If there is an old-fashioned-style fuse box, with big white ceramic-style fuses, then the chances are that the property needs completely rewiring.With two or more sets of circuits, it can be very difficult to know if all of them have been disconnected when undertaking work and this is unsafe.More information about our products and services can be found at or call 03.Implementation Dates: 1st January 2015 - The Third amendment to BS 7608, The IET Wiring Regulations, became effective on this date.By the 1910s, locally generated electricity was in widespread use.Once it became available, new villas were wired for electricity, and earlier ones had the wiring added as an early renovation as owners were quick to install electric lighting. The earliest wiring was cloth-wrapped rubber insulated, set into ½” (12 mm) metal pipe conduit. Conduit was fixed into the back of timber block fixed to the internal lining.It was often used to provide additional outlets so may still be present in conjunction with conduit cabling.

Even if you already own the property you are renovating, it is important to know early on if any rewiring work will be necessary, as it can be very disruptive to the fabric and decor of the building, and so is best completed early on, before any re-plastering or redecorating work takes place.

The rest of Europe however was changing over very quickly.

In 1999 it became apparent that a new European standard for wiring and cable colours meant that the UK would have to catch up pretty quickly and change fixed cable colours to suit.

The first villas were lit with candles and paraffin lamps.

In the 1870s, production of coal gas occurred in most large and many small towns.