need to lift the carpets and floors throughout the house limiting disruption.

If you are purchasing a new property and know that the house needs a full rewire, it is always best to make the rewiring the first project on your list. If you do the rewiring first it will allow you to redecorate and renovate the property with the knowledge that the walls will not need chasing or damaging in the future, it can be costly if you do not do this and need to chase bathroom tiles or chase wallpapered walls once you have moved in.

21 Jan 2023

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BUNGALOW REWIRE IN FLEETWOOD

One of our first electrical rewires after the Christmas break was a two bedroomed bungalow in Rossall Fleetwood

During the sale process our client asked us to carry out a full electrical installation condition report (EICR). An EICR is the best way to determine the condition of the electrical installation of a property, this is very useful if you are about to buy a property as it helps you to determine how much work is involved in bringing the property up to a standard and will help you form a valuation.

Upon completion of the inspection, the wiring was estimated to be between 40-50 years old, some of the lights had no earth conductor which is common among the bungalow properties in the Rossall area. The consumer unit was very dated and did not offer the required protection having no RCD protection. As the property was to undergo a full refurb, it is best to carry out the rewiring as the first step of the refurb as rewiring your home is one of the largest and dustiest and disruptive works to be carried out.

Once the purchase was complete Fylde Coast rewires were contracted to carry out a full electrical rewire of the property including the garage, kitchen, power sockets and lighting.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO REWIRE YOUR PROPERTY?

Our clients continued to live in the property whilst the electrical rewire was being carried out, when the property is lived in it usually adds around 1.5 days extra to the work scope due to cleaning up and putting the floor boards and carpets back each evening, this property has taken 4.5 days to completely rewire, there is a day left to complete the kitchen once the new kitchen has been delivered

The electrical installation of this property is now up to date with the current 18^th edition wiring regulations which give our customers peace of mind that they can renovate and decorate their new property without encountering any electrical problems further down the line. See here for current EIT BS7671 wiring regulations https://electrical.theiet.org/bs-7671/

This electrical installation has been issued with the necessary electrical installation certificates and Part P building control sign off certificate. To see some of our rewiring customer reviews check out our home page https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/ or visit our Google page https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fylde+coast+rewires&sxsrf=AJOqlzUmD0TIM90-f8t7bpuhY4qgL_NmUg%3A1674291229278&source=hp&ei=HajLY_auDo-BhbIPjNq90A8&iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAY8u2LXEMi0jRD-Akdd37ScQfrdMLOcw-&oq=&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIHCC4Q6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzINCC4QxwEQ0QMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJ1AAWABgyA5oAXAAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCwAQo&sclient=gws-wiz

20 Jan 2023

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HOUSE REWIRE IN FLEETWOOD

THREE BEDROOMED MID-TERRACED HOUSE REWIRE IN FLEETWOOD

For this property Fylde Coast rewires have been contracted to carry out a full electrical rewire to this Fleetwood property.

The property is benefiting from a full renovation by the new owner which will include a new kitchen, bathroom, a new downstairs W.C and utility room as well as a full loft conversion.

Most of the work such as rewiring the lighting and socket circuits have been completed in five days, this also included the patching up of the chases. We will need to revisit the property to complete the loft conversion wiring and second fix the downstairs W.C and utility rooms once these have been built.

WHY DID THIS FLEETWOOD PROPERTY NEED REWIRING?

The original wiring to this property has been estimated to be from the 1960’s and was in a very poor state. The circuits number of circuits were also limited which will cause issues if a fuse was to blow. To compensate this, we have installed the sockets on each floor on their own 16amp radial circuits with the kitchen benefiting from being installed on a 32 amp ring main due to the heavy loading of a kitchen. Each floor has it’s own lighting circuit with a separate smoke and heat detector circuit running through each floor from the loft down to the kitchen.

Throughout the property our client has opted for an antique brass finish on the sockets, switches and downlights which will be keeping within the expected look for this period property.

Originally, our client had another electrical contractor in to rewire the bathroom, they had left this room incomplete and not to an acceptable safe standard, some of the bathroom wall lights had not earth conductor, the light switch was incorrectly wired, and the bathroom fan was damaged and incorrectly wired. We rectified all these issues whilst carrying out the work

Fylde Coast rewires have rewired several properties in this area of Fleetwood near the Mount, to view other projects we have rewired please check out our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/fyldecoastrewires the properties in this area are period properties and once they have been rewired and renovated, they make fabulous family homes. If you are thinking about rewiring your Fleetwood home, then please feel free to fill out the form below for a no obligation quotation or check out our rewiring page https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/house-rewire/

25 Aug 2022

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WHY DO I NEED TO REWIRE MY HOME?

