Recent content by DavidEvans007

The guy from western power said they were old street light supplies, I think he's wrong unless the lights were mounted on the houses, I initially thought it was house supply as the new house supply can be seen going up the side wall and then also following a similar route to these cut ones ie...

The house on the other side of the ally is the same, taped up ends... When I suggested they fix that too I was ignored

It was in Cogan, near penarth, just outside Cardiff

I isolate all my own equipment and use the LOTOTO method at work. this is to do with my brother-in-law who as a painter/roofer isn't electrically savy, i'll throw one back with if you were going on holiday and the aircraft went tech with an engine fault, then a stewardess told you it was...

he's a painter/roofer, how many of them do you know that understand electrical safety or carry test meters?

as you can see, quite a severe burn, he was up a ladder too !... luckily he didn't come off and even more luckily it was a plastic handled hacksaw.... Im always one for saying "oh well"... but on this occasion I told him I consider it to be negligence and consider making a claim against western...

hi there, been looking all over the place for info regarding electrical safety in public places... the reason I require the info is because today, my brother in law suffered burns to his arm after cutting through a cable that was clipped to a wall of a house, the cable came out of the ground and...

thanks for all your help kirkgas, after talking it through with the missus, we decided on a total re-build of the kitchen, new units, new flooring, new appliances, new everything (new job needed to pay for it all too!!)... mainly because it'll give her maximum space without everything...

thanks for your help Kirkgas.... so basically the designers are covering their backs by stating the regulations, but it probably could be got round by what the customer says goes

have you ever answered a question about the weather with what you had for your dinner... or been asked what your favourite colour was to answer george clooney?? my initial post was for details regarding regulations, your response about ooh don't do it i cant answer your question but i set...

we live in an ex council house, ive rented the house round the corner before i purchased the place we're in now, i've been in another 4 houses in the street (all ex council and some still housing association) and every one has their kitchen layed out the same way, boiler on the wall, hob (which...

we're in the process of knocking through our kitchen into the dining room to make it from a galley to a combined, I've got 6 kids so need more space... and a bigger cooker. my plan was to buy a range cooker, one of those gas 7 ring jobbers with twin side by side electric ovens to replace the...

and what may i ask was your fix?.... i'm just weighing up getting whatever is wrong repaired or ditching the lot and getting a new combi with a better flow rate