{"id":64,"date":"2026-08-10T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/voltiq\/aluminium-wiring-what-actually-needs-doing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:08:13","slug":"aluminium-wiring-what-actually-needs-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/voltiq\/aluminium-wiring-what-actually-needs-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium wiring: what actually needs doing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"64\" class=\"elementor elementor-64\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6588de62 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6588de62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7318eda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con 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src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/voltiq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/08\/work-pole-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14f0e21d e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14f0e21d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46db34fd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46db34fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Houses wired between the mid sixties and late seventies often have aluminium branch circuits. Buyers hear the word and assume a full rewire is coming. Usually it is not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5838441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5838441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why aluminium behaves differently<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13af40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c13af40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aluminium expands and contracts more than copper as it heats and cools, and it forms an oxide layer that resists current. Over decades of load cycling, a screw terminal that was tight in 1974 works loose, resistance rises at the joint, and the joint runs hot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157e31c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"157e31c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The three accepted remedies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e550c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e550c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first is a full rewire in copper, which is definitive and expensive. The second is pigtailing with approved connectors, where a short copper tail is joined to the aluminium with a connector rated for the combination and the device is landed on copper. The third is replacing every device with one rated for aluminium conductors. All three are legitimate; the right one depends on how many devices there are and whether the walls are open for other reasons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d79d84 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60d79d84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d509d1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d509d1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The cable in the wall is generally fine. The terminations are the risk.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c0c0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42c0c0dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we look for on the survey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490a6a4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490a6a4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discoloured or brittle insulation at the terminals. Warm faceplates. Flickering on a specific circuit under load. Devices marked for copper only carrying aluminium, which is the single most common finding. We open a representative sample of boxes rather than all of them, then price the remedy against the count.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd316aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fd316aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Insurance and disclosure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ebaf9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ebaf9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some insurers ask about aluminium branch circuits and want evidence of remediation. Keep the certificate and the photographs of the completed connections; it is far easier than arguing about it at renewal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2e4094 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c2e4094\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5cc87d e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c5cc87d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4358cff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4358cff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Written by<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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