On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:52:14 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
mused:


"Lurch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:13:46 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
mused:


"Lurch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:38:59 +0100, "Mary Fisher"


It happened to us, many years ago.

You may have been conned, or the wiring may have been actually
condemable.

We weren't conned, the regs said that you couldn't have two and three pin
power points in the same room.

Well there you go then, condemnable. 'Not right' doesn't equate to
'condemned'.

We were told to have the wiring redone in accordance with the regs, it would
be examined and condemned if not done according to regs. It was back in the
1960s but it seems to me that regulations have increased rather than
decreased over the years,

Be that as it may, I can't condemn much these days, I can only advise
on what wants doing. I have condemned stuff before and the customer
has decided to completely ignore me and carry on as they are, it's the
way it works. You obviously listened to the advice you received.

I've known a pensioner be left with no heating or
hot water because of a fault with her boiler - this by a government scheme.

Gas is different to water, people take notice because it's gas and
there is more weight behind the authorities and gas suppliers.

But there's no point in continuing this because nobody's going to take any
notice of my experiences - as if I cared :-)

I'm not not taking notice, I'm telling you where your experiences
aren't the norm. As usual, you are bandying advice about based on
personal experience, intefering as I call it.
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Regards,
Stuart.