Domestic Rewire in Nottingham, without ripping your home apart.

Service overview

What "Domestic Rewire" actually means in Nottingham.

A domestic rewire is the replacement of the fixed cabling, accessories and consumer unit inside a home — every socket, every light, every switch, every cable behind the plaster. We do it when the existing wiring is too old, too damaged or too undersized to meet BS 7671 safely, and we do it on Nottingham homes ranging from Victorian terraces in Sneinton through to 1970s semis in Wollaton and Carlton.

The brief is almost always one of three jobs: rubber-cored cabling from before 1965 that has gone brittle, early PVC from the 1960s and 70s where the insulation has crazed, or a property that has been added to so many times that the circuits cross-connect and trip on insulation resistance tests. Each is a rewire, not a patch.

Most clients are homeowners refurbishing before they move in, landlords whose EICR has come back unsatisfactory, or buyers whose homebuyer's report has flagged the electrics. Occasionally we rewire occupied homes around a young family — that takes more planning, but it is workable.

The honest bit

What happens if you keep deferring the rewire

Deferred rewires almost always fail in the same sequence. The insulation resistance starts dropping circuit by circuit. The RCD nuisance-trips when it rains, then trips for no obvious reason, then doesn't reset at all. A socket gets warm. A light pendant scorches. Eventually the home insurer asks for a satisfactory EICR at renewal and you can't get one.

The wrong response is the most common one — calling a general handyman who replaces the consumer unit on top of failing cabling. The new RCBOs spot the underlying faults instantly and trip continuously, so the protection gets bypassed or downgraded, and now you have a modern-looking fuseboard hiding the same dangerous wiring it always had. We see this every month on EICRs in NG postcodes.

The right move, if multiple circuits are degraded or the home is older than 1970, is a full rewire planned around your timeline, not an emergency one done at the worst possible moment.

How we deliver it

Our domestic rewire process, step by step.

1. 1. Survey & quote

   We open a couple of accessories, test insulation resistance on every circuit, photograph the consumer unit and supply head, then issue a fixed written quote within 24 hours.

2. 2. Strip-out & first fix

   We lift selected floorboards, drop cables through joists, install new back boxes and run the first-fix cabling — usually 2 to 4 days on a 3-bed home.

3. 3. Plaster make-good

   Chases are filled, ready for your decorator. We don't paint, but we leave walls flat, square and ready.

4. 4. Second fix & consumer unit

   Sockets, switches, lights, cooker outlet, EV-ready outlet if specified, all terminated to torque settings. New 18th Edition consumer unit fitted with full RCBO protection.

5. 5. Test, certify, sign-off

   Full BS 7671 inspection and testing — continuity, insulation resistance, earth fault loop, RCD timing, polarity. EIC issued the same day, NICEIC notified to building control within 5 working days.

Why it matters

What you actually get.

New 18th Edition consumer unit fitted as part of a full house rewire — Beeston, Nottingham.

Technical depth

Full vs partial rewire, modern materials, and what's actually behind your walls

Not every property needs a full rewire. We split the work into three real categories. A full rewire replaces every circuit and the consumer unit — typically necessary on rubber-cored or pre-1970 PVC homes, or where insulation resistance has dropped below 1MΩ across multiple circuits. A partial rewire keeps sound circuits and renews only those that fail testing — common on 1980s–2000s homes where one or two upstairs lighting circuits have been damaged by spotlight downlighter installs. A consumer unit upgrade alone is the right answer when the cabling itself tests perfectly and only the protection is out of date.

Modern domestic rewires use 6242Y twin-and-earth cabling with copper conductors, 1.5mm² for lighting and 2.5mm² for ring final circuits, with 4mm² or 6mm² for cooker and electric shower runs depending on load. We use Wago lever-action connectors in maintenance-free junction boxes wherever a joint is unavoidable, and we install metal back boxes throughout — never plastic — for fire integrity. Consumer units are 18th Edition compliant with metal enclosure, surge protection and full RCBO per circuit (not the older RCD-mains-switch arrangement).

Where you live in Nottingham changes the job. Victorian and Edwardian properties in The Park, Mapperley Park and West Bridgford often have lath and plaster walls and joist runs that don't take kindly to standard chasing — we drop cables through floor voids and into existing trunking where we can. 1930s semis in Wollaton and Sherwood usually have suspended floors above a cellar or void, which makes first fix faster. New-build estates in Edwalton or Bingham almost never need a rewire; if you're being told they do, get a second opinion.

Scope	Typical price (incl. VAT)	Notes
1–2 bed flat / small terrace	£3,200 – £4,800	Single floor, limited circuits, occupied or empty.
Typical 3-bed semi-detached	£4,500 – £6,800	Standard scope, full house, new consumer unit included.
4-bed detached or extended home	£6,500 – £9,500	Multiple lighting circuits, possible second consumer unit, garden and garage circuits.
Period property (Victorian / Edwardian)	£7,500 – £12,000+	Lath and plaster, harder cable runs, conservation-friendly accessory choices.

What changes the price

• Whether the home is occupied (adds time) or empty (faster, cheaper)
• Floor coverings — fitted carpets are easy, solid hardwood or tile means routing through ceilings
• Whether new circuits are added (EV charger, electric shower upgrade, garden office)
• Accessory finish — standard white plastic vs brushed steel or screwless flat plate
• Plaster make-good standard required — flat for paper or skim-finished for paint

The person responsible

Joshua Richardson & Benjamin Clurow

Co-Directors

NICEIC Approved Contractor, NICEIC Part-P Domestic Installer

Joshua Richardson and Benjamin Clurow co-founded JBRC Ltd and are the two named directors at Companies House (#17015285). They jointly run the business — both surveying, pricing and signing off domestic rewires across Nottingham, so every customer is dealing directly with a director from quote through to certification.

Recent jobs

Real domestic rewire work, recently signed off.

1920s 3-bed semi, Sherwood NG5 — full rewire on a vacant property between owners.

5 working days. New 12-way RCBO consumer unit, EV-ready isolator added.

Sherwood, Nottingham

Victorian terrace, Sneinton NG2 — rewire as part of buy-to-let refurbishment.

7 working days around the kitchen fitter. Satisfactory EICR issued same day.

Sneinton, Nottingham

1960s 4-bed detached, Edwalton — partial rewire after failed EICR.

3 days. 4 circuits replaced, consumer unit upgraded, kept the family in residence throughout.

Edwalton, West Bridgford