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If the professor of electricla engineering at some big university wanted to rewire a house, would dingbat say he wasn't competent as he didn't have a bit of paper to say he was?

I don't think it is thermalite. Looks quite solid.

I was going to put the new box a little below the current one, to avoid damage to the cables. They come in from the top.

Why is it dangerous to bond where it is visible as it can't be touched when boarded up?

check the house supply fuse is large enough. some are only 60A

Hello again I've looked behind it and the wires are 'normal'. Just white T&E with the 'old' colours.

How do you do it? Sinking set? SDS drill and chisel? Hand chisel? Thanks again!

Oh :cry: I'm sure it was done when the lecky board did my parent's rewire but I'm probably mistaken.

Are they that much more than a local?

Hi, Looking for some advice. I have arround 20 currently surface fixed sockets and switches to sink in a 1930s semi. However, I don't want to re-decorate :) Just wondering how you cut the boxes without destroying the wallpaper. I was thinking of scoring the outline of the box on the...

And how do you think you are going to get caught if you do it anyway? Has anybody been done for doing DIY without Part P??

Can't you get a thing that puts a tone signal on the cable and then you use another instrument that locates the tone? I believe that BT have them for tracing wiring.

But you don't have to be CORGI to do DIY gas, but you have to show competence. How you show this is another matter. I suppose that one way of showing competence at electrics would be to do a good job. Another would be to do something like City and Guilds.

:lol: :lol: Just the image of you crawling arround in your bedroom with one ear on the floor!!

Ta - very reasonable.

I've looked into it a bit more. There is no formal requirment to be CORGI, unless you are working for reward (ie non-DIY). However, you must be competent. How you assess competence is a matter for debate. CORGI is one way. Another might be to do, say, City and Guilds, even if you aren't...

Just wondered if anyone knew on here before having to phone them.

I thought you could do gas work without CORGI as long as it was in your own home :? Not that I would, as I don't believe I could do so safely - given how many leaks I get on plumbing fittings etc.

Any idea how much SEEBOARD charges for this work?

Irrelvant to those who die from it, which is more than 10. 10 people die each year from dodgy home electrics. There are many more common causes of death in the home than that, and is it nonsense to say that you need to bring in a pro for everything. BTW: By no means everyone who recieves an...