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I can't see, as it's inside this PVC pipe: However, I tried tapping the visible part here with the end of a key, and it sounds like it is metal \m/, but I wouldn't bet my life on it:

Wow this thread has blown up quite a bit. I spoke to one of the site managers today, and he showed me that the hole that has been made for the earth wire is designed to be punched out, which you can see more clearly from underneath. He also said that it was inspected by an external body (sorry...

Thanks both of you. I will mention to them the hole that's been made in the box and see what they say. The builders are still on the site, further down the road, so I will mention it to the site manager before I take it up with head office.

So are you saying this ISN'T acceptable then? I have no idea there the other end goes, whether it's connected to an earthing rod, or a terminal inside the consumer unit... Nothing, but I would know pretty quickly when my heating and hot water stopped working. But if someone snipped that wire I...

I just noticed this issue with my (otherwise good) new build house. The end of the wire is bonded to the gas pipe, as I would expect, but it surely can't be right that it sticks out of the bottom, and disappears into the mortar like that? What's to stop someone just snipping that with wire...

Hello everyone, I am the owner of a 1937 terraced house which I am looking at redecorating. The front walls are solid, and the rear walls have a narrow cavity but I have been told by a cavity wall insulation company that the walls are unsuitable for cavity wall insulation (I think she described...