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rewiring old house

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  • 12-03-2009 3:28pm
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    RLJ
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    I saw an old house from the 60's rewired. It was all with the cables outside the plaster/walls in conduit i think it is called. It looked very untidy to me and I would not have it in my house were a rewire needed.

    I wondered if this is norm?


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    KoolKid
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    Its the norm if thats what the client wanted ( or what suited the budget)
    Maybe the owner didnt want to be re decorating after chasing all the walls.


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    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    there's no such thing as the norm, when it comes to this.... there's various options when it comes to running cables....

    There's usually a number of factors which can drive this:-
    Cost (it cost alot to chase a whole house )
    Disruption/Cleanup (re-plaster and redecorate afterwards)
    Lazyness (some guys just want to be in and out of a job)
    Lack of understanding by the customer (some people don't know/understand what they are getting)


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    Stoner
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    I think the ESB did a lot of electrical work like this, something to do with not chasing walls.


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    willbur
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    the reason is that old council houses in the 50/60 where built with breeze block and only 2'' thick so it was not poss to chase it would require replacing all internal walls with stud work and plaster board ,
    some people did not have the money to do this:cool:


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