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i'm assuming there is no way of knowing without actually seeing it? otherwise its plaster off walls/and or pulling the kitchen to pieces ....

Pretty sure it's not been done, apart from a boiler change the rest of the gas piping is at least 20 yrs old and it wasn't a requirement back then was it?

the only bit of supply side of pipe from meter is maybe 6" long and outside. As soon as it goes into wall it cannot be seen until it hits the combi boiler which is some distance from the consumer unit/earthing point. I've had 2 advisory notices in the last couple of years so I'd assumed it...

Started to get some quotes today for a new consumer unit along with bonding to the external gas meter. I was under the impression the bonding would stop being advisory and be required if changing the consumer unit out. One of the guys quoting (who is registered, I checked) says otherwise. I'm...

The part where i said i don't want to move switch location unless I have to .... also a normal light switch on the ceiling looks and is, a bit ...odd?

cheers fella ...in that case i'm okay, when the screen is fitted there will be a 40-50mm gap to the ceiling. The switch is 50mm from the edge of that gap with screen on the ceiling which i thought made it zone 2 what with the ceiling height being so low

because after the new shower screen goes in, the existing pull light will be in zone 2 and if possible I'd rather not have to move it ... and yes the ceiling is lower than 2.25 meters .by about 10cms

While I'm on is there any such thing as an ip65 rated pull cord switch?

I'm not doing anything myself I'm going to use a registered sparks, i'm simply trying to establish what the regs are ..I'll book a registered electrician for all work whether a I need to change the CU first or not ....

so as long as i replace the fan with an ipx4 rated model and use the correct downlights in the original locations I'm okay?, i'll probably still change the CU it just means it can wait a few months as cash is tight ....

The current downlights haven't the correct IP rating and the fan is not 12v, (the fan and 2 lights are very definitely in zone 1) the plan is to swap out for ones that are ... I was advised that this constituted added "new work"

I was under the impression that if I had any new work done in bathroom, ie replace current downlights with zone 1 rated , same with extractor fan that it was the regulations these days ...

Thanks for the speedy reply .. I was just unsure if the bathroom circuit had to be completely independent of all other circuits

My current CU has no separate circuit for the bathroom only upstairs lights, upstairs sockets etc So obviously the bathroom and bedroom lighting are on the same circuit. If I have the CU upgraded will that give me the RCD protection the bathroom needs or will it entail some re-wiring as well...