Rogue Traders

Guitarist said:
Totally agree. I've known people be refused planning permission due to roofing tiles being the wrong shade, yet those panels are allowed???
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Strange as it may seem, but yes you are allowed to have PV panels on your foor under the permitted development rights, as long as they are under 200mm from the plain of the roof, even in a conservation area.

You do need planning permission on listed buildings though, and for ground mounted systems too.
 
Geordie Spark said:
Oh aye .... improving all the time.

I bought mesel' a MFT last week, and a Readers' Digest book about Domestic Wiring last month.
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I remember being given an AA book of home improvement and DIY when I was a kid, from a neighbour who "thought I would like it". It had loads of stuff regarding how to carry out house wiring. Now it's the superstores which tell joe public how to change a CU.
 
Guitarist said:
I remember being given an AA book of home improvement and DIY when I was young. It had loads of stuff regarding how to carry out house wiring. Now it's the superstores which tell joe public how to change a CU.
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I Know!!

It's an absolute disgrace putting us cowboys out of work.

It makes me glad to be retired.
 
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Took this about 3 weeks ago,, original fault rcd tripping.
 
Guitarist said:
Totally agree. I've known people be refused planning permission due to roofing tiles being the wrong shade, yet those panels are allowed???
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actually, if a neighbour complained, Permitted Development rights could be revoked, and an enforcement notice issued as the rights do come with the responsibility to mitigate the impact on the visual / amenity value of the local area as far as reasonably practicable... or something like that.

Not that the companies that did those abominations will know that or give a ----.
 
Haha at that toonlad, no wonder it was tripping the RCD. What sort of fruitcake thinks something like that is acceptable - how can they not realise that as soon as you fasten that back the likley hood of the exposed live conductor touching the earth is 1/9999999999.
 
Cheers Geordie, Class ehh. ring main was at the side, both cables at the bottom were spurs. one did the porch socket and lights the other, linked back into an old back boiler spur and accross the room to spur 2 sockets in the conservatory. Basically bare connections arcing accross and it was one of those flat plate sockets, so everything gets squashed. the face plate was bending under the strain.

On the subject of practicing yes it took me 5 weeks, 2 more than most, so im a bit more experianced now.
 
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Toonlad said:
Cheers Geordie, Class ehh. ring main was at the side, both cables at the bottom were spurs. one did the porch socket and lights the other, linked back into an old back boiler spur and accross the room to spur 2 sockets in the conservatory. Basically bare connections arcing accross and it was one of those flat plate sockets, so everything gets squashed. the face plate was bending under the strain.

On the subject of practicing yes it took me 5 weeks, 2 more than most, so im a bit more experianced now.
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Good lad - keep it up.

Another fortnight at that rate and you'll be awarded the Silver Spurs. :)
 

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