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    How do lines run through a set of flats?

    Hi, I was walking past a block of flats yesterday and I was just wondering if the electrical lines went into the house as a whole and formed some sort of hub in the centre before branching off into their own directions or if they just entered into the walls and went straight to their...
  2. Leesparkykent

    Submains/distribution circuits on block of flats

    Hi all....I’ve got a block of flats I’m doing the M&E on. It’s just design stages atm and there is a basement where the central boiler system and switch room is going. The problem I’m having here is that this is the far left hand side of the building and the riser is pretty central. Far from...
  3. D

    Mains supply to flats

    Hi Guys could really do with some advice on this one. I've been asked to quote to put a new landlord supply into a block of flats. At present there is one board feeding three individual blocks all attached with lights and one socket in each. I've quoted like for like but someone at Electricity...
  4. R

    Earth bonding to gas in a large block of flats

    Hi, just doing an inspection on a large block of flats. All the gas metre are in a single store cupboard on the basement floor. All are 10mm bonded there within 600mm. There is no earth bonding to the pipes entering the flats themselves. Is additional bonding required within each of the flats ie...
  5. S

    Supply to flats

    So I'm confused... this is a supply cupboard for 6 flats. My understanding is that the red cut outs are supposed to be links.. but some have a "80A FUSE" label on them. Also, if they are links, where is the service fuse? And if I assume they are 80A fuses, the 100A crabtree fuse above looks...
  6. J

    Looking for books that’s go into detail on heating systems

    Looking for books that go into detail on heating systems especially S Plan and also wiring on commercial plots such as communial flats etc thanks in advance !
  7. I

    New SWA to flats from head

    Hi Guys, First time posting but I've been commissioned with essentially running new cables from the head to 5 flats, due to the ground floor flat not allowing us to run the cables through their flat to the next one we will have to come out of the basement and upto the roof and then down the...
  8. dc_8769

    Panel heater wiring in block of flats

    Hi, new poster here so hopefully I've put this in the right place! I live in a large block of flats and have noticed that none of the panel heaters or heating rails in my flat are working. I believe they are all on the same circuit, as my consumer unit has a switch for heaters- this hasn't been...
  9. Andy78

    Electric boilers for flats

    Hi all, looking for some advice from those that may have used these products. A landlord is renovating a building with a large shop on the ground floor and 5no. flats being redeveloped above. As no gas is present they are looking at all electric solutions for the flats. Their first idea was...
  10. J

    TV wiring for 9x new build flats

    Afternoon Just so I can agree with the builder- can I get advise on following. What wiring I need per flat to allow for sky and standard tv aerial So per TV position in each flat (average flat 3x TV positions- 2x WF100 cables to flats utility cupboard- so if 3x TVs- there will be 6x WF100S...
  11. T

    Pricing a large block of flats

    Any one on here have experience of pricing or working on large blocks of flats? I have a block of 30 to price for an need some advice! Thanks
  12. Charlie_

    Fire destroys flats in Barking.

    Fortunately, all safely evacuated. Anybody done any work in these flats? Or got any juicy gossip?
  13. phillipdj

    Earthing to 1st floor flats

    Hi, I've come across this strange setup on a set of flats I'm doing work on and wondered what people think. There are 4 flats on the 1st and 2nd floor (ground floor is a shop) with their own supply from the street. The supply enters the building from underground at the bottom of the stairs, a...
  14. C

    PME supply block of flats

    Hello Guys I have a 200a 3-phase supply PME bolted to a large ryefield panel, the ryefiled panel then supplies 14 flats within the same building. Each flat is supplied a 63a from ryefild via meters in the form of a 16mm 3core SWA cable. The furthest away is flat 14 at around 25 meters, seeing...
  15. T

    1 Earth Rod 2 Flats Is this allowed?

    Can 1 earth rod be the sole means of 2 flats which have a shared head coming into the bottom flat? I have been out today and the incoming supply comes into the bottom flat. There are 2 main fuses. 1 for the bottom flat and 1 for the top flat. There is an earth rod installed outside with a 16mm...
  16. P

    Video Intercom for Flats

    Hi All, I have been asked to quote on installing an intercom system in a block of 12 flats but instead of the usual audio only kit I have installed in the past they have asked for a video system. There are obviously loads of suppliers out there for such things but the one other thing they have...
  17. R

    Joining wall between 2 flats, sockets and fire prevention

    On site today and heard the carpenter tell the site manager that all the sockets and switches on the joining wall (flat opposite side) will need to have fire prevention boxes built aroud them. The site manager is having trimber supports added for the sockets and told him there is fire...
  18. J

    intake for 14x flats- meter spacing

    Morning chaps Finally doing my 1st intake on the 19th! It is for 14x flats and 1x L/L supply SSEN are installing the new incoming supply and they said they are also supplying and fitting the Ryefield board and the main isolator (I thought this needed to be done my me as a BNO??) Anyways they...
  19. K

    Price work. New build flats

    Evening chaps. Myself and a pal are keen on price work for new build flats. Has anyone got a good lead in and around the sussex/Surrey areas. We don't mind a bit of travel and are both gold card holders and very experienced in new Builds. Any help or leads would be appreciated. Cheers
  20. T

    Electrical riser in block of flats

    Hi, I live in a 5 storey 1920’s private block of 16 flats. I reported a smell of gas in the communal stairwell, and the gas board identified 2 gas leaks in the riser. Whilst they were there, I noticed there is alot of really dodgy looking electrical work in the same riser as the gas main on each...

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