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ban-all-sheds - yea, that's pretty harsh. That's one of the reasons I prefer to do things myself (I can only blame my c**kups on me). A good lesson for getting everything in writing I guess - if only to cover your *sre should things not go to plan. chapeau - I guess it wouldn't hurt to find...

Lots of replies since I last looked - thanks for all the feedback. dingbat - yes, fair points. In this instance, the bathroom was planned (and bits ordered) way back. I'd had a number of issues with the various options for installing a shower, and the choice of electric was a compromise and...

Jeez. I'm basically over a barrel then. Very, very frustrated about that. I understand the regs are there stop idiots doing daft things, but this just seems to make it almost impossible for any normal person to carry out work on their own homes - at least not without being bled dry via their...

Yea, but it doesn't cost several grand to put your seatbelt on ;) Being serious - I am mulling over the practicalities of a lighting rewire. Am I correct in thinking that if I were to replace all the current lines with suitably rated modern twin and earth cable, and connect up all the...

ban-all-sheds - many thanks for the links - very useful. Yea, you're right. It's crazy having light fittings and switches that aren't earthed. The problem is that when you've already decorated most of the rooms in a house, have just dropped several grand on bits for a new bathroom, and (to...

That helps a lot - thanks. I have some newer light switches where the switch is a metal plate (that screws into the back box... well... the back box is a wooden chamber in the wall on most) and there's a metal face plate that clicks over the top (hiding the screws). Therefore, there's a...

I'm planning on getting the old fuseboard in my house (late 1960s semi) replaced with a consumer unit. I've noticed that the lighting circuit in the house doesn't have an earth (it's red and black wires in grey sheathed cable). Assuming the wiring is fundamentally sound, would the new regs...