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I need to remove a number of radiators for a month or so. Does anyone have any tips for storing them so they don't rust on the inside? I mean, if I take them off, is it just a matter of getting as much water out of them as possible and leaving it at that, or is there anything else I can do...

Technically, you're supposed to notify before you start, although I'm not sure it matters. I suspect if you go to your counties building control, put out a buildings notice now, you can get the inspector round for a first fix inspetion pretty much immediately. Then final fix/testing after...

Portraying this filtering as something to do with re-wiring a consumer unit is about idiotic as the filtering itself. "If there are technical obstacles to acting on [search engines], don’t just stand by and say nothing can be done; use your great brains to help overcome them." How about...

Yup. Spot on :)

Yup. In my experience, it's the best way to be. Most people out there are pretty reasonable. The ones who claim everyone else are d*ckheads are usually the unreasonable ones. On a slightly different note, I'm assuming that once I strip back the SWA, I'm going to find brown, black and grey...

To be fair to the chap, he's not seen the site and I didn't really give him much to go on. He was just advising me over the phone and I think he was probably just assuming the worst case.

I haven't done that just yet. The whole bridge is this weekend’s job. I was going to do something similar with an earthing block or lug at the isolator end as I did at the CU. Incidentally, the isolation box earth pole has a similar M8(?) thread to the one on the piranha nut.

I was waiting for someone to mention that :) I don't think it was allowed, so I'm going to have to address that somehow. I guess it's a junction box right outside the CU, with bell wire running into it, and 1mm T&E running into the CU. How do people normally get from a bell transformer out...

It's an EAD11R, specifically for RCBO installs. Took a bit of effort to source, but definitely worthwhile finding one :) Also, note that there's an RCBO protecting the bell transformer :-O I was planning to put the bell transformer with a lighting circuit, but I bought an extra 6A RCBO by...

Completely visible. Clipped to the ceiling joists of the cellar, in a well lit room, not running behind anything. Precisely. I'm not confident enough about any of this to push back. Hmm. That's interesting. Thanks. I suspect that's what I'll do, considering my crimps aren't going to...

Cheers. I've mostly done this for fun and a learning exercise. It's 3 core, and the earth core runs straight to the CU earthing block. There's a second run from the same terminal in the CU back to the piranha nut terminal. I think you can see it if you squint a bit :) It's 1.5mm SWA...

I’ve completed my new consumer unit, which is about 4m from the old CU and meter. I’ll get the meter moved to the new CU location, as soon as building control are able to test and certify the new CU and installation. 4m is longer than you’re allowed meter tails, so I need to put an isolator on...

Ha. See above. I really didn't want to do that, but it's beginning to become quite an attractive option.

Nope. It's some kind of extremely hard plastic bonded to the concrete floor. It's all being replaced though, next year sometime. Potentially, yes, but I'd have to cut through the current flooring. How deep would it have to be? I worry that kitchen units will eventually be attached to the...

You need to turn on and off the right layers :) Window -> Layers, then turn on and off stuff. The kitchen is on the 'Downstairs' layer. The sketchup was saved with the camera looking at the consumer unit in the cellar.

Hi. Yeah, I didn't realise anyone would use sketchup in here. I've put a semi-tube on the wall where the water supply comes in, and a 400*500*200mm box on the wall in the cellar where the consumer unit is. http://speedy.sh/f9Nbk/MortonStreetPlusEarthStuff.skp (sorry for annoying...

Thanks for the encouraging words. I should probably have just put pictures up at the beginning. Here's the run in question. I was planning to have the earth bonding enter from the cellar, through the side of the door architrave, then run along the bottom of the wall, but that's not going to...