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And did Tonto help him fit the new cu 
olly49 said:
Did Dick Turpin do the inspect & test?
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Has anyone who replied ever tried to sell a house with an old fuseboard?The reason being if you haven't then how the **** do you know.You will have a surveyor pick up on the dated electrical installation and the prospective buyer, who is having the survey done, will then haggle with you to reduce your asking price by the cost of upgrading the electrics.So yes it may cause trouble when selling your house.
Just recently bought my house complete with old fuse board. Not a mention on the survey report!
Pink Panther wrote:
Get real, they'll be too busy sat in their car doing a detailed examination of your roof and chimney stack with a pair of kiddies binoculars they won at the fairground.
Besides most wouldn't know the difference between a CU with fuses and one with MCB's (in my experience of surveyors) and are they really qualified to offer opinions on such things?
Get real, they'll be too busy sat in their car doing a detailed examination of your roof and chimney stack with a pair of kiddies binoculars they won at the fairground.
Besides most wouldn't know the difference between a CU with fuses and one with MCB's (in my experience of surveyors) and are they really qualified to offer opinions on such things?
The Pink Panther said:
Who said fuseboard? The OP said you needed a new one. What if it's a couple of years old?
And besides, I just *bought* a house with an old fuseboard, and lead sheathed cables too!
If you had an old crappy rewirable fuseboard hanging off the wall, all you would need to do to fool the surveyer is get a blank CU cover and box, place it over the old board with glue on circuit breakers and hey presto, the electrics get a clean bill of health...
Not to sure about the stick on chimney stack though, might blow away while surveyor is wiping binoculars
Not to sure about the stick on chimney stack though, might blow away while surveyor is wiping binoculars
Washable vinyl of course!
On the subject of surveyors, the person who did mine recently, completely ignored the 30A 'wall mounted' circular junction boxes prevented from the effects of gravity merely by the cables they were connected to (as they disappeared up through a crack in the ceiling) above a cupboard in the kitchen.
He did however (and this is true) comment on the toilet seat falling down after he'd put it in the 'up' position. I have it in writing, in my home buyers report.
I can only conclude that he did my report after a session in the pub and felt compelled to enter the property only to have a slash.... and not a very well accomplished one at that.
He did however (and this is true) comment on the toilet seat falling down after he'd put it in the 'up' position. I have it in writing, in my home buyers report.
I can only conclude that he did my report after a session in the pub and felt compelled to enter the property only to have a slash.... and not a very well accomplished one at that.
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