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Bob696:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13255792,00.html
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pritch:
I'm sure my brother would be delighted by that!
(Mind, he's got his own electrical business, so I guess he's biased)
Wanderer:
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
I get angrier and angrier everyday at the crap that's being spouted.
10 people a year are killed by botched wiring and we need legislation to sort it out?
Where's the baby? Whoops it was in the bathwater we've just, yet again, thrown out.
Ed
pritch:
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
I get angrier and angrier everyday at the crap that's being spouted.
10 people a year are killed by botched wiring and we need legislation to sort it out?
Where's the baby? Whoops it was in the bathwater we've just, yet again, thrown out.
Ed
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I think the next step is to introduce legislation that says you have to get a trained person to help you cross the road*.
*especially with all those nasty 4x4 drivers about
Horness:
--- Quote ---New building regulations coming into effect on New Year's Day will restrict DIY enthusiasts' right to carry out electrical work in their own homes, it has been confirmed.
Any significant electrical work particularly in the kitchen, bathroom or garden will have to be carried out by a qualified and registered electrician
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They've got more chance of me letting Michael Barrymore give me an enema than letting a bunch of cowboy sparks straight out of college into my house to wire a bloody plug.
--- Quote ---Deputy PM John Prescott's Office is planning a campaign to publicise the regulations. Home Secretary David Blunkett has been appointed in charge of Quality for this regulation, personally visiting each site to give it the once over before sign off.
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