Ive been asked if I can do the a very simple job for someone, all it is is to change the faceplates from plastic to chrome on the following
8 x double sockets
1 x single
5 x dimmer switches
1 x normal switch
5 x switched fused spurs
1 x aerial socket
1 x telephone
how much would you charge...
Has anyone got any good tips/ methods for removing plastic screw covers from face plates without damaging the caps, or is it best to destroy them and fit new ones? Thanks
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How/ why am i supposed to bond the main water when it comes into the house in plastic. i thought it would be a deviation but ive now been told by a guy who said that the niceic said to bond the plastic pipe as the power supliers recomend it.
I'm curious to hear how people deal with plastic roof lights when they are working on industrial style trapezoidal roofs. Do you barrier them off? Leave them and net below? Board over them?
Any feedback would be appreciated.
I attended a call out the other day to check the electric after a water leak. I checked it, went to turn lights on and had tingle through the an all plastic switch. i scratched my head in disbelief and touched it again, i had another tingle. My guess is that the rocker has worn down so much that...
Hi Guys, although I've been reading and coming to this site for a while now for excellent advice, this is my first thread so be gentle! I've been a self employed sparks for over 5 years now, and in total 9 years in the trade so why is I've just seen for the first time today a greenish see...
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The situation is this;
PME supply
Dual consumer unit with 30mA RCDs
Incoming water pipe is MDPE into house where it is teed off copper to kitchen sink etc and copper to oil fired boiler in utility room
Boiler incoming in plastic
Tails to all taps and rads are in copper and remaining...
Anywhere i can get over sized plastic light switches? Someones replaced the switches on this job with metal decorative ones, since the lights dont have an earth im changing them back to plastic but because the metal ones are 10mm bigger and the papers have just papered round them i'd have a ugly...
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Doin a new build log holiday home. Water main is plastic into the cabin then goes Into a bit of surface copper round the tank then back to plastic for all hidden pipe work. Do I need a main bond?
8.5kw shower supplied by copper pipe......with plastic T where water supply branches to serve it, then back to copper. Any need to bond across the plastic T? Similar story with water supply to bath on hot and cold. All circuits RCD protected, shower itself earthed no problem.
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Just rewiring a friends house and he tells me that he is replacing the central heating system too but he's doing it all in plastic piping.
Do I need to bond the radiators?
Many Thanks
What are peoples opinions on...
Coming from a metal wylex 80A sw/fuse in a 25mm SWA to feed a plastic consumer unit? A slight differnce of opinion on site this morning!! I'm thinking the consumer unit should be metal cased, although another spark doesn't see why, other than the strength of the...
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