Recent content by SamJames

I live in a top floor flat and the building has a flat roof. The kitchen hood and bathroom extractor fan flues both go straight up through the roof. Last year around November water started dripping down the outside of both the kitchen hood flue (soaking wooden cabinets) and from where the...

Do you know, I've had this cabling for a few months now and, despite looking for writing before, didn't notice that there was a slight embossing on it! It says this: Pamukkale Kablo H05VV-F 5G 1mm² Basec TSE <HAR> 2013 PX95 I'm assuming that means it's 1mm²? Just at the terminations at the...

I'd also like to say thank you to you Tony, for your fast responses and far clearer explanations than I've had from anyone I've had to deal with. If only you had fitted my flat!

Luckily I have retained all the original cabling and everything that has been taken out. I don't have a caliper or any means to measure the difference between 1 and 1.5mm though so have taken the electrician at his word. Obviously, as the wiring has melted I trusted that he was right in that...

Since this thread started, I have asked a few of the other flats and no one else has reported any of the same issues. The flats are all fitted with vented cylinders which are only slightly raised above ground level so all the flats have very poor hot water pressure. As far as I'm aware, we're...

Just thought I'd update everyone on the current situation. After a lot more pressure on the developers, they've sent over the NICEIC certification again which they claim proves that the wiring was sufficient at 1.5mm². We are now stuck again as our electrician claims 2.5mm² is necessary and...

I haven't said it isn't anything to do with me. I notified the building management (they act on behalf of the developer) as soon as the issue was spotted but so far they've ignored the issue. It's a fairly new block with lots of renters so ideally I would need to get into contact with the...

Thank you all so much for all your advice. It's been really helpful. Tell me about it! Two bad electricians but at least I know a good one now. Would it be fine to turn it up to the maximum mark? It's on the penultimate mark but only at 40 degrees. I'd have thought it wouldn't be a 25...

Thank you for the fast replies. The wire stubs in the first photo are from the 1mm^2 cabling that the first electrician replaced with 2.5mm. After the second electrician turned the thermostat down, I left the timer on for a few hours on his advice to check the temperature and it reached a max...

I moved into a new build flat in July 15 and have had repeated issues with my immersion heater which have stumped electricians. Would really appreciate a second opinion. I have a cylinder in an airing cupboard with an immersion heater at the bottom which is the only source of hot water (no gas...