Search results

I shall lighten up in future, thanks to you all.

Thanks The Snake, apologies, I also suffer from the state of the economy, thats why Im retired and 67  but still working and up at 4.30am, I get a little tetchy. I do give as much work as I can to tradesmen and I look after the good ones if I can, I have some horror stories (and I dont mean to...

I am not able to reply with quotes as I havent made 10 posts yet, and I do need to reply to those who asked me questions. The only way I could do it is to post as plain text. My replies are in bold, hope thats acceptable. SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH, on 02 Sept 2014 - 5:01 PM, said: Unless it was...

Thanks very much for the information, its much appreciated, as long as its safe and legal then I am happy. Cheers Phil

I may be totally wrong here but the information that i had was that the electrics to the pond required Building Regulation Aproval if it was a FIXED installation. But if it was connected by a removable plug then it did not require inspection. The key word being FIXED.

Sorry, yes the house had a new consumer box with RCD fitted last year, the house circuits are protected including the socket in question.

Thanks very much for your replies. I think when I first did this job there was a legal requirement for the council to check the electrical work outside. I have had the council check other building work in the house (RSJ etc installed by a builder) in the recent past and they charged well over...

We have a garden pond with the usual electrics (pump and filter also lighting). I installed the electrics using Blagdon Armoured Garden Power Supply Kit, armoured cable etc. The house had a new consumer box last year with RCD, but I was given advice that for the outside electrics to be legal it...