"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"Matthew Durkin" wrote in message
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My Sister has just bought an old house pre-20th century house. We've
found a
couple of mains cables running from the fusebox that have a lead sheath
snip

I dont know what your insurance co would do in the event of a fire,
whether theyd pay out, someone else may know.


WTF was the surveyor doing, or don't they look for this sort of problem
(considering that these wires are surface) ?