cavity brick with plasterboard finishes, concrete lintels. Good loft access, generous under-floor voids and a straightforward driveway make the physical work easy; the variable is always the CU generation.
If you own a post-war semi in Swansea and need full property rewires, the right spec is usually not the most expensive one. On this stock the sensible answer is metal-clad 18th Edition CU with RCBO per circuit — matched to the wiring generation, not a lift-and-shift from a new-build brochure.
That is the standard we quote to. Fixed price, honest survey, SPD retrofit, and paperwork the next EICR won't question.
Good loft access, generous under-floor voids and a straightforward driveway make the physical work easy; the variable is always the CU generation.
Wiring generation on this stock is typically rewired 1990s–2010s; kitchen and bathroom often updated separately with mixed board vintages. On a post-war semi you should expect us to flag: kitchen refit added post-rewire, socket circuit no longer matches the original ring layout; bathroom shower feed on a 6mm radial with an isolator hidden above the ceiling; outside tap or outside socket added on a spur without RCD protection.
Materials and methods we spec on post-war semi work: metal-clad 18th Edition CU with RCBO per circuit; SPD retrofit; shower feed uprated to 10mm where the run length demands it. Everything is priced on the quote — nothing added on invoice.
Focus on the hallway or garage, the consumer unit location, and the intended cable route. Usually 15–30 minutes on-site or a short photo set.
Priced against your post-war semi's specific construction, not a template. Route sketched, materials listed, no line-item surprises.
Diary planned for the access constraint that matters on this stock — good loft access, generous under-floor voids and a straightforward driveway make the physical work easy; the variable is always the cu generation.
NICEIC certificate, photo evidence of hidden work, Part P where applicable — all emailed the evening the job signs off.
From M4 J42–J47 the Swansea area, post-war semi addresses cluster in specific streets — we know the layouts before we walk in, which shortens the survey and firms up the quote.
metal-clad 18th Edition CU with RCBO per circuit; SPD retrofit; shower feed uprated to 10mm where the run length demands it. All on the written quote.
Two things: kitchen refit added post-rewire, socket circuit no longer matches the original ring layout, and the wiring generation — rewired 1990s–2010s. Both go on the quote, not the invoice.
Not unless the quote says so. On period stock in particular we route through floors, lofts and non-original plaster; cornices, dado rails and original panelling stay intact.
Common enough that we work on this stock most weeks. coastal terraces in Mumbles and Sketty, older miners' housing in Morriston, and post-war semis around Gorseinon — the post-war semi is a recognisable slice of that mix.
Post-War Semi stock isn't confined to Swansea — the same construction era shows up across Neath and Llanelli. We consolidate diary days across the postcode.
If you take one thing from this page: the awkward part is the routing, not the install. On a post-war semi, good loft access, generous under-floor voids and a straightforward driveway make the physical work easy; the variable is always the cu generation — that's what the quote should reflect.
Calling is faster than a form when the post-war semi has quirks (kitchen refit added post-rewire). Two-minute triage, honest read on lead time, booked into the diary the same call.
