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Yeah not sure why touching the earth, tripped the rcb, the live is dead but slightly unnerving it would still trip. Prefer not leave them as they are, seems like a 60 amp junction box will be the easiest to do

Yes shower to isolator is disconnected. The wire from isolator to CU is still in situ but switched off.

I touched the earth wire with the tester pen, it's possible it also touched the metal back box, and the rcb tripped. Tried again same thing. Easier said than done to get a reliable Sparky who'll bother taking on a 10-minute job.

How easy is this to do? Thanks

Just a basic detector pen Thanks

Hi there, I've recently renovated my bathroom including removing the old 10.5kw electric shower. The cable is still in place as impossible to remove. The cable from shower to isolator is disconnected and the mcb is switched off (taped down so no one switches on). When you test it the earth wire...

I'll give it a go its still the cast iron external soil pipe so don't fancy getting that changed!

Hi there, I'm installing a new toilet in upstairs bathroom, trying to connect the pan to the soil pipe and it looks like the soil pipe is cracking (it's probably 30+ years old at least). It's solvent welded in place, how best can I remove and replace? Thanks

Thanks guys, what would you recommend to skim with? Would you also use a mesh? Some of the cracks are pretty deep 40mm+ Cheers

Nope not blown as far as I can tell, just some good cracks

Hi, Refreshing the bathroom in our 1930s detached, removed the tiles and the walls are not in a great shape. Largish cracks in the plaster in exterior wall, ceiling and corner gap. Do you think I need to take it all off to expose the brick, then board and plaster? or can I get away with filing...