House rewiring in Bristol
Full and partial rewires, planned room by room so you can stay in the house while the work happens.
A full house rewire in Bristol costs £4,500–£8,000 excluding VAT for a typical three-bed and takes five to ten days. That covers stripping out the old wiring, new cabling to every point, a new consumer unit, sockets and switches throughout, and certification. Bristol's Victorian terraces and 1930s semis are the classic candidates: if your wiring predates the 1980s, has old colours, or shows rubber or fabric insulation anywhere, a rewire conversation is due.
This is for you if
- The house still has old colour wiring (red and black, pre-2006) and original sockets
- An EICR or survey has coded the installation C2 or worse
- Rubber or fabric-insulated cable is visible anywhere
- Sockets are scarce, extension leads are everywhere and nothing has RCD protection
- You are renovating anyway and the walls will be open
- Lights dim when the kettle goes on, or fittings buzz and run warm
What's included
- A room-by-room survey and a written scope: every point, every circuit, agreed before work starts
- New cabling throughout, designed to current BS 7671 circuit standards
- A new metal consumer unit with RCBO and surge protection
- Sockets, switches and light points where modern life actually needs them
- Chases made good to a plaster-ready finish, floors relaid, dust managed room by room
- Full testing, Part P notification and the Electrical Installation Certificate
The standard we work to
Rewiring is notifiable under Part P; cabling, circuit design and RCD protection to BS 7671; chases and penetrations made good to a plaster-ready standard.
| Guide range | £4,500 – £8,000+ |
| Typical duration | 5–10 days |
| Compliance | Rewiring is notifiable under Part P |
Guide ranges for budgeting, excluding VAT. We confirm a fixed price in writing before any work starts; the price we agree is the price you pay.
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Rewiring: what people ask
How much does it cost to rewire a house?
In Bristol: £4,500 to £8,000 excluding VAT for a full three-bed rewire, including the new consumer unit and certification. Two-bed terraces start around £3,800; large four-bed houses run £8,000 upwards. The national figures you see online start lower because they often exclude the consumer unit, assume empty properties, and price for outside the south west. Partial rewires, one floor or a set of circuits, are quoted by circuit and are often the right answer where an extension already renewed half the house.
Read the full answerHow long does a rewire take, and can we live in the house?
Five to ten days for a full three-bed rewire, and yes, most of our clients stay in. We work room by room: circuits are isolated in sections, power stays on where we are not working, and each room is habitable again before we open the next. An empty house is faster and slightly cheaper; an occupied one just needs a plan, which the survey produces.
Read the full answerHow do I know if my house needs rewiring?
Age and evidence, in that order. Wiring in red and black colours predates 2006; a fuse board with rewireable fuses suggests nothing major has been touched for decades; rubber or fabric insulation means the wiring is from the 1960s or earlier and is genuinely urgent. The evidence layer: an EICR gives you a definitive, coded answer for £150–£280, which is the right first step if you are unsure. Buying a house with unknown electrics? Make the EICR part of the purchase.
Read the full answerDoes a rewire include redecorating?
No, and be suspicious of anyone who bundles it vaguely. A rewire means chasing cables into walls, so there will be filled chases and localised making-good; we finish everything to a plaster-ready standard, smooth and ready for paint. Full redecoration afterwards is a decorator's job and prices separately. The honest sequencing advice: rewire first, decorate after, never the other way round.
Read the full answerRewiring across Bristol
The same prices everywhere; what changes is the housing. Each page covers what rewiring runs into locally: the wiring eras, the walls, the consent.
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