Recent content by Anydm

Well I’m an idiot! When I came to look closer the incoming water pipe is indeed plastic. I had been distracted by the short length of copper between the adapter fitting and the stopcock. Pays to look closer before firing off queries on the forum! Thanks for all your input and apologies for...

I can but it won’t be until tomorrow. Thanks.

I appreciate your responses and agree that if the external part of the supply is plastic bonding would be unnecessary. I’m not sure how to establish this. Certainly the small section of pipe emerging from the solid floor is metallic (ie between the floor and the main stop-cock). At what point...

Hi I have just purchased a house with a TT supply. The last EICR was carried out in 2021 with no C1 or C2 failures. The CU is up to date with a full complement of RCBOs for all circuits together with a SPD. The main earth is provided by a buried rod on the other side of the wall outside the...

Wow….VIR that’s a blast from the past. When I was serving my time I think the old guys used to call it cab-tyre! No, the existing wiring is modern T&E and I would guess just pre-dates the change to harmonised colours (early 2000’s). Just think, if the Brexiteers had won the day then, we’d...

Hi When adding additional sockets to a ring circuit wired in old colours (red / black) and where the existing cabling is perfectly sound (IR, continuity loop impedance etc) is it acceptable to divert the existing cabling, only adding new cabling (blue / brown) as necessary? Or is it mandatory...