This week electrical rewire was a three bedroomed dormer bungalow in Cleveleys. We received a call from our customer stating that he has been told the property requires a full rewire. He already had an electrician lined up to rewire the property but couldn’t carry the work out until October, this is where Fylde Coast rewires stepped in and completed this work.

But why did the property need rewiring in the first place?

The first issue was the sockets kept tripping off leaving the downstairs of the property with no power to the sockets, the main reasons for this are, the properties in this area that are located close to the sea are prone to rising water under the floors, obviously water and electric do not mix very well. The rising water when drying out also cause other issues as the soil and ground dirt under the property turn into a mud substance and it seems this is corrosive to rubber and pvc, over time it wears the outer sheaving of the cables down and causes short circuits.

Another issue was, over the years there had been extra sockets installed within the property, when these alterations had been carried out, it left junction boxes not securely fixed under the floor which, when mixed with the rising water under the floor caused a short circuit.

Most of the property was still wired in the old black rubber style cables. These cables have long since lived passed their shelf life and require rewiring when come across. The insulation of these cables breakdown very easily causing short circuit problems. Click here for more information on black rubber cables https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/i-have-rubber-cables-do-i-need-a-rewire/

There were also some wiring issues from past work that did not conform to the wiring regulations which were causing issues with fuses blowing/tripping. The consumer unit was a dated model as well which also required up dating

Overall, our client had several wiring issues causing great discomfort and frustration, Fylde Coast rewires completed a full electrical rewire of this property in six days, issued all of the relevant electrical certificates. Our clients are well prepared now for the coming wet Autumn and winter weather where they will not loose their power or lighting during these seasons. There is nothing worse than loosing your lights in the middle of a cold dark and wet November night.

If you are thinking about or are needing an electrical rewire, then fill out our enquiry form below for a quotation.

25 Aug 2022

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I HAVE RUBBER CABLES; DO I NEED A REWIRE?

HELP! I HAVE BLACK RUBBER CABLES; DO I NEED A REWIRE?

If your property is still wired in black rubber cables than more than likely your property is well overdue for an electrical rewire. Black rubber cables or VRI (Vulcanised Rubber Insulated Cables) were a popular electrical cable in the UK between 1910-1950 (source-Google) as you can see, these cables are very old.

ISSUES WITH THIS TYPE OF CABLE

THE INSULATION RESSISTANCE OF THESE WILL BE VERY POOR
THERE WILL BE NO EARTHING CONDUCTOR WITHIN LIGHTING CIRCUITS
THEY WILL NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO MODERN WIRING REGULATIONS
THERE WILL HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ADDITIONS TO THE CIRCUITS MIXING NEW PVC CABLES WITH OLD RUBBER, THE PVC MAY BE OK AND THE RUBBER CABLE MAY HAVE DETERIAOTED LEAVING EXPOSED LIVE TERMINALS.
POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD DUE TO POOR CABLE INSULATION CONDITIONS

If your property is wired in this style of cable, then it is advisable to have an EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) carried out to obtain the condition of the insulation. This would give you an indication of the condition of the insulation of the cables, however, test results can vary between seasons meaning, if the weather id dry and warm, the insulation readings may be ok, if the weather is cold and damp/wet, you may get a very different reading.

At Fylde Coast rewires, our technicians will always recommend rewiring if they come across VRI rubber cables, this is because we will always put the safety of our clients and employees first, you never can be 100% sure what the cable conditions are in the loft spaces/voids and under floors of properties. Click here for a rewire we carried out that had black rubber cables and the problems they caused

Upgrading your wiring to a more modern PVC cable will correct all of the above problems and hazards encountered with the above rubber cables, they will also give you peace of mind that your property wiring is safe, secure and will last at least 40 years. Click here https://www.fcrelectrical.co.uk/why-do-i-need-to-rewire-my-home/ for an electrical rewire example we have completed in Cleveleys where Black rubber cables were installed

If you have found, or suspect you have the above type black rubber cables within your property then please fill in our free consultation form where we will be happy to visit your property and carry out a visual inspection and advise you further.

26 Jul 2022

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TWO BEDROOMED BUNGALOW REWIRE IN POULTON-LE-FYLDE

This week Fylde Coast rewires have started the week with a rewire of a two bedroomed bungalow in Poulton. Our client had contacted FCR as she was concerned with the state of the current wiring in the property. At the time our customer was not sure if she s going to sell the property or keep it for the long term. Either way, the properties electrics need to be safe.

