On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:21:30 +0100, Tim+ wrote:

Thanks to a monumental bit of DIY idiocy by yours truly, my daughter
is getting a nice new mains incomer

Oh do tell ...

Weeeell, this was this manky old bit of small bore copper pipe behind a
door frame and leading up to where it looked like there has been an old
gas light fitting on the other side of the wall. Couldn't decide
whether it was an odd water pipe size or a redundant gas pipe. We
didn't really want the pipe there as a new shower enclosure is planned
for that area. The obvious way to find out seemed to be to drill a hole
and see what dribbled out (after turning off water and gas).

Turned out to be full of sparks. ;-)

Bet that gave you a surprise, if you were thinking it was gas...

Electricity board came out and as we'd blown a fuse somewhere that had
cut off the upstairs flats and the terraced neighbour, they had to find
the single incomer for all the flats (which took them *ages).

Turned out that like the bypass plans in the Hitchhikers Guide to the
Galaxy, it was very helpfully hidden in a back bedroom, behind a false
wall, behind a radiator.

Anyhow, long story short, as the set-up is archaic they are going to
upgrade the incomers to all the properties gratis.

Anybody'd think you knew that and did it deliberately...