JPCoetzee:
It's a bit more than that - furniture removed and carpets taken up (three bedrooms), walls chased out (dust!) and plaster patched up throughout. Family put into temporary accommodation etc etc.
It is certainly possible to rewire an occupied house, but it isn't half a bother. Floorboards up on one side of the bed, move bed, floorboards up on the other side, etc. It helps considerably if the switch drops are under capping or mini conduit, which you will only know when you start poking around. New chases can be made without spreading too much dust around.
I know that it can be done 'cos I have done it for my daughter, but unless the occupant is very cooperative, it doesn't really seem to be a commercially viable proposition. Only for love, not money! ?
JPCoetzee:
It's a bit more than that - furniture removed and carpets taken up (three bedrooms), walls chased out (dust!) and plaster patched up throughout. Family put into temporary accommodation etc etc.
It is certainly possible to rewire an occupied house, but it isn't half a bother. Floorboards up on one side of the bed, move bed, floorboards up on the other side, etc. It helps considerably if the switch drops are under capping or mini conduit, which you will only know when you start poking around. New chases can be made without spreading too much dust around.
I know that it can be done 'cos I have done it for my daughter, but unless the occupant is very cooperative, it doesn't really seem to be a commercially viable proposition. Only for love, not money! ?
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