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My house is 30 years old, the electrics still look OK by todays standards, plenty of sockets and no problems apparent, but an electrician neighbour insists that a rewire is now due, and has set about doing his own house.
Do the regulations set down a maximum age for an istallation and when should |I be thinking of rewiring? Any help would be appreciated as this preying on my mind a bit now.... Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Over thirty years the only major changes are to earthing improvements and the increased use of MCB's and RCD's. To put your mind at ease have an inspection carried out to determine if your installation is safe and complies with current regulations.
If it does not comply then it does not mean a complete rewire is necessary, only those parts that need changing, most likely the main and supplementary earthing. If you haven't one already an RCD will give increased protection from electric shock from faulty appliances and MCB's are quicker operating, more sensitive to overload, more convenient to reset and where no RCD is fitted, help keep earth fault voltages low in live to earth fault conditions, but not essential.