Understanding Electrical Safety
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25+ years of experience
As Scotland’s leading rewire specialist we have been rewiring Scottish homes for over 25 years.
Excellent Customer Ratings
With over 500 five-star reviews on Trustpilot and Google, our reputation speaks for itself.
Family-Run, Scotland-Based
Proudly family-owned, we’ve been rewiring homes across Scotland since 2000.
Certified Specialist
All our electricians are NICEIC-certified, ensuring top-tier safety and compliance standards.
Are My Electrics Safe?
If your property was built more than 25 years ago, it is time to check your electrical system. Unless your system has been upgraded within the last 15 years, it is very likely it may need replaced. We offer free visual inspections on all local installations and timely quotes for any remedial works.
HomeRewire has been rewiring properties around Glasgow and the central belt for over 10 years. We have the experience to tell you very quickly whether you are likely to need an upgrade — often just by looking at an image of your fuse box, which you can send to us via our Fusebox Finder page.
Alternatively, call us on 0141 459 5909 to arrange a formal assessment or test of your system. We may be able to greatly improve the safety of your home with a few simple upgrades.
Reasons to Rewire
People choose to rewire their home for a number of different reasons, but the most common is peace of mind with regards to safety. Old or faulty electrics can lead to fires or electric shock, so it is important to maintain them properly.
The risks of faulty electrics are well documented. Faulty electrics are responsible for 12,500 fires and 2,000 electrical shock accidents in UK homes each year. With the introduction of residual current devices, the risk of fire and fatal shock is massively reduced — providing your system is installed to BS7671. HomeRewire are an NICEIC approved contractor, so all our work meets this standard.
Signs That Your Electrics Are Outdated
Here are the most common signs that your electrical system may need replacing or upgrading:
- Skirting-mounted socket outlets
- Toggle-type light switches
- Fuses blowing regularly
- Cable with sheathing other than PVC
- Lamps blowing regularly
- Signs of overheating at outlets or general damage to outlets
- Re-wireable fuses rather than trip switches
- Minimal socket outlets in rooms — one or two single sockets usually indicates an old installation
- Wooden-backed switches or fuse boards
- Lack of an earth cable at switches and sockets
- Cables coated in black rubber (phased out in the 1960s)
- Cables coated in lead or fabric (pre-1960s)
- Cast iron switches or fuseboxes, or a haphazard mixture of fuse boxes
- Older round-pin sockets and round light switches
- Braided flex hanging from ceiling roses
- Brown and black switches
- Sockets mounted in skirting boards (pre-1960s)
If you recognise any of these signs in your home, contact HomeRewire today for a free assessment.
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We’ve rewired thousands of homes across central Scotland, earning over 500 five-star reviews on Trustpilot and Google.
Mrs Beattie
From first contact to completion of job, we have nothing but praise for team who worked on my dad’s (91 years old) Rewire! They left his house as we left it… clean tidy and everything back in place, which will easier getting my dad back in his own home. Thank you to the team for an excellent job, well done!
Noreen Flaherty
Team HomeRewire is an outstanding and very professional oranization. From the initial visitation and evaluation, to office support, and eventual installation, everyone was a joy to work with. The installation team did an outstanding job and happy to accommodate our wishes at every turn. I can not recommend HomeRewire enough for your home rewire project.
Paul
We prebooked homerewire for our new property before we moved in. Our move in date was delayed by two weeks and they managed to reschedule us with no hassle at all. Ryan and his team done a great job of our rewire, there was slightly more involved than they had initially thought, and I had added on a few extras from the original quote and they still finished the entire job slightly ahead of schedule! I couldn’t make it for a handover with Ryan so he sent me pictures and a video walk round before they finished to ensure that I was happy with the work. Would highly recommend homerewire to anyone else.
25+ years of experience
As Scotland’s leading rewire specialist we have been rewiring Scottish homes for over 25 years.
Excellent Customer Ratings
With over 500 five-star reviews on Trustpilot and Google, our reputation speaks for itself.
Family-Run, Scotland-Based
Proudly family-owned, we’ve been rewiring homes across Scotland since 2000.
Certified Specialist
All our electricians are NICEIC-certified, ensuring top-tier safety and compliance standards.
