Recent content by barki

Thanks everyone who has replied, I've been spoiled with ideas. Ive called yet another electrician and asked for an EICR and planning to install the new rod day before he gets here. May buy one of the cheap testers mentioned above to give myself some confidence in the new rod install before...

I was planning on wrapping some self amalgamating tape I have around the top few inches that pass through the concrete before I mortar up around it.

JohnD - what is "The Titan"?

That's a novel idea. My latest brainwave is chop back the concrete immediately around the old rod, buy a threaded coupler (both old and new rods are 5/8), hope the threads match, then use SDS driver to push the old rod 4' further into the earth and this end up with an improvement. Also would...

Well, there is no gas in my area and the mains cables are overhead. Mains water and sewers come and and go out of the property elsewhere. I think my risk of services is therefore limited to drains/gulleys from/under the patio. It's also a bit close the the wall (foundations) but it's only a...

I'm happy to pay for an EICR, house last had one in 2021 before I moved in so it would be comforting anyway. Ive order a new 5/8 rod (same as existing), rod driver, a new box and and clamp. Would it be legal for me to flip my master switch off, pull the old rod out (might not be easy...

Keen not to hit services (although I believe there are none in that area. Hence thinking new rod alongside old rod seems the best spot?

Thanks for your responses - I'm pretty sure the rod needs replacing too, not just the clamp. Perhaps I could drive a new rod in alongside the existing one and just swap it over with a new clamp, then EICR to follow?

Hi all, I've failed now three times to get even a quotation out of nearby electricians to do this job. Power comes to my house overhead, and we have a ground earth rod in the back garden. For some reason, years ago, the inspection pit was installed proud of the concrete base that it passes...

Thankyou both. I will go for it then. It is indeed too low to connect into the white waste pipe internally, but the idea about it coming through the wall by that pipe could work. Great idea, thanks. It looks to me like it can come out as indicated on this pic: By the way, can you tell from...

Hi all, The white pipe pictured comes from my Grant Vortex oil boiler. There is nothing wrong here, except that my kids are now of an age that they want to play with basketballs etc on the patio and I can just see this getting broken. Same with the black pipe, which goes to our earth rod...

Thanks all for your responses. Screenshot attached of the same area in dry weather, taken last summer. Does seem likely to be rainwater. Agreed, I need to get up there. Thanks

P.s - looking in the eaves, I can see that the breeze block on the inside of this is dry.

Hi all, I noticed this today - the damp patch around the area where this soil vent pipe enters/exits the brickwork. It's quite high up there so I'm not exactly rushing to grab my ladder. May opt to hire a scaffold tower. Anyway, can anyone tell if this looks like this is just condensation...

Thanks very much to you all.