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when you go to the db take switches off, etc you can see what cables are used, and see if they have any 'Cables incorporating earthed armour or sheath, or run within an earthed wiring system or otherwise protected against nails, screws etc... '. also when you take of switches/sockets you...

If possible I allways bond the banjos at both ends

I know it proberly won't help you but they were made between 1988 and 2001. My dad used to work at the factory where they were made.

check how many terminals you have at each switch, old and new, your old switches if they have four terminals might be double pole switches, if your new switches have three terminals, they mght be two way switches.

dont fit 12v ELV downlights just stick to pendants.

Dont use the mem rcbo/pods then, I have a mem db with rcbo/pods at my house, they are a pain to clip on to the busbar/dinrail and then you have to put the lives and neutrals in.

I think I must have fitted the installer configurable one, yes it was a pain

I thought you could remove the mcbs without taking the busbar out. I know with the wylex dbs you have to remove the busbar to get the mcb.

With any luck if the neutal has broken from the cable the live would have broke too and the REC fuse would have blown

If you have central heating in your house I would not bother with under floor heating, just get a bigger radiator or get 2 radiators if need be. In the kitchen we have a plinth htr with works with the boiler and blows out the hot air.

I have used both wylex and steeple dbs both are good d/bs. I would not mind having the steeple one in my house.

Im think that steeple DBs are made by the people who make wylex.

I think you can still buy rcbo pods for memra 2000 fuseboards, part no MR30 but you will need a 40a mcb. They £50 ish

I think vent axia are good, they make fans for manrose, so I have been told, Ive got a timer silhouette in mine

I had a mem rcbo pod trip out when an iron was switched on, was due to a fautly pod

Ive been told that electricians were joiners from back in the day, hence the timber trunking you used to see

I hope the guy knows he has to fit fuse module too with all the DP switches

I had the same problem two years ago, caused by the lack of insulation in on part of the loft.

I thought fp was good to be used outdoors. i will ask the tutor at my next 17th ed class

use a piece of fp, i know it is expensive but it does the trick!!