Priced a job today to fit some lights in a house, which looked about 20-30 yrs old.
Noticed on the landing fitting when I pulled the existing fitting down, that there appeared to be 4 solid green coloured conductors terminated at the fitting. One was "twinned" with the switched live, the others...
GT1
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As the new house I've just moved into needs a complete rewire, I thought that I would use this as one of my assesment jobs to join the NIC boys, with a view to becoming self employed.
With my understanding of Part P, I went along to the local town hall and explained what I intended to do and...
Hi guys,
I'm looking to join elecsa but am not to sure when it comes to the two jobs that get assessed. I think that you have to show 1 minor job and one major job, when it cones to these jobs do you have to inform the council about the work you're carrying out? And if so do they give u some...
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loacl housing group are re-wiring 40+ homes around near me i was asked why thay are using pvc trunking for all circuits .. i remember in the late 80s doing houses with trunking but that was just lighting drops only ..
what are the rules for pvc trunking in a house just seems lazy not to chase...
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Hi all
I am seeing a contractor about council contract work 5-7 years work.the job involves pirs and remedials kithchen/bathroom rewires ,complete rewires old and newbuild. I am a one man band who has paired up with another sparkie i know council work is not every ones cup of tea and i have been...
Hi
I earlier reported on **** Electrical ( ***** *******) a rogue electrician in Poole who had been passing himself off as an NICEIC approved contractor for the last three years.
We reported him to Poole building control (Mr Muzzall-head of department) who had ***** in for tea and biscuits and...
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TRUST MARK via ECA/ELECSA (government scheme) nominal fee of £40 quid i think stand to be corrected
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DURHAM COUNTY REGISTERED TRADER SCHEME (local trading standards...
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Hey up all, finally actually STARTIN a thread as opposed to just reading them for once! Im sure this has been done before but thought id ask.
Client is doing up an old 2 up 2 down terrace to rent out and got quite a few bits to do. Not a full re-wire just board change, extra sockets, bonding...
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Hi folks
been to a customer today (pensioner)
she had some work done by the council sparks, they did a partial rewire
of her house & told her that sockets aren't permitted on the chimney breast & removed them,
she would like them put back on the chimney breast.
I could understand it if it was...
sparks72
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hello there
i've got to change a db to a flat in a council block but it isn't a straight changover.
these old cabinets are everywhere in the borough where i live and work.
is there a straight replacement up to 17th standards .i go to a lot of jobs where they have this arrangement, i know the...
Hi guys, I've just moved to a new area and need a bigger customer base and been thinking about approaching a few local companies to see if they can offer anything, kitchen fitters, conservatories etc. Just wondering how it worked with pricing with companies you worked with? Do you work to set...
4x4steve
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Called to a public council building to carry out a p.i.r on it
Came across disabled shower room with, hand dryer, water heater, and convector heater 3kw all class 1 ,all Supplied by switched fused spurs in the shower room 30marcd protected
style Shower without basin/wet room fig701.1
Now all...
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I have a customer who wants a full rewire of his newly purchased ex-council flat. The problem is the ceiling and floor are solid concrete. The only thing I could think of is to put in false ceilings in throughout. Any other suggestions?
Grant M
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Hi guys cant seem to remember if i have to inform building control when i do a electrical installation cert only or at all and when i issue a minor cert. Can anyone help. I have done with a rewire i did recently but have also carried out a minor and wasnt sure
Thanks
I have just found out that you now need to produce a certificate for the installation of new smoke alarms. As I am registered with the NICEIC I have ordered some today but wont get them till the end of next week so i am just trying to find out if anyone has filled one of these out yet and what...
Work for my local council, job includes upgrade 2 consumer units 1 storage heating (5 way), 1 domestic c/u 9 circiuts used, 2 spare (11 way d/b). 6mm earth to water so upgraded to 10mm .obviouslly no gas main!! rewire kitchen this involves...
3x double sockets
3x fused spurs and outlets for...
hi all,
Newly qualified but still learning.
i was asked to look at a job by someone who had just bought a house and it looked like someone had started to do some rewiring but give up in the end as there are bare cores all over the place.
The electric was turned off at all 3 rewirable fuse...
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I have been asked by a letting agent to look at a flat which is due to be rented to the council and update stuff that needs doing and do a test afterwards. I am not in the know on what needs to be updated. Do I have to do everything to 17th...new twin rcd board etc?help on this matter would be...
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. :)
Alright, I'm Steven. I'm 16, and have been thinking of doing an apprenticeship with the local council. Although, my dad (who is a site manager) told me not to go with the council, because they have a bad rep, and are basically (NO SWEARING) altogether...
Hi there,
I may well be working in houses soon, not something I've done much of before. So, I need to know if I'm allowed to do it, now that Part P has come in.
I'm currently qualified to 2391 testing, and 16th Edition, though I'll be doing to 17th soon and possibly 2400 design.
Do I have...
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