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A wire coming from this socket had melted somehow, hence the tripping. Whatever he has done it's sorted now. But no, he hadn't tested the socket originally. I think he was looking extra money for sorting this but no way was I paying.

One more question. What are the safe zones? Also, should the spark provide a cert? Cheers.

great. thanks for the advice.

Yeah, Plaster board was existing but has been ripped out now anyways. I now have the new sitiuation of having the dryling renewed around this new wiring. Would this be a problem? Thanks for the replies by the way. D

Hello all, I've ended up stripping the drylining back in my kitchen due to refurb. It was standard drywall w/ timber stud and polystyrene slabs to insulate. Plastic sheet was between all stud work/timbers and the external wall. When i pulled the plasterboard off it was clear that it...

These cables were not behind the drywall. The spark cut into the plasterboard and insulation and the cables put along. Then the builder buttered the tracks up with bonding. I take it this is standard procedure then? I thought perhaps it was a dodgy job.

Hello all, Had a contractor in to do some work. Take down wall, move radiators, new sockets for kitchen coming in etc. I've ended up having to take down some of the plaster board that had perrished and have noticed that he has not used conduit for about 90% of the wiring. The wall was...

turned out to be a bad earth in one of the existing sockets he had wired into. got it sorted anyways. i hope! D

Contactor!! :oops: My bad... All sockets are in permanently. Spoke to spark who is coming this afternoon. Hopefully he'll get it sorted. He reckons maybe water is getting in somewhere? Cables are running through a small attic above the extension but it has never leaked beore and other...

Hello all, Sorry for the long post. Had a contactor do some work to the house for a new kitchen going in. Wall coming down, rads plumbed in and a load of new sockets. Noticed a problem a couple of nights ago. Wed night: - Fuse tripped (fuse wire type - 15A) so was replaced -...

The flashing on the three sides of the chimney that are against my tiles is in a1 condition. His side is without flashing. He is saying that because it is my chimney that it's my fix. I think he is bluffing. I also spoke to a building surveyor who is a friend and she has stated that it is...

Cheers spraggo, I've looked in the attic and the chimney does stretch across both sides of the boundary line. I'm thinking that it must be down to him to sort. Also, he tells me that he is planning on reroofing but wants me to fix the flashing anyway. Surely then the flasing on his...

Hi all, Been reading round here for a while but here is my first post. I moved into a house two years ago. Had been reroofed etc before I bought it. The neighbours roof is in bad shape. He called round today and told my partner that his roofer was replacing some tiles and noticed that...