Hi folks,

I recently bought a bargain priced one bedroom flat. The building appears
to have been converted from a 4-storey house into 4 separate flats in the
mid-80s. Unfortunately during the conversion it would appear that several
shortcuts were taken.

I have been doing little bits n pieces of DIY around the place, in the
majority I have been decorating, but I have also replaced a couple of the
pendant lights. It was when I noticed the rubber insulation around the
cables and the lack of an Earth wire I got worried.

Does anyone know how old my wiring is likely to be? What is the legal
position on earth wires in lighting circuits?

BTW, I checked the power circuits and they seem to have been rewired
recently (in the last 20 years at any rate).

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