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This is all true but then the wages we pay is becoming a service to society like council tax where you pay for schools, police etc. rather than reflecting the actual electrical value we get for the project. In other words it is possibly more cost effective to pay two separate electricians...

The average day rate is around £230 a day and happy to pay that. My issue is should a 17 year old apprentice be expected to pay the same. That’s the point I was making.

This is not a landlord query, it is a commercial site enquiry and I am not having a go at anyone, I am posting a thread opening a conversation with electricians.

I have been speaking to a nice young electrician and he is happy to do a day rate with him and his apprentice for £400. But I feel it is a bit steep as my previous electrician charges me £200 per day. The new one is him and his very young apprentice, shouldn't the day rate of the young...

I need to add a an extra neutral connection inside the CU for changing the light switches into smart ones. Are they any attachments you recommend to add inside the CU to extend the neutral bar as I have just run out.

I’m having emergency lights installed in factory. 38m long with columns in the middle. What is the best location for the lights. The ceiling has many arches. Can I have them installed at the bottom of the metal Trunking where most of the cable run through the middle of the floor ? Any...

Sorry I meant change the spur to rcd.

There is a fused spur that feeds the front security light of our property. I want to add a second security light to the side of the property and can either feed it from the wiska box where the first security light is fed from or using a separate fused spur that already exists inside the...

I am trying to replace this bulb for a lady and tried a standard E27 bulb but it will not fit inside the socket. This old bulb seems to have something like an add on what bulb do I need or shall I change the fitting ?

I'm installing this emergency light outside, above an emergency exit. There is already a fused spur feeding the nearby security spot light via a Wiska box. Can I connect one more feed to the emergency light from that Wiska box that already feeds the security light. I've heard that all emergency...

Ok thanks, it will get clipped on the back brick wall, there is already a fused spur connection inside that I can run the cable from. Not sure it is RCD protected as it is a quite old installation and CU. I will check ...

I've got a couple of security lights outside, can I use this cable to run them to avoid conduit...

is there a surface mount equivalent to the above 6 individual single gang boxes ( not as a grid ) I have seen BG are doing a flush version but have not seen a surface mount version.

I have 6 switches in a grid all of them right next to a consumer unit in our factory that control all the lights in that floor. They are all single switches that each controls one zone in that floor. I want to swap these with single smart switches that require a neutral. Can I run one neutral...

Thanks guys, I watched a youtube video and fixed it. It was the siphon above the condensate pipe that was full with black sud. I cleaned it as in this video: and run the boiler, left it overnight, then switched it back on and voila! All works fine.

My gas fitter repaired a leak on a radiator pipe. Then the boiler started making very deep bassy noises and starting giving an F2 error. I've asked him about the error and he said he doesn't know what it is maybe the wind. I restarted the boiler a few times and then the F2 error disappeared and...

I am installing this Mira Bath screen. https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/mira-elevate-hinge-side-panel-bath-screen-curve-5mm-glass-21814105-2926-1255051# The instructions from the manufacturer say: "Always fit the wall channel to the highest point on the bath side." Now my plumber said to me fit...

I replaced with hose washers 3/4” and there is no leak. Now the thickness of the hose washers is 2mm where the Grohe are 2.7mm. Would I have to add 2 on each feed or might be ok as is. I hand tight both of them and there is no no leak whatsoever. What shall I do?

I know broke the washer it is a 3/4” one where can I find a replacement. I looked at Screwfix but they don’t do them anymore.

I just installed this new Grohe bath tap and I seem to have a leak from the hot right on the side where the washer meets the tap raiser. The cold is fine, I have tightened it all the way but made no difference. I opened it up and I see the hot washer is marked only on one side. What am I...