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yup thats the one. my main source of earth (providing the water board havent put plastic pipes in, and they have had the streets up in recent years due to burst pipes) think i might have to try and get pull some slack and fully clamp it myself (just looked a little closer and this is the...

that goes to the CU (i assume) it goes into the gap between the cellar celing and the kitchen floor and i can only assume it follows to the CU

ok so here's the update: sparky came today and i told him bout the earth, he was unsure why they disconnected it from the water main but he said he would reconnect (which he almost forget untill i mentioned it as i was showing him the door) he's done all the sup bonding on the pips for the...

Replacing the Consumer Unit is notifiable to your local building control department under Part "P" of the Building Regulations in England & Wales

the lighting is on 5a mcb with 2 radial circuits on each

how often is a PIR required?

thanks, will let you all know how it goes

unfortunately cause its a rented property we have no say in what we get, but we are due for a CU upgrade with a split load on with. i will ask the sparky about the earth while he's here

yeah they are !hopefully!

we're they ever earthed is the question, look at this pic: http://www.arcintl.force9.co.uk/elec/40.jpg before it was just those two braided cables going to next door via a fuse in my house and now they have changed it (see http://www.arcintl.force9.co.uk/elec/7.jpg )

will i have to use 2.5 t&e or will 1.5 be ok?

yes it was a cylinder in the top bedroom above the bathroom i am going to put up a fake wall and tile over it so none of the pipes will be seen :) opt out for a thermostatic shower? i was thinking of getting a thermostatic mixer? is this not suitable?

what would i achive from coming down from the cieling? wouldnt i have to come across then down that way? rather than coming straight across? (the boiler is 2 floors down if that helps so its not a case of gravity is it?)

just put a pic up of the bathroom where id like to put the shower (needs decorating obviously) http://www.arcintl.force9.co.uk/bath/1.jpg as you can see in the pic there is the white boxing in the corner where the water piped ran down from the airing cupboard. now that the boiler is in...

i would of liked to take the feed from the cieling rose in the bathroom but i know our joist run the wrong way so i cudnt of fed the wire to the wall without having to hack into the cieling after every joist. i will check and see if the extrator has a permanent supply (it should because my...