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When I described the work I required over the phone he asked for pictures of the consumer unit and earth strap/power supply. He then told me over the phone that he may need to get the earth bond/strap replaced when he does the consumer unit. He called them out ( I confirmed address and account...

Yeah, Western Power Distribution van, I spoke to the switchboard to confirm my customer account number and I had a courtesy call asking me if I was pleased with the work done!! The electrician had said he might need to get them in to do the earth bond but said most of the blokes were miserable...

Thanks for the advice, I wish I had left it now. He said a rough price for a complete re-wire would be £3k without the making good ( 3 bed mid-terrace 1910 built house). I imagine that now an up to date consumer unit/power supply and earth bond has been fitted the new owners will save 4-500 off...

Thanks EFLimpudence, The electrician told me that the safety report was a printed out document but a failure would mean I only got some kind of handwritten report. I know what you mean when you say its up to the buyer but in reality it will likely be up to the mortgage provider.

Hi, I am in the process of selling my house. We've lived here over 20 years and I have in the past changed a few sockets/ put in wall lights etc. myself. The house has two consumer units, both old fuse wire types, one for the main house the other for the 1980's extension. The extension...

How longs a peice of string = 8 metres!! Floor boards are normal plank type ( All involved rooms will be cleared and floor boards lifted prior to installation. No making good required. Not sure what gad pipe is ...if you mean gas pipe then if from front of house where meter is then about...

Hi all, Approx 7 years ago I had a new combi boiler fitted by British Gas, it's a C1 . It was installed in the back bedroom upstairs ( I live in a normal sized 3 bed terrace house built in about 1920). I would like to have this boiler moved downstairs into the kitchen which is in a...

Hi all, Hope theres someone out there who can shed some light on this problem. We had a power cut the other day and when the power was restored I discovered that the LCD display on the boiler was completely blank. The central heating comes on at the preset times as before but the display is...

Thanks for the info noseall. Much obliged Andy

Hi all, I have an old readers digest diy book which shows a picture of a chimney breast that has had the front wall removed leaving just the sides which has had shelves fitted between to create a bookcase storage area. Is this an easy job to do as it would create so much extra room in my...

Thanks for your info woody Cheers

Hi everyone, stumbled across this excellent forum yesterday and now hope to pick your brains? I want to fit a veleux roof window but I want some reassurances that the exsisting roof rafters are going to be strong enough to take the weight of the window I wish to fit. The rafters are 3x2 and...