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Oooof! I can't say I'm surprised at the price though. I haven't got a proper quote yet, but the prices mentioned here are about what I thought they'd be. It'd be almost worth just paying them to install a complete new line.. It's seeming harder to justify not going down the Virgin Media...

At the moment the overhead line comes into the top front corner of the house. It's then clipped horizontally at high level along the exterior of the wall to the back of the house, round the corner and then drops down and through the window frame of one of the bedrooms. The master socket is...

The house I currently live in has got no telephone or broadband sevices, and I'm at the point where I want to get connected up. I've currently got the choice of using the existing cable (Virgin Media) infrastructure, or the existing BT line. Both services are disused at the moment. I know...

Bear in mind that if it is a TT installation then the cable from the MET to any earth spike could be as small as 2.5mm² so the largest earth cable present in the CU won't necessarily be the one you're after... It sounds like you might have a similar arrangement to my parents house. They're...

I'm no expert on garden electrics, but I'm intrigued by the earthing arrangement. The furthest shed appears to be a self contained TT installation with it's own spike, but I can't see the earthing arrangement on the other shed. Presumably it connects to the earth spike in either the house or...

I'm probably going to go with normal 25mm tails as described above, but am still intrigued about the use of SWA. Looking in the big red book at 522.6.6 (i), the first cable listed as being permissable is one to BS 5467, which is surely XLPE SWA?

My shiny new red book is at work at the moment so I'll look at the detail a bit more in the morning. My field is in industrial electrics so domestic meter tails aren't really in my day to day operations! My thinking in considering SWA was that the mechanical protection was in effect...

Out of interest how would people interpret this requirement regarding submains? I'm in the situation where my consumer unit is remote from the incoming service head. Currently there is a 60A switchfuse next to the service head, then normal meter tails running down the wall and under the...

If it is on a ring main then both wires should be live when they are disconnected! Both ends of the ring are connected at the consumer unit. If one wire was dead when they were seperated it would indicate either a radial circuit, or a problem (break) somewhere else in the ring circuit. I...

I spoke to my local council this week about notifying a consumer unit change in my own house (I'm not able to self certify). Their first response was that I could notify them straight away and pay the £240 fee, or I could wait a month until their new schedule of charges came into use, after...

Thanks for that. I'd picked up the bit about the front flap, the warranty and also that the built in status display isn't as good on the pro, but hadn't realised about the pump and the hot water performance. After calming down a bit and before reading the reply here I'd come to the...

Hi, I had a new boiler fitted yesterday, and to say I'm slightly irritated is an understatement. I was expecting (and quoted for) a Vaillant EcoTec plus, however what the plumber fitted was the cheaper EcoTec pro. I'm now trying to decide whether to negotiate a reduction in cost for the...

To clarify a few of the points raised... If the neighbour did build up from his ground floor extension, it wouldn't technically matter. His wall/boundary is still far enough away from mine that it would still comply with regs, although the plume may then hit his wall as someone mentioned...

I could fit a vertical kit, although it would still mean that the flue itself would be outside my wall, and therefore in the no mans land over my boundary. I don't think the plume would be a problem anyway. The neigbours single storey extension has got a pitched roof with the ridge running...

Hi all, I'm in the process of planning my new kitchen, part of which will be to get the existing gas system boiler replaced with a combi. One option is to get the new boiler installed in the same place, but if possible I'd like to get it moved as it currently intrudes on the work surface and...

After removing kitchen units from my new house at the weekend I discovered a bad damp problem in the kitchen extension. The bottom foot or so of plaster along one of the walls had fallen off, and any remaining loose plaster I knocked off was damp to the touch. The kitchen extension itself is...

Hi all, In my new house (end of terrace) I've currently got a radiator on the front wall of the house, under the window. To improve it's effectiveness and prevent it being behind furniture I'd like to move it. The only place it could really go would be on the party wall between my house and...

Hi, I'm trying to get hold of a replacement radiator in a rush, but am struggling to find one the correct size and which someone has in stock. The radiator I'm replacing is a 740mm tall x 480mm wide double panel double convector (unknown brand). The closest I can get at the moment is a...

She can, but the breaker tripped first thing in the morning, and she was without power for the whole day until she realised the street lights were on! The home carer only calls in the mornings which is why she attempted to reset the breaker herself. She's a bit defensive of her independence at...

I should add that my background is in industrial electrics, so while I could in theory do the work and testing and myself, I'm not able to self-certify any domestic work for Part P.