Emergency Rewiring
After Fire, Flood & Fault Damage

Scope is what decides it, not how dramatic the damage looks. A fault, fire or flood confined to one circuit or a short run of cable usually just needs a repair or a partial rewire of that section. Once the damage runs through several circuits, or the cabling itself is old, brittle, or spent any real time under water, replacing it piecemeal stops being a safe long-term fix. At that point the whole affected area needs to come out and be replaced. We'll inspect the property first and tell you plainly which situation you're in before any work starts.

That depends on the cause. Insurers will usually cover a rewire triggered by an insured event (a fire, a flood, a burst pipe) but not one caused by ordinary wear and tear. We work alongside insurers and loss adjusters regularly, and can put together a written report on the extent of the damage, a scope of works, and photos to support your claim. Get that evidence in early, because most insurers want to see it before they'll authorise the work.

Depends on the scale of the job. For a partial rewire (one floor, say, or just the circuits affected by a flood), it's often possible to stay in the rest of the property while we work, with power isolated only to the areas involved. A full rewire is a different story: floors, walls and ceilings may need opening up to run new cable, and you'll have stretches with no power at all. If the damage is severe enough that the property isn't safe to occupy, we'll tell you that upfront, not halfway through the job.

Scope decides the timeline more than anything else. A partial rewire covering a single room or circuit can sometimes be made safe and reinstated within a matter of days. A full property rewire runs to weeks, not days, once you factor in stripping out, running new circuits, plastering or making good, and final testing. We'll give you a timescale specific to your property once we've actually assessed the damage, not a generic estimate pulled from a brochure.

Every circuit we install gets tested and certified to BS7671 before we hand the property back to you. That paperwork confirms the work is safe and compliant, and you'll want to hold onto it: it comes up again for insurance claims and for any future sale of the property. Not sure what applies to your specific job? Ask us and we'll confirm exactly what you'll be issued with.