Found this in my 4 year old house...

[telectrix]

we need a poll. all members vote whether or not you can see the link.

 

[Dave OCD]

1 vote here for YES

 

[telectrix]

i voteNO. so it's even stevens, scousers 1. pasty munchers 1.

 

[Dave OCD]

I vote yes again , 2-1. If it's any consolation Tel my youngest son and me are big LFC fans.

 

[telectrix]

I vote yes again , 2-1. If it's any consolation Tel my youngest son and me are big LFC fans.

i'd not call that consolation, just good sense.

 

[Dave OCD]

 

[Midwest]

I went luminaire shopping with my Missus yesterday and bought a few lights for the living room, dining room and hall. Changing them all over today and every single light had it's loop in a connector block taped to the wiring in the void above.


Wago box, wago connectors and a 64mm dry lining box to fix the lights to. Always done this and it makes future light changing an absolute doddle!
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I and others use the slightly smaller Click Flow 102C connector, and I ain't providing no missing link!

 

[Paul Ellis]

Could somebody tell me why why the back box would need earthed in this situation?

 

[Toneyz]

Usually, the metal back box is earthed via the screws in contact with the earthed metal eyelid screw holes of a socket.In this situation, a plastic blank plate is fitted therefore there is no earthing of the back box via the screws and needs an earth fly lead.

 

[pirate]

Navy solution...
if it moves, grease it
if it doesn't, paint it
and everything else...earth it

has anyone else noticed the high level of sediment in Tesco's Duoro?
(Tried to upload a pic, but "an error occurred"...doh!)

 

[Midwest]

Navy solution...
if it moves, grease it
if it doesn't, paint it
and everything else...earth it

has anyone else noticed the high level of sediment in Tesco's Duoro?
(Tried to upload a pic, but "an error occurred"...doh!)

Dunno, don't shop in Tesco's, other than to get petrol and the other forms of derived liquid

 

[pirate]

Tesco is not my nearest, Waitrose is...but when I look at the prices, I feel unwell!
Not that I'm a cheapskate...

(No! He's certainly not! ...Pirate's wife...)

Did you see what I did there?
LOL!

 

[a-z electrics]

I think I would have been tempted to replace the double gang back box with a larger adaptable box seeing as a larger hole been made and painted to match.. but what a terrible indictment on modern builders! I don't know how some people sleep at night..

 

[a-z electrics]

I am afraid it is caveat emptor when purchasing a house. Any defect not picked up during a survey (you did have a survey?) may be actionable depending on what level of survey you had.

Don't new houses have a 10 year warranty? Also, it would be interesting to see how your neighbors garages have been wired..

 

[Squid]

Don't new houses have a 10 year warranty? Also, it would be interesting to see how your neighbors garages have been wired..

How do you think he got the lawn mower, leaf blower and shredder as well as the beers the neighbours have been hiding in their sheds from their wives..........

 

[Toneyz]

I think that the NHBC/1o year warranty only applies to structural elements of the house.Can someone explain SWD's post?

 

[Midwest]

Can someone explain SWD's post?

Only buzzlightyear would be able to do that. Never see those two in the same room

 

[Leyland30]

OP I would put your concerns in writing to The NHBC complete with original picture and any details you have regards the builder / contractor. The’re obliged to keep a record and might investigate, especially if they have had similar issues reported.

Regards recouping your costs, give resolver a try - google it.

 

[pirate]

NHBC 10 year warranty is mainly a joke...it works only if the structural build is so bad that the finished house is so far below par it is in danger of falling down...so, we have a system that tries to fix a problem that should never have arisen in the first place...building houses in places where they should not have been built without extra groundworks.

 

[Squid]

Jeeeez you Northerners are a bit slow on the uptake........

He already knows the neighbours garage instals as when he moved in he had a "rummage" in the neighbours garages when they where asleep.......