Recent content by kharri99

thanks for the reply electrician has done 1st fix but wants to do consumer unit after with 2nd fix which may prove difficult in my opinion once the board is applied to the beams

Hi all .Im in process of having garage converted into a dining room. Electric meter is staying in situ but want to make it easy to hide disguise. So im looking at various options . Can the meter be removed from its backing so to make it flatter against the wall. Also before plasterer starts...

Ok thats great I willl crack on with it tomorrow.

Hi im knocking through into a garage I had converted a few months ago. The builders put a concrete lintel in the brick skin of the wall to make a new doorway but they left the inner skin leading into the house breeze block as I wasn't ready for it to be knocked through at that time. My problem...

Thanks for all the replies i have contacted a local utilities company to come and quote hopefully they will be alot cheaper than national grid.

So i need metre moved then there is no way of adjusting pipe work. if so is it only national grid that can alter the pipe work.

Hi some pics of how metre is situated. And a pic of service pipe entering directly behind metre.

Thanks for the replies i will upload some pics later tonight. The service pipe runs up the outside of the garage approx 2 feet then goes through the wall to the metre. The garage was a single skin attached to the house i have had it converted to a two storey. So I've had to have the block work...

Ok thanks for clarifying that. Guess i will have to stump up the money is there anyone else who can move metres. Apart from national grid

Hi all I have just had a garage converted into a playroom for kids I have only had the shell built. The builder said gas metre needs to be moved outside. As its set in the cavity of the new conversion, the metre and isolator valve is all accessible. I got a quote off national grid of £1170 to...

hi all, I have a Ferolli optimax and today I noticed that when the cold water tap in the kitchen is turned on it starts banging and spluttering( as if there is an air lock), but the water is a creamy colour and it turns the combi boiler off, has anyone come across this and any ideas what...