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um. it came with the house, npower bills me and the juice comes through. yes. and? yes, it needs doing, he's confident it can be done, and as long as he doesn't end up frazzled on my floor i guess i can just leave him to it. thanks for your help :)

it seems to be the doorbell, not the alarm and i found this, which i guess (because the wire disappears into a wall then pops out halfway along the communal corridor) might be what we're looking for? [/img] however the electrician has said he can replace the board without finding...

ok, got it.

as an aside, about the earth clamp on the pipe - my water shut-off valves are further down the pipes. If I had these replaced, i.e. had the section of pipe cut out so the pipe was no longer complete for a short period of time, does this mean my electricity supply wouldn't be earthed for that...

So, here we go: I'm not sure how the burglar alarm connects in, the white wires on the right do seem to connect to the white fuse switch to the bell, but then they disappear into the floor. Also it seems to be earthed to the cold water pipe, is that normal?? Any advice on how to...

Chri5, am going away for the weekend but will take a picture and try to trace where the wires go at the beginning of next week. Thanks for your advice :)

Chri5, Currently (from memory, as I'm not at home) the fuseboard looks like a bit of wood mounted on the wall inside a cupboard. It's got one big black cable coming in from outside, the casing of which stops at the board and exposes the two smaller black cables. Im told these shouldn't be...

I want to replace the bath shower mixer on my old bath. The two bits of the mixer are currently about 155mm apart (I'd guess at 6" as they're quite old?). All the new mixers with shower fittings I've seen have their connections at 180mm apart. So two questions: 1) is there enough...

Hi, I just had an electrician over to look at replacing the fuseboard in my flat. He said that the electricity coming into my flat and into the fuseboard will have to be shut off before he can do the work, which seems entirely sensible. However the building caretaker said that in all the years...