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We booked one a while ago who is due to come on Friday. Although now the builder has pushed back completion to the end of the month they're saying they "don't allow professional snagging companies" access until we've completed. But they've allowed a sparky, wardrobe company, curtain company...hmm

Thanks for the comments guys! The whole house is like this. Not just this one section. It's a £650k new build from Harron Homes. And yes, it's passed NHBC apparently, and the other one (new home builders quality ). I'm not sure how, but NHBC seems very very basic when I've read over the...

As you may guess, it's a new build. There's a lot of chipped bricks and what I feel is pretty poor pointing all round. Or am I being a bit picky? What's your view on the quality, or lack of? Cheers

Hi everyone, Our boiler is directly under our bedroom, the main heating feed and return pipes run directly where our bed is. This can make things very hot for all the wrong reasons. Would taping a thin layer of insulation foil on top of the floor (under the carpet underlay) help block rising...

So, latest update from NICEIC - it's taken some time to get responses! Thanks again for your help and advice - it's helped a lot! Tails Length We're putting in a mechanical switch to protect against overcurrent, in the meter cupboard (as you gents recommended, of course!) Tails Location /...

We had a patio laid in October (delayed from August). It's in lovely 900x600 ceramic patio tiles. It was laid by a company, not me. So it's not really DIY as per se! While clearing a path through this week's snow, I noticed some of the tiles are "creaking" when weight is put on them. (No...

Finally had a reply from electrician. Junction Box Agrees this is an oversight. 50mm Depth Says it's fine as RCD is in place. Seems to have missed the point that the mains intake itself runs sub 50mm too. T&E/Tails Says there's on limit on length of T&E or tails as long as voltage drop is...

Minor update - tried contacting the original contractor who did the garage conversion and the electrician directly too, no response. Chasing via NICEIC now.....

Good summary! (Oh dear for me though) The corners of the pier were chipped off by the electrician to stop the cables going over a sharp corner - there isn't a channel in the brickwork sadly. MF?

Thanks for the responses guys, it really helps. I've given NICEIC shout and they point to their complaints process. Luckily we're 1 month off the 6 year cover period. (I'd prefer to go just to the contractor, but I suspect it'll drag out longer than 1 month, even if he fixes it, I expect the...

Sorry, I'm not clear on this - do you mean that it's badly terminated because due to the position and length of the mains tail, there should be a switch fuse here so there's a mechanical form of protection? (Something like the attached, which I just found online as an example, so the MCB is...

Attached! For reference, the black cable is an SWA for outdoor sockets that the house already had (the sockets I had replaced). The cable just makes use of the hole to enter the property. But if I'd not have done it that way...

As far as I know we did everything by the book, we allowed to the local authority, got an approved building notice and had an inspector come out multiple times to check the work and then finally sign it off. Both the contractor and inspector took photos too. The wall was studded and plastered...

Thanks guys, it's really appreciated! I looked over all the photos of the build and did some comparative measuring - I'm pretty sure the plasterboard is only just in front of the pillar/pier - so the cables will be direct under the board (not 2 inches). But as for the rest of the run...

Mostly visual and convenience. Although we use the room as a study, when we sell in the future, someone might want to use it as a play room or another sitting room. In the corner of the room is the boiler, which the contractor recommended simply building a small full height cupboard to hide it...