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So I got it sorted. The door fitters were stars and indeed we did manage to cut a conduit outside the new door frame for the "earth" cable to pass through. Temporarily. Thankfully I am now aware that my electricity system needs updating - to be fair I would never have known or bothered...

B*gger. B*gger. B*gger!!! Defeated. This is getting way beyond my level of having a go. At least I am still alive so many thanks again for all the knowledge and sound advice. Have decided to postpone the door fitting for tomorrow (the fitters will be pleased!), take the safe...

Great knowledge! Will definately get an electrician. More than happy to invest in a new consumer unit and many thanks for the advice. Back to my immediately pressing problem - can I connect both the (apparent) earth cables to the same place internally? I don't want a bodge job here as 100%...

Yes the electricity comes from a pole. Pic of Chilton box below: Thanks

Thanks again for replies. Pic of box on way but will take a while to upload etc. Fully intend to get an electrician to sort this out - suspect I may end up getting the whole house rewired as an extension of this job as I have no idea what has been done before and much of it is old. Main...

Retrying to add full size pictures, apologies......

Hi & thanks for the quick reply. 3 photos attached (hopefully). Does this provide what is needed? The cable with the red hand-drawn "circle" is the one that goes out of the house through the door frame........... Cheers //media.diynot.com/174000_173871_37799_70039311_thumb.jpg...

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[come in Consumer Unit :lol: ] Hi All, Would be grateful for any help please. There is a switch between my meter and consumer unit. This is earthed locally. The consumer unit is also earthed (if everything is sound - the cable looks to have been there for 20+ years). The...