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here is another one. I'm totally ignorant on electrics but this looks dodgy to me.

cPC?

the grey wire looks new to me but it goes in the black box which is connected to a rubber wire. How old are those types of black boxes? Is it a case of cut and shut?

how old coud this arrangement be?

not only that, I've also got the mother in law having a go for not getting a PIR done before purchasing the property. :roll: :roll: Shame she does not understand that i havwe VIR connected to newer wire and from what i understand a PIR may not have picked this.

Thanks for the response. I am hoping that for the next 30 years I will not need any electrical work whatsoever :roll:

ok thanks. I think i am in for an interesting meeting with the spark tomorrow.... Tomorrow he is working on his own and he still has to: chase for six light switches upstairs which will of course need capping and box mount. he's done all the chasing and cabling downstairs. half still...

Hi, tomorrow the spark is supposed to have finished the first fix so he needs paying. Can I ask in general terms what a first fix should incude. I am asking this because from what i can see there is still a lot of work that needs doing. For example the upstairs light switches are still...

our spark prefers the plastering to take place after 1st fix. other people we asked leave this till after the rewire. any reason for either approach? Thanks

right here is the beast Not very good photos but you can see the flat thing. I've found out that it continues under the extension. you will notice that it is placed under a newish looking joist but above an old joist. Basically there was a roof above the old joist which was knocked put...

done more investgation. I'll try and get a pic tomorrow, hopefully the chinese internet cafe will let me load it over lunchtime. it seems to run above in the ceiling above the CU area, runs through one small front room (which is above CU area), through the landing and seems to drop at the...

will try would you get rid if it was in your house?

how much do they cost?

I take your point but this is under a floorboard. A distracted dIYer could put a nail through it...... I would class it as in my way

Hi, Just been to my house to look at our rewire job which started this morning. The elec showed me whats under the floorboard upstairs, a massive massive black cable. He said it could be the mains to next door. He had a look at our fuse box and there is only our cutout and also on the...

Hello, Are there any regulations relating to the location of a gas meter? We bought a house and the meter is in the garage. A friend of mine tells me it should be outside but this garage was signed off by Building Control in 2000. :? I'm pretty sure transco will have installed it...

Hi all, When I turn off the tap of my kitchen sink I can hear a 1 second long click noise at the stop tap. The stop tap is near the k sink. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Trying to have the service fuse taken out for a few hours. house supplied by NPower, DNO is UU. NPower website says to contact the DNO, the DNO's website says to contact the supplier :? Then they moan why people take out their own fuse... In your experience who should i contact?

Spoke to spark, Said he has had not problem so far with Proteus but said I can have other make if i wish to do so. He suggested Hagen, is this any good?