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Wales n West are in the process of renewing our gas main from metal (?steel) to lovely yellow plastic. The previous system was bonded to the MET from immediately after the meter. Should the original metal pipe, that now acts as a conduit for the new plastic main, be bonded where it enters, or...

My son has an urban substation almost abutting onto a back corner of his property. He is looking into purchasing the otherwise fallow ground at the rear of his garden that would then butt up against the substation fence. Presumably there are DNO earth rods associated with the substation...

Looking to "upgrade" my internet access by moving to fibre - BT Infinity or similar, not Virgin. Currnetly my BT Mastersocket is in a cloakroom under the stairs. THe Cloakroom has a loo and small wash-hand basin. As I understand it having BT fibre means a new BT faceplate and modem router...

Just got back from my mother-in-laws where I have discovered that they have just had the house rewired. They live in the Welsh Valleys and are both in their 80's. I believe thats this was done by/for the local council and has been funded by a Grant - the house is owner-occupied, not rented...

My son, who currently rents his house, asked me to come and inspect his instantaneous electric shower as it has recently started to smell "fishy". He had looked at the shower which seems to be OK and the main ceiling isolator. This is the source of the smell. The last 3 cms of the "live"...

My mother has just received the paper work for her consumer unit replacement and resiting. From what I know there are one or two possible problems with the work/paperwork. She has had a duel RCD unit installed. Both the light circuits are on the same RCD - I was told by the electrician...