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BG Electrician booked for this friday to fit isolation switch and its only £49 which includes the parts, so very cheap I am surprised. I will now book access to the key from the council, hopefully they will reply in time.

Yes it looked like that from what I remember.

I was going to get him to put an isolator switch in between the meter and my CU so work can be done on the CU safely.

Just to put you guys minds at rest I have been put off from the live approach which I was never very keen on in the first place. I will re-tackle the council if British Gas aren't able to do it for me. I am not in a rush to get this done any more so I can wait for proper access to be given to...

I took a photo of it when unlocked and partially open but can't find the photo now, if I find it I will post it. So maybe the British Gas Electrician might have a key to it after all, which is good news. ?I will mention it to them tomorrow and see assuming the person on the other end of the...

The way I saw it (not that I am considering doing it live now as I will make more effort to get the key) was that the only live wires would be from the meter and when the terminal screw holding them in the meter is unscrewed then they won't be live any more once they are out of the terminal so...

They have no phone number you can ring to discuss it as I have tried ringing several departments and they say I have to email which can be from 2 to 10 days response time and then its to ask you to send another email with some extra info they already got. The stupid thing is up to 3 days before...

I can organise them to come and do it but getting them to go and get the key from somewhere else a few miles away first and then take it back after the job seems a bit ridiculous. When I asked before if I could collect the key they said it had to be the electrician and they would need to show...

Here is the fusebox in the stair well on the floor below. 20180311_221226 by Gazzer23 posted 11 Mar 2018 at 10:24 PM

Yes he did and besides nearly setting my flat alight with the sparks flames coming out of his dodgy extension lead he replaced them with he almost blew that fuse. Now considering I work from home self employed and the amount of time it would take to get the council to replace it, that would cost...

external fusebox for flats

Thanks, I will bear that in mind as I will definitely need one after seeing what my vice did to the conduit.

Yes, only 5 of the 20 flats are private owners and the rest are council tenants. So the council are effectively the management company.

I just been through my emails I sent previously trying to get the key for the fusebox and I now remember the chaos and disorganisation of the council and my failure to be able to obtain it before. They said they had a list of approved contractors and only they can collect the key, surely this...

He worked live and nearly set light to my flight with his dodgy extension cable which had a short in it.

A very good question. Well I have several options:- 1) Safest option for me is to get an Electrician to do it, but it would most probably have to be one of the councils approved ones to be able to get the key to the fusebox, so my flats fuse can be removed. I will get some quotes tomorrow...

Yes its getting quite a long post now ;-) I haven't forgotten RF Lighting very generous offer and I think I am at a stage now where I can speak to him and discuss it.

I already had a very kind offer of help from RF Lighting who lives up in Leeds I believe but but before getting someone down here to help I wanted to make sure everything was doable. Because of the strange conduit size etc I didn't want someone to come and then we couldn't get all the bits...