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  1. C

    Rewire in a property with a thatched roof

    Hi All, after some advise. I have been asked to rewire a grade 2 listed building in Norfolk with a thatch roof covering one bedroom of the house, there is no attic space below the thatched area ( vaulted ceiling) with only 1 ceiling mounted light going into that room so no cables any closer than...
  2. richardg

    Voltage spikes? Equipment?

    Some help and guidance needed for a property I was called to inspect. After inspecting a domestic property and being paid to rectify all the faults I have been stumped with the problem of recurrent lamp failures! The house has a history of regularly blowing all types and makes of lamps- as part...
  3. S

    Rental Property (Scotland) Electrical Safety (Bonding) Legal Position

    Hi Guys (and I assume that you mostly will be guys..), A quick introduction, I have spent most of my adult life working overseas as an aid worker, so am pretty used to surviving "less than optimal" electrical installations. But the wiring in this house that I have just moved into does seem to...
    • Sue B
    • Thread
    • bonding electric electrical electrical safety legal position property rental safety scotland
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  4. A

    Advice for a period property

    Hello, I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to offer advice on a Victorian house we are thinking about buying. It has solid walls with no cavity. The house is around 3300 square feet and has an E rated EPC (but capable of going to D). Space heating is projected at 50,000 kwh and the...
  5. dlt27

    RCD Tripping.....External influences...

    Had quite a few problems lately with rcd's on dual boards tripping and on 2 occasions I haven't been able to find the problem (trips once every couple of days) . I have meggered circuits, ramp tested rcd, used megger mA meter for earth leakage etc. On both occasions there was an earth leakage of...
  6. J

    pricing

    Hi guys. Pricing again. What is a reasonable recommendation to price for a periodic. Still trying to get use to this whole pricing business so that I'm not out of pocket neither is the customer. Thanks
    • jimjamjimajam
    • Thread
    • charge depends pricing property where
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. R

    Puzzling Earth Fault

    Hello all. I have a really puzzling fault at a property. There is a 16th edition Dis Board onsite with a 100a 30mA rcd protecting the front end. The Installation is TT. I wired a new extensions to the property in 2005 and oversized all earthing to adhere to the prospected 17th edition. There...
  8. J

    Repositioning Main Fuse and Meter - Domestic Property

    Hi, has anybody had any experience with repositioning the electrical meter and main fuse within a domestic property and the costs involved, thanks
    • Jamie3032
    • Thread
    • domestic fuse main main fuse meter property
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. T

    HELP please with next inspection date

    Currently doing occupied property work for Camden Council at the moment and have a slight issue with Next Inspection Date and also the Extent of the work covered. My issue is with the non-full rewires that we are doing at the moment. Where it is just a Kitchen Ring Rewire and CCU change plus a...
  10. P

    Remote control of electric heating away from the property.

    Please be nice its my first post on the forum. :tongue3: I have a customer who is currently converting a property to use as a holiday let. He lives 300 miles away from the property and wants to turn the heating on or off while he is away from the property for the holiday makers who visit it. I...
    • Petervale
    • Thread
    • control electric electric heating electrical heating property remote
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. O

    Guess the size of property

    I came across this on a recent holiday - a mighty beast. Anyone like to suggest the size of property?
  12. S

    Website One.com

    Hi all I currently have a Vistaprint website which is okay but seems to be viewed by everywhere around the world except for local traffic. I am considering starting again with a different source & One.com seem to offering a good package has anyone used them (especially as first year is free !) ...
    • Sanke
    • Thread
    • bsi property seems services
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Business Related
  13. M

    Smoke alarms

    I have been asked to price to fit some wireless smoke alarms in a house which as been converted into separate rooms. now I've see you can get mains powered or battery powered wireless alarms but I friend as the he did not think you could fit battery wireless smoke alarms in a domestic property...
  14. F

    LPG domestic tank earthing.

    Does an LPG tank serving a domestic property need earthing ? I was planning just to put a main earth bond onto pipe where it comes into property. But does the tank itself need earthing to prevent static electricity ?? Cheers.
    • fredrico
    • Thread
    • attach domestic earth earthing property storage
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. M

    Noise on circuit

    Hi guys, I have a strange one. I was called to a property recently to an intermittent alarm on a heating fill set (mikrofill EFD). I have fitted many of these in the past with no problems. I contacted the manufacturers who advised me that the fault could be interference on the circuit due to...
    • mularky
    • Thread
    • circuit fault noise property switched thinking
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. B

    Eicr codes

    Recently got the job of performing EICR for estate agent, now there are two of us performing them. However one property in particular is a property that a member of staff is purchasing and then to rent out in Westerhope. The other spark has deemed it unsatisfactory for the following...
    • bigbaddave
    • Thread
    • calibri codes eicr install property
    • Replies: 83
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. K

    Safety of rental property

    I posted this yesterday, but not sure if it will appear in this section or elsewhere, so apologies if it seems to be a duplicate... Hello all, I wonder if I could ask some advice from electricians out there, I'm not one myself, my link to the forum is through my involvement in PAT testing. My...
  18. K

    Safety of rental property

    Hello all, I wonder if I could ask some advice from electricians out there, I'm not one myself, my link to the forum is through my involvement in PAT testing. My son is about to rent a flat through a letting agents and I recently had a look at it with him. The electrics in the premises are via...
  19. G

    Mains set up

    small bedsit type property 2 x db's 1 for storage heating 1 rest of bedsit cooker,shower lights,ring mains into meter then out , storage heating board via teleswitch customer doing away with storage heating , question is , ok to remove everything tied in with it , teleswitch etc
    • glasgospark
    • Thread
    • heating mains property storage
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. sparkymalarky

    Advantages and disadvantages of Ring Circuits

    Found this argument on the IET website and it made for interesting reading at work! http://www.------.org/resources/wiring-regulations/ringcir.cfm?type=zip
    • sparkymalarky
    • Thread
    • broken circuit circuits electricians vans interesting kitchen picture property ring van vehicle
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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