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Some lovely comments here from you guys, it shows just how well thought of he was, I knew Tony for well over 10 years and met up with him several times, he used to joke that his life was a bit like the old film 'kind hearts and coronets', there was a lot of stuff about him that could only be...

Friends, I have just learned somesad news and it falls to me to pass it on to my friends on here at the request of his son Carl It is with deep regret that I have to announce the passing of our dear friends Tony Smith.He had not been in the best of health for several years, however stubborn old...

I had a chuckle reading this, many years ago we'd tested a large office block over the road from the Manchester Arndale centre and told them in no uncertain terms that the wiring was well past it's date, a lot of it was in VIR. They had been having a lot of issues, hence the reason for getting...

A company I used to work for wired houses like that in the late 80's early 90's, split front to back, I have even seen then wired left side on one circuit and right side on another for sockets. I remember one job I did years ago the guy was a right pita so made a point of going well over the...

I agree with you, but, there would be one problem with doing that wouldn't there. the scams, all they are bothered about is money, we've seen that time and time again, to them it is far better to have say 5000 poorly qualified 'electricians' that 2000 properly qualified ones, more members equals...

I haven't got it but I know where he works, I may ring his works today and see if I can speak to him, I will let you know the outcome.

So in reality all this talk of 'professional bodies' is a load of bowlocks then isn't it! we may as well not bother joining ANY scheme or organisation because clearly none of it either matters or is fit for purpose. If a solicitor finds a client has been badly advised by another solicitor he...

That is the problem, they do bugger all, in fact on the occasions I have attempted to complain about NI registered contractors all I get told is that it is the customer who needs to complain not me, just in case I have a grudge against the contractor in question. No I don't have a grudge against...

here's an interesting document from one of the network operators https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/userfiles/file/EART-01-002.pdf

Has anyone heard from Tony recently, I haven't heard from him in about three weeks now and he isn't answering his home phone and i seem to have lost his mobile number, i cannot leave a message on his voicemail as it is full apparently, not a good sign.

I'm still about mate, just, lol

This is the trouble, who exactly defines what is important or neccessary, I feel a lot of people will use the current situation to make some form of gain from it. Insurance companies have always been the worst offenders, but then again a lot of it is down to the law which says you must have...

Just read an article stating that some insurers may invalidate your insurance if you have an accident during lockdown as, with a few limitations you shouldn't be using your vehicle anyway! What a joke, but typical of the way insurance companies work, you can imagine it can't you, you have a...

Just make sure you get an earth loop test before swapping from a type B to a type C MCB the maximum value of loop is different for them both, if you are at the top end of the value for a B type you may possibly be over the value for a C type.

Excellent analogy with the MOT, an MOT test is technically only valid at the moment of test, once the vehicle leaves the test centre who knows what is done with it! Suppose your car needs 2 tyres for the test, you can't afford them so I lend you mine, your car passes the test and then you put...

It does Andy, anything that affects an mot testers ability to conduct a test is grounds for a refusal. My mate had a MK 2 Escort, he used to coat the brake and fuel lines in grease to prevent corrosion, never had a problem until the tester retired, the new one refused to test it point blank...

It really makes you wonder when you read something like this, did the OP buy the boiler from somewhere and then ask a local spark to fit it or was it supplied by the spark? I've seen both scenarios, ' the guy in the shop said it would be no problem for any competant electrician to install this...

Had an Ikea fitting like that, a bloody great metal thing with a 2 core cable on it, it had a small chrome round 'box' that attached to the ceiling and the fitting hung from this on a lump of that clear plastic two core at the end of which was a large metal chandelier. It may be acceptable...

The problem in this case was it was an electrician working for the local housing, now granted a short length of cable might not add much to the cost of one job, but say it's using 30 metres per house and multiply that by 500 houses, then add the cost of labour to do it and it soon adds up, which...

Amen to that brother, it's like parents who moan about the cost of feeding their kids, 'have you seen how much it costs to get pizza's from dominoes?'  Well how about you try cooking you lazy cow, and teach your kids the meaning of the word 'NO'! 'little Oliver will only eat chips from Maccys' ...