After calling to look at the installation and provide a written quotation we did notice a few issues, the main concern for ourselves was the fact that the lighting circuits had no cpc (circuit protective conductor) or earth conductor. This could be potentially dangerous if any of the light fittings or light switches are metal, the reason for this is if there is a fault on the circuit and the metal casing becomes live under these fault conditions then there is the potential for a full 230v electric shock. Not good! Here is a link to the professional electrician magazine for an article on lighting cpc’s /https://professional-electrician.com/technical/lighting-circuits-without-cpc/

There were also some issues with the power sockets and many junction boxes under the floors, this would not always present as a problem, however during the winter months when we get a lot of rain on the Fylde Coast then there is a potential to cause the RCD to trip, this usually happens in November during the night! Also, the sockets were not in the correct places for ease of use for our client, it is quicker to rewire the socket circuits and this has also given peace of mind to our client.

**Example of Junction boxes that can be found under floors**

During the rewiring process, our client will remain in the property for the duration so we will ensure that there is no loss of power, and all floorboards and carpets are put back each night.

The consumer unit in the property is a metal split load consumer unit and meets current wiring standards and so we will not be replacing this, this helps to keep the costs within budget.

The rewire is expected to last four days and will be fully rewired, plastered chases and tested before completion.

If you or your family are considering rewiring your Fylde Coast property then please fill in our free consultation form below for a free survey and quotation.

20 Jul 2022

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THREE BEDROOMED SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOW REWIRE IN THORNTON-CLEVELEYS IN QUICK TIME

Last week Ash, Andy and Tom carried out a three bedroomed semi-detached bungalow rewire in Thornton-Cleveleys.

This property had been purchased by the new owners and only once they had moved into the property did they realise that it was in need of a full rewire.

Ash and his team had the rewire completed in three days from start to finish. Having this property rewired now gives our clients some piece of mind that their property is electrically safe and has been brought up to the current wiring standards.

They are now free to install a new kitchen and re decorate the property without any further disruptions

If you are purchasing or just purchased a bungalow on the Fylde Coast and you think it needs rewiring then feel free to get in touch and fill in our free consultation form for a free site survey and quotation

06 Jul 2022

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How much does a 3 three bedroomed rewire cost?

How much does a 3 three bedroomed rewire cost in Blackpool?

This is a very popular question that we get asked, and I suppose it is a question at the front of your mind when questing a quotation. I will try and answer the question the best I Can here.

First, no two three bedroomed properties are the same, some have conservatories, garages, ensuites, porches…You get the idea! I will take a standard three bedroomed semi detached rewire with no extension or garage.

This is a standard rewire we completed recently

Hallway

1 x consumer unit

1 x centre pendant

1 x 2 gang 2-way switch

1 x double socket

1 x earth bond main gas

1 x earth bond main water

LOUNGE

4 x double sockets

1 x centre pendant

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

DINING ROOM

2 x double sockets

1 x centre pendants

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

KITCHEN

3 X work top double sockets

2 x low level double sockets

1 x centre light

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

LANDING

1 x centre light

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

1 x double socket

BATHROOM

1 x centre led bathroom light

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

BEDROOM 1

3 x double sockets

1 x centre pendant

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

BEDROOM 2

3 x double sockets

1 x centre pendant

1 x gang 2-way switch

BEDROOM 3

2 x double sockets

1 x centre pendant

1 x 1 gang 2-way switch

The above is a typical standard electrical rewire, from here, you could upgrade with some extras such as spotlights, electric shower, car charger or outdoor lighting. The above rewire total price was £3,370.00 + VAT (apr 2022) The above price also included the plastering of chases. If you are considering an electrical rewire to your three bedroomed semi detached home then please fill in the below free consultation form for free advise and quotation.

01253 364 029

Category: Rewires

5 Things To Consider When Rewiring Your Kitchen

TWO BEDROOMED REWIRE IN NOVEMBER 2022

BLACKPOOL REWIRE

BUNGALOW REWIRE IN FLEETWOOD

HOUSE REWIRE IN FLEETWOOD

WHY DO I NEED TO REWIRE MY HOME?

I HAVE RUBBER CABLES; DO I NEED A REWIRE?

TWO BEDROOMED BUNGALOW REWIRE IN POULTON-LE-FYLDE

THREE BEDROOMED SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOW REWIRE IN THORNTON-CLEVELEYS IN QUICK TIME

How much does a 3 three bedroomed rewire cost?