Petition: Make working with electricity a criminal offence unless qualified

[Andy78]

It was a future tense comment. I've not done it yet, however at the moment I need all the plugs pulled out of the kitchen due to tanking needing to be done (I can do that myself, turn off at main box, pull plugs).

Then I'm just looking at replacing the old storage heaters...I've got my eyes on Quantum Dimplex. About 5 of them....I've thrown out all my current storage heaters (crikey, they're heavy). I don't see it being hard to rewire the Quantums in if I just use common sense, all the old SH have got E7 connection and main rail plug sockets next to them.

Once it's all done, I'll be getting an electrician to come over to certify it all, however I'm on a budget and can't afford to pay someone something I can do myself with the aid of youtube and some tools.

I'd get that electrician who will be "signing it off" to agree to this arrangement before you embark on this project. He will more than likely want to guide you and instruct you IF ​he agrees in the first place.
If you rang me after the fact and asked me the same I would give you the same response as would most professional electricians. It would involve lots of laughter followed by an engaged tone.

You'll always get a dodgy one to make you a cert up of course. Plenty of those clowns about.

 

[Darkwood]

It was a future tense comment. I've not done it yet, however at the moment I need all the plugs pulled out of the kitchen due to tanking needing to be done (I can do that myself, turn off at main box, pull plugs).

Then I'm just looking at replacing the old storage heaters...I've got my eyes on Quantum Dimplex. About 5 of them....I've thrown out all my current storage heaters (crikey, they're heavy). I don't see it being hard to rewire the Quantums in if I just use common sense, all the old SH have got E7 connection and main rail plug sockets next to them.

Once it's all done, I'll be getting an electrician to come over to certify it all, however I'm on a budget and can't afford to pay someone something I can do myself with the aid of youtube and some tools.

Please tell me you removed the bricks first :banghead: lol

 

[OnlyHumanHere]

haha yea, actually using some of them to build up my hearth for a fireplace I'm fitting. I'll be getting a nice hearth but I want it raised...figured I'd pay homage to the original heaters and use the bricks to good use.

 

[Darkwood]

haha yea, actually using some of them to build up my hearth for a fireplace I'm fitting. I'll be getting a nice hearth but I want it raised...figured I'd pay homage to the original heaters and use the bricks to good use.

Good luck, they are notouriously brittle and hard to work with unless your just stacking/laying them complete of course. :cool3:

 

[OnlyHumanHere]

Good luck, they are notouriously brittle and hard to work with unless your just stacking/laying them complete of course. :cool3:

That's exactly what I'm doing. Just about twice stacked, 4x4 bricks. Not cutting them or anything. The hearth will be floating at the edged, so no one will see the horrendous looking bricks...I just need some height.

 

[Andy78]

You can make a cracking pizza oven for the garden out of storage bricks

 

[Darkwood]

That's exactly what I'm doing. Just about twice stacked, 4x4 bricks. Not cutting them or anything. The hearth will be floating at the edged, so no one will see the horrendous looking bricks...I just need some height.

Also don't forget to look into insulation, this aint my field so I'll let you do the research but storage brick are designed to absorb heat very efficiently hence their density and weight, so anything below will be subject to thermal conduction as the brick pass it through


Anyway, thread straying off topic, ooops!.. I'm partly to blame

 

[Barry White]

haha yea, actually using some of them to build up my hearth for a fireplace I'm fitting. I'll be getting a nice hearth but I want it raised...figured I'd pay homage to the original heaters and use the bricks to good use.

please check if they contain adbestos Asbestos Storage Heaters reported to release Asbestos before repurposing the bricks