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Well Wednesday is the day. Am going to try the studs and toggles as the frame for the heater wont span two studs so hopefully a combination of the 2 will work. Bernardgreen youve hit my main concern, the radiator is 6kg so hopefully finding a stud will be a) possible and B) sfficiently strong...

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Thanks all for the replies. The lath's have come away from the plaster skin this is giving the 2 problems, i cant get a grip to drill/screw into the wood it just gives and this in turn leaves the plaster so thin nothing there to hold the plug or take the pressure of a grip screw. I will try the...

Can anyone advise on how to fasten anything to a plaster and lath wall, Its very old and basically I am trying to put a surface mount flex outlet on the wall and i cant get a grip. I have tried plaster board plugs and the special screws that grip the wall and then expand behind it. Nothing has...

Sorry,I misunderstood your post about the connector block i thought you had disconnected at the light fitting. However if you have effectively isolated the switch from the light fitting switched on and it didnt trip then its got to be between the switch and fitting the fault is occurring

Hi reading your posts i dont think you have tried disconnecting the switched live at the switch. From your descriptions youve change the switch so this suggestion is a real belt and braces approach to eliminate everything before and at the switch. If you do this and switch on, if it doesnt trip...

I think this just highlights the strange LABC charges structure rather than supporting the schemes merits or not.

I will admit that in my argument is an assumption that if you make the fees low enough then a higher volume of individuals would join(and yes i do think it should be a requirement that every individual needs to join). If it is to be a quality mark then i would like to see 100% of sparks signed...

Muddled and irrational? (Your feelings, I mean) What flexibility are you looking for, and how would it benefit your customers So are you refusing to join because of the cost, or because you don't think they measure up to your standards? Each statement is associated so need to be kept in...

No it means i am doing this job at mates rates because he is a mate. Generalisations (and this is one) open all all sorts of cans of worms but some plumbers/sparks do charge too much e.g. Gassafe plumber £45 to fit a blanking cap to a pipe which was already isolated by a valve. (Parts 24p time...

Nope mates rates and more experience for me :) Plus there is other work needed that is not notifiable so everyones happy. As a general point ive found that once a job requires more that 5 pieces of work doing the £70 fee soon gets "lost" . I might not make as much profit on the job but thats...

Yep BCO said as long as tests are passed then its ok. Seems like common sense and maybe a heavy workload are prevailing

Thanks everyone for the replies. If common sense and test results prevail then it should be acceptable but i will talk to the BCO as i dont want to do the work and then find its refused by them. I'll post back their response.

Yeah not too long and until now nice 1970 bungalows which have all been upgraded to latest wiring (not by me unfortunately) :) The CU at this place is a MEM, 60898 MCBs but no stickers as to its installation time. I will speak to the BCO and see if they will accept it as for the work to be...

Yes i was guessing about the upgrade i just havent come across a RCD isolation switch being put in other than in a TT. In this place the main earth is definitely to the collar.

Yes i was going to call them today but missed the actual inspectors time when they are in. Interestingly when i spoke to the person who answered the phone and just asked them what they wanted from me the reply was just send in your test results and if ok we will issue the completion order, no...

I have been asked to move a couple of socket outlets in a kitchen and add a new one. When I checked the CU for RCD, earthing etc i noticed that a RCD isolation switch has been fitted (30ma 60A) between the supply and the CU. I think the set up was likely to have been a TT system which at some...

Thanks for the earlier response. There is an cooker hood with filters but this does not extract to the outside, however ther is a large window with two large and one small openings..

Sorry for probably a real stupid question but better to be safe than sorry. If you just replace and add a few more kitchen units in an existing kitchen and use only the electrical points already in place ie no new electrical points, does this need any form of permission from the building control...

I agree with you it makes sense to check each time its used but suprisingly the guidelines for a 110v piece of equipment (withot going into the the discussion about moveable hand held etc) is weekly but if 230v every time its used