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Does anyone know what , if any, insurance i need for working from ladders.I have Public Liability insurance as per scheme membership but customer is asking if im insured to work from ladders. It has just got me thinking, am i , i really don't know to be honest. Is it just something else i would...

Ok, ill check those things as soon as i can get back there. You added couple of things to what i thought i should test. Thanks mate.

Needing some help, had call from customer who said water heater isnt heating water. Went round, customer says that water board were working further down road and they were told to turn off heater and water, which they did.After that the heater didnt work. So far i found that the water wasnt...

Would a partial rewire require fire/smoke alarms fitted or is it only on a complete rewire(and new build of course) that they would be a requirement? Because if i was just rewiring customer's lounge sockets, i dont think they really want whole house disturbing to fit alarms at each level/room.

Will do, thanks again everyone. ...anyone wanna buy some time delayed RCDs... just kidding ;)

So would you recommend i leave say a couple of spare fuses, just in case? or tell landlord/tenants to call me if it did blow out.I trust your judgement on it not blowing, but things happen. I personally wouldnt trust the tenants with a butter knife let alone have them try fitting fuse, 3 of the...

Couldnt find what i think iread but i might have read something similar to what batty wrote here and maybe then convinced myself that nonSWA needed rcd protection then added the discrimination on top.Not really sure what i was thinking to be fair. I personally prefer the surface/trunking...

It is TNS, not TT. Submains are to each flat, not to each floor.Definitely not surface mounted, could be going through anything, havent investigated further, so buried. Earth bonding all over the place in basement , ive not had anything apart yet to do any tests.Visual check that earth is in...

Hi all, Recently looked at an HMO (basic 1 or 2 room flats), currently run as 60A main switch to 16mm T+E for each flat.I have noticed that the basement lighting and sockets is taken straight from the main for flat 3, told landlord that is very "^

Thanks for replies, think i will look at it again try rejig things, forgot about radials for bedrooms tbh, that should knock some off.Will pay my helper less too lol. Edit** It is Lancashire (need to update my info) so will aim for the 4.8k range , fingers crossed I get the job

Evening all, Would you kind gents/ladies please look over my quote, job details:- 3 storey, 6 bedroom, 2 living room house. originally a hotel being made back to family house. Quoting for new c/u 49 2gang sockets 26 downlights 17 pendants bonding (they are getting DNOs to move incomer...

:D my caller didnt like the fact i let him do his hard sell for over 20 minutes, and then said no thanks. He asked why i did this , my reply was "its a giggle" he really wasnt happy hahahahaha, and then after he continued for another 5 mins he got upset when i said no , called me a timewaster...

Thanks again guys. Admin, i did see that post and will follow it through once i receive my details, assessor said approx 7-10 days.Expect an email ;)

Thanks for the responses, i'm going to leave it a while before a site, my brother is dab hand with things like that but its getting him off his bum to do it. Anyone had possible spam call claiming they are from NHS trust or am i being too untrusting about all these calls?

Hi Guys n Girls, Just had phone call from Freestart about building me a website, i've googled it and found no scam pages linked to it, their website looks very professional. I was wondering if anyone had some knowledge of them , needless to say after all the calls ive had trying to part me...

Thanks for the replies. Spoken to customer and asked how in depth they wanted the report, will wait for what they say.She did mention that they wanted to see if new circuits could be put in, but also said that it wasn't mcb/rcd board so :C i will have to see if she rings me back.

Hi All, Tried searching for this topic but no joy. I've been asked to do a pre sale check/report by the possible buyers of this property. My questions, for those that have done these things, are:- Is it like a PIR? or just a visual inspection and recommendation? Would i need to print onto a...

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I shall try my best but if it goes bad day explode thenI'm runnin for the hills. Connect 3 wires, 2wires and leave one spare at start end. At second end id the 3connected as A,B and C, the two wires as D and E and the spare as F. Connect F to E and C, D to B and leave A spare. Back to...

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