These are genuine clips from UK Council flat (Public Housing) tenants complaining to the Council about problems with their flats:
1. My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back
passage has fungus growing in it.
2. He's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I
just...
Hi guys, im new to this forum so go easy please ;)
I am 17Th Ed and Part P Accredited. Have been doing electrical work for years ( commercial, minor works only ) but I havent done any house bashing for years ( about 9 or 10! ). I am not part of a scheme as my employer doesnt need it. Im an...
Hi guys just looking for a bit of advice on this or if someone can point me in the right direction of where to find the information I'm after.
I'm quoting for a set of 2 Flats and I'm wondering if I need to interlink the alarms together and if so the best way to do it.
Construction of the...
Evening all,
Ive first fixed a double back box and single box together with one of those box spacer things.
Someone told me that the problem with these things is that socket and spur switch will not fit together if they are the flat type as they are wider. I this true?
Hi all just a quick one, what's are view on using 63a, 30 ma RCD as the supply to a self contained flat CU within a house?
Basically im doing CU change & remedial's after EICR, many circuits so gona need large CU or 2 * 10 way split load, 1 for the household standard circuits & separate for...
Anyone know of a decent priced mounting system for a flat roof (balast required) mounting system which will hold panels in portrait - I can only see landscape ones!
I'm doing the design work for a job. anyone done something like this before ?
ANY IDEAS GRATEFULLY RECIEVED
Supply is TP&N. It has a single Meter feeding a bunch of stuff and a few fuse boards (next to the meter).
The customer is converting the house into 4 flats each with it's own meter...
Just had notification that Scottish Power are going to be re-wiring my entire block of flats to the meter. The existing supply cable is probably 50 years old and is embedded into the fabric of the building and is not re-wirable. I have been informed that the new source cable will be run to my...
Evening all. I have a job coming up to replace all the white accessories with flat plate screwless ones. I haven't used these before, just wanted any heads up from anyone who has. Is there anything special I need to do or any problems I might experience?
First real post:
Doing a complete re-wire on a 2nd storey flat. Was orinially a large 1850 house and has been converted into 8 flats.
Flat is big, 3 bed, kitchen, bathroom, lounge, dining room. Area roughtly about 170sqm.
Walls are lime plaster (2-3" thick in places), some walls are solid...
Nothing for months then this... any ideas welcome
Client has a large flat roof up about 10M it's got loads roof lights and a lift overrun area. If the panels are laid flat (not tilted) they can be laid next to each other and I can get the required number of panels installed.
What sort of...
These days from 11pm to 6am, there are very frequent switching sound from the switch pannel (around every 10 minutes). The sound is from the ABB contactor ESB 24-40, which is used to control storage heaters. A new contactor has been changed but the problem is still there:bomb2:...So I guess the...
going to start doing a rewire and going to use it to join elecsa, i have started questioning even the most basic things trying to get it right.
looking at an old electrical book i have and it states back boxes need to be secured with round head screws also remember the subject comming up when i...
Have been asked to give a quote on a 2 bedroom flat rewire. Have access to the loft, no carpets and no furniture in the flat. Decent size rooms and electric heating also. The flat is in scotland, if anyone could help give me a rough idea on given estimate it would be great. Is it better pricing...
Going to re-wire a small flat,
at the moment they have 24 of these 12v small downlights, on 8 transformers stuffed in trunking. What would be a better way of doing it is there a transformer that will do like 12 of them? Also does it have to have smoke detectors?(Reason being another big firm...
Have got to rewire a lighting circuit in a flat existing is singles but no cpc. Conduit embedded in concrete
Can i rewire with singles including cpc or have to use t&e
Hi we are installing Sanyo's on to a flat roof which will have a significant wind factor as it is quite exposed. The installation is in London my question is what would be the best mounting system. I was thinking of mounting them landscape using a schuco mounting bracket. If any one has advice...
Hi everyone! I've had a browse on the net and on this forum but can't find any information on the photo attached
Young ladys flat in a block of apartments, this is the only telephone point that's wired up and it works perfectly with telephone and router plugged in.
Problem is, I've never...
Hi, i have a garage 5.5+5.7 with a flat roof on. Its leaking and i am looking to replace the felt with rubber
2 Questions should the Pv rails be fitted before renewing rubber or fit on top
and a quide price for the system, looking for 1.6KW
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