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Good point! Raises some interesting questions for landlords buying homes which have had work done either undocumented or documentation lost. If someone bought a flat which had an additional circuit not on its original Domestic Electrical Installation Certificate, my understanding is that it's...

Well if someone (be it a DIYer or an electrician who didn't feel like issuing a MWC) did the work, their strict obligation is to do it BS7671, not to also have a MWC issued. So the tenant doesn't really have an objection unless they believe it is unsafe. (As for how a tenant raises this...

Great thanks, that's really good to know. So I might as well get an electrician to do the work and a periodic inspection whilst they're at it. Thanks all

Yep, so I guess I need to be careful not to cock anything up and if I did, I must accept it has an insurance impact. Would a routine test of the flat's electrics by a qualified electrician verify that I had wired the timer correctly? That seems like a way of making sure everything is inline...

Good question, mine only has: All gas and electric appliances and installations at the insured property must be regularly inspected by you or a responsible person acting on your behalf as required by the appropriate legislation and repaired, replaced, maintained or serviced as necessary to...

I guess I'm feeling confident as the flat was new before (3yrs old) and it's a straight replacement. But appreciate the points made, I take the responsibility seriously, I just want to avoid the £150+VAT ph electrician who wants that for a 20 minute job. One random question though - if I did...

Thanks for your posts, yes sorry I hadn't made clear it is my flat. If the testing is compulsory then I guess I'll go down the electrician route, but here's the bit that confuses me: I know plenty of DIYers who will add a fused spur, replace some downlights, wire a plug, and none of them have...

Hi everyone, I've got a flat with electrical heating and hot water. The timer on the immersion heater is a Greenbrook T106-C (http://www.greenbrook.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=T106-C) and has become faulty. I need to do a like for like replacement. 10 minute job. I do a lot of my own electrical...

Thanks for the replies everyone much appreciated. I think this weird setup is lack of planning at first fix. The wall goes through slight curve here and I expect the thinking at first fix was that the plasterboard would be closer to the back box than it is. Evidence of this is adjacent to the...

I'm fitting a fused spur at the moment and I took off the 2-gang socket I was going to spur from and was presented with this behind the socket (photo below) There is a metal back box screwed to the block wall, with quite a gap between it and the front face of the plaster. The face plate had...

I took the old 1.5mm2 feed to the first downlight, and daisychained the 1mm2 from there Thanks, that's what I thought. I was asking about sign off to make sure that it's not only theoretically ok but ok under building regs too

Hi, I've got a 2009 built flat that came with some pendant lights and I set about replacing them with some fixed (bulb not replaceable) Aurora M7 LED downlights I daisy-chained the new downlights to the existing feed. At the time I noticed the existing feed was 1.5mm2, though my new wire for...

Thanks! Much appreciated!

I would like to retrofit an electric window opener and 2 electric blinds in a high ceiling part of our house. The window opener takes 240v directly via a DPDT switch, and the blinds are powered by a 240AC-24VDC transformer and are RF controlled. Total power of both of these running will never...

Thanks, appreciate the advice. The radiator does look like a conventional towel rail. I can hear the water sloshing around inside when I move it. I'll plan to just keep what's in there and not mess with the level. I've got two of these rails exactly the same model and appearance but a...

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'd feel more comfortable if I knew what Dimplex are so worried about in their instructions. Anyone ever done this themselves?

I have a dud electrical element in a Dimplex TDTR350W http://www.dimplex.co.uk/products/domestic_heating/kitchens_bathrooms/towel_rails/dtr_eco_range/technical_specification.htm It has a blank plate on the bottom of one side and the element on the other. There is a bleed valve at the top...