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found this in a rental property, and disconnected it straight away. 2 x immersion elements, mains cold water feed, no expansion vessel or any temp pressure relief valves. Put in as a temporary measure until they could fit the boiler. Lucky the thermostat in the immersion element did not fail

a warning to those of you that break seals - found this warning at a customers house

Doing some work in a local shop. Shopkeeper had inspectio by council and fire officers,resulting in long list of things to fix. I'been fitting key switches for testing the emergency lights, as well as a few other things. He asked me to do a pir, but I dont think I'm competent yet. Agreed to...

Always check the tightness of connections, including factory ones! Well I didn't check the factory neutral on the main switch. What a plonker, but then on the electrical side, i am a 5 ww, so what can you expect? Trying to attach a photo here but can't seem to get it

I`ve recently quoted for a job which involves replacing 2 old wylex re-wirable consumer units , 1 for normal circuits and one for night storage heaters. The existing cu`s are recessed into the wall behind the front door, so I planned to use new flush mounted cu`s (MK 6512/6508 as customer has...

hello all - hope someone canhelp me. A customer asked me about her landing light , as the bulbs don`t last long. It`s a normal 2 way circuit with 1 switch on the landing and one downstairs in the hallway. The circuit has a feed into the cieling rose, a 2 core wire to the 2 way switch, and a 3...

just a few pics of my construction project that i`m working on in my spare time. Old leaky car port being converted into a garage/store/office - that was the original plan untill er indoors decided she wants room for washer and drier and sink and toilet etc etc. I`ll be lucky to get any space...

Hello all. I` ve been asked to take over an unfinished job, and need some advice. The homeowners are having a single storey kitchen extension built. It`s half finished, and some of the wall has had to be removed, as the builders ( Billy the Kid and Jesse James ) got the cavity wrong, as well...

I`m replacing an electric shower,like for like. The existing wire is 6mm, so I don`t have the option to up the size. I will do usual tests to confirm circuit is ok, but do I need an EIC, orMWC?

I have been reading all the posts and debates on this forum for many months. Today I had my NICEIC assesment, which went very well. Reading all your advice and opinions has been a great help in furthering my knowledge. thanks to all - John