Recent content by Nikouk

Thanks for that John, I am very grateful. Electricians in my neck of the woods generally want £200/day to turn up (minimum), much to my malaise my finances dictate that I have to do this kind of job. The wiring in my loft is all easily accessible and I think that it would be a fairly easy...

Thanks to you helpful guys for your responses. I am a competent DIYer and have done a fair amount of re-wiring in this property, simply being told to get a sparky in to rip out and replace isn't really what this site is about is it? If I had that sort of money I wouldn't be on this site...

Hello JohnD, thanks for your reply. How do I earth my antique lighting circuit then? Nick

Thanks for the reply Chri5, When you say "I would suggest you check and terminate the earth that will be present in your renewed lighting cabling and extend this down to the shaver socket position." I'm a bit confused. The new piece of cable, which replaced the old one for the shaver socket...

Hello Luminaire, thanks for the reply. I will get all my work signed off. Forgive my ignorance, my background is plastering - what is supplementary bonding? When you say "Are the pipes plastic or metal?", do you mean the wiring conduits? If so, I must confess I simply ran a new cable from...

Hello All, I noticed when replacing the original 1968 lighting circuit in my loft (due to a strange green goo present in most of the wire/switches/light fittings-what is that?!) that the earth was redundant/not wired into the circuit. I removed the old shaver socket wiring from the bathroom...