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They asked me to send them photos and video, which I have done and waiting on further response.

Yes, because the two meters agree 100%, my thinking was there is a conspiracy to defraud the unsuspecting British public... I would not put anything past them. Otherwise it may mean we are really spending all this electricity. For what its worth we are spending about 70% of our traditional...

Because the isolator, a huge box, has an output of a 35mm armoured cable, impossible to intervene, whereas the company's meter only outputs two relatively easier to handle tails. The crimps alone that go into the isolator require a 3 foot crimping tool.

I also have a huge isolator right after the smart meter, but I fitted my own meter between the two, so had to pull out the main fuse. From the isolator we have a 35mm (I think) armoured cable going down into the ground, so not easy to fit the additional meter there.

Just to report back, after about 3 weeks of use, the supplier's electricity meter and the one I installed, match 100%...

Thanks, I have written to Victorian Plumbing, see what they have to say. The order was on the 29 September 2024.

The bathroom's basin mixer tap has become very stiff in all directions (left-right and up-down) otherwise the tap works properly. Other same taps in the house are all OK. They are all about 1.5 years old. hansgrohe Logis basin mixer 100 w/o waste Where should I be looking to fix it? Would...

I wanted to fit another electricity meter, just to check on the company's one, The company's is a smart electricity meter with wifi and a SIM card cellular module, also used by the gas meter. "I" pulled out the main fuse, did the work (20 minutes maybe), put it in again. The electricity smart...

I have two external doors, both PvC, with large glass panes, with semi obscured glass, very smooth on one side and a very fine texture on the other side (Stippolyte). The doors were installed in the past few years. Unlike other doors and windows, where the glass panes were clear and smooth on...

Terrible! there should be a WARNING on the box then. It's hardly been 12 months! Next repaint will be with water based paint then? Not sure how it will take on the existing eggshell paint. Or maybe some specialised paint/chemical for this purpose?

This manufacturer ( cannot recall name ), and another ( MIRA ), both DEMAND a bed of sand and cement, and go to great lengths to emphasize that and absolutely no foam or silicones. Stone resin, flat bottomed, 25mm overall, thinning to about 10mm as you get into the centre where the water...

Yes but a repair might prevent the crack extending further, especially since we do not step on the centre. But at £500 it seems crazy money. Yes, he says he uses foam everywhere and is adamant that the tray was defective ... The manufacturer explicitly specifies a bed of sand and cement with...

We painted the new house 14 months ago. For the walls and ceilings we used Johnstone's brilliant white matt emulsion (which I supplied from Brewers) and for the wood work, doors, architraves and skirtings, we used Johnstone's Brilliant White Eggshell oil based (which the decorator supplied)...

Would anyone be able to recommend a shower tray repairer who does not charge an arm and a leg? The shower tray, since fitted a year ago, has developed two hairline cracks around the waste, which is in the middle. The tray sits on plywood, but is not well supported (fitter used foam), and in...

In the UK, incoming water and gas have been plastic for decades, since at least the 80s. Then it was black and yellow, now it is blue and yellow, but plastic all the same. In the TN-C-S supply, which I assume is what I have in the UK, the E only exists as long as the supply's N is intact. If...

Yes exactly. The supplier's N gets disconnected away from the house. The house's N and E are intact and shorted together inside the meter's housing. The house's own E, in my case a rod in the ground, obviously has some resistance, which has not been noticed, not until the supply's N got...

It was my bad description. I was trying to describe that the supplier's N got disconnected away from the house (overhead cables). I was also trying to describe that the supplier's N joins the house's N and the house's E "at the meter" (3-way connector inside the enclosure which houses the...

It happened to us! I did not know this could ever happen. Supplier's neutral snapped off away from the house. We did not realise. For many days some people were getting mild shocks in the shower when touching the shower tap, but nowhere else. Finally, one day, we got a *much* larger shock in...

Pumping from storage tank into house. The pressure switches are mechanical and adjustable, from what I understand.

I have a 50L expansion tank, and have bought 2 pressure switches (in the post). I have a non-return valve at the pump input, and a 6 bar pressure valve at the pump output.