Recent content by lmk

Forget about it. Bernard, I don't have the time to deal with your silly quips. If I want those sorts of comments then I'd pick a fight with my 7 year old son. He's full of one liners very similar to yours, but in his case they are age appropriate. Over and out.

Thanks for the reply. The whole ceiling is coming down and being replaced. Above the ceiling is a bedroom. I am keen to have spotlights for purely aesthetic reasons. We are having traditional pendants everywhere else. Would mains connected spotlights give greater reliability than...

Having the house rewired. Having spotlights in kitchen. 10 in total. Electrician wants to put in:- Transformers: aurora AU-E60, premium range, 10 year guarantee, dimmable electronic. Down lighters: will either be micromark or aurora Depending what is in stock at the time or...

No he's not called Nick. I really like our builder - he has not forcedhis electricians onto us - and has said that the decision is ours to make - of course. I think this got confused because the electricians were too busy to give a professional quote - the lines of communication have been...

All of your comments are so greatly appreciated. We've just told them we're not going to use them - we need more time to think. They were actually incredibly polite about it all - thanks for your help - I will go with this other guy and update you all as to how I got on.

We are undecided - - thing is, building work starts next week and this completely screws us up - so if I sound undecided it is desperation. We do have another quote £6,500 for the work, including all materials and VAT (chrome light switches and down lights etc) so although £1K more it is...

OK, so my shopping list consists of:- all the gang ways, the doubled socket (35), the TV sockets, telephone sockets, 6 x pendant sets, 4 smoke alarms, 1 heat detectors, distribution system 4 way, 10 x 5A terminal blocks. 10 downlights - The crossed consumer unit and 18 way with 2 reds off...

OK, so I've got a great builder, worked for friends, local architect recommends etc etc . . . He has recommended some electricians. The came round and we agreed a price of £5,500 for a full rewire (5 bed house). I asked them to send me a written quote before confirming what's included and...

Thanks for the comments. The plumber is not even the cheapest quote but has a very good reputation. All things being equal we have decided to go with another plumber where everything is above board. Out of interest, would you ask for cash upfront for anything - megaflo for example- or would...

So now I'm confused.

Thought as much. We are totally prepared to pay VAT and are mostly concerned that if anything goes wrong we will not have any recourse. Think we will decline his offer and go for a competitors - cheaper and all above board.

To cut a long story short, I want to use a certain plumber - - he has all qualifications - corgi, unvented system etc. We are having a total overhaul of heating system - megaflow installed - all new pipes - new boiler nearly 10K worth of work. However, he has given me two prices a very...

Wow, what a fantastically quick response. They both have right qualifications for installing unvented systems. Both have suggested updating to out stopcock outside. However they have left these costs outside their quotes - I am chasing both on this. They both are both giving the...

Hello, new to post but have read items on this site many times. Just moved in to outdated 5 bed house. We have old lead pipes in basement and a 1970's glow worm boiler. We have had two quotes in from recommended corgi istallers. Both quotes include - installing Megaflow 210 in basement...