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I'm not so sure Eric, probably they can get away with a whole lot with some small print and a bank of lawyers, sadly

Let me clarify - your 'advice' is crap eg advising people to make their installation less safe. I'd love to explain more but frankly can't be bothered wasting my time on you.

hmm, the underground earth was entirely severed but no problems with the live conductors/rest of the cable??? Not something I've ever come across... can main bonding conductors also be used as circuit earths? Winston is talking rubbish btw, ignore their 'advice'!

How kind of you to offer, per your own business model - if you'd like to consider me, simply pay £30 and you can have my contact details!

I need to put in a supply for a shed/workshop about 60m from the incoming TNS service, which appears to be fed by a dedicated (only serves this one house) pole-mounted transformer, Ze=0.23ohm. No extraneous conductive parts in the shed/workshop (wooden construction and plastic water supply)...

if you've 8 weeks to get the conduit in, what's the delay in getting an electrician involved now? Even if they're just round to quote they will probably propose suitable/suggest preferred installation methods, which would likely save you money over forum-educated guesswork. As RF said one 25mm...

I don't do my 3rd amendment update course until next month, but that's a new one on me.... mechanically protected, or earth shielded cable, or earthed conduit yes, but install normal cables anywhere just because they're on an RCD? No.

I don't need to justify anything to you, but just you keen posting your pedantic nitpicking drivel

no but I was replying to you, and your £2/£4 pedantry

Why are the council reviewing your certificate? Tell them it's C3 because you recommend improvement!

maybe if i'd bought some, but I haven't, so sling yer hook, pedant

the ones I linked to are only £4+vat. At £35 you've been had!

try here http://www.altecautomotive.co.uk/thermal-fuses-circuit-breaker-manual-reset-range-from-5a---30amp-1349-p.asp

Surveyors haven't a clue about electrics anyway, you'd have needed an electrician to inspect & report

I'd agree with others the report is poor. Unless the cooker socket is likely to supply outdoor equipment there's no code 2 needed for lack of RCD's in my opinion although getting this one socket covered by (30ma) RCD (or perhaps the plate replaced with a non-socket one if plenty other sockets...

Bring back code 4's

A consumer unit sounds like a unit a consumer has (as in a cycle helmet is a helmet a cyclist has). We don’t call a DB in a commercial premises a ‘business unit’, but the client doesn’t know that. if you tell someone about their ‘consumer unit’, it implies they are a consumer, as you have done...

Consumer Unit is a terrible name, not even vaguely electrical, and patronising to boot. They should be called 'distribution board' or 'electrical board/panel' or 'mains circuit board', or something. Depending on the situation i still use 'fuse-board' often, as everyone knows what you mean...

£10k up front and 12% of turnover, for leads? You've got to be kidding!

A good signal requires direct 'line of sight' to the transmitter. Glasgow is covered in hills. What's so hard to believe?