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Thanks very much ianr and ed_pete I have noted the questions you suggest. I feel far better armed I bumped into the foreman electrician the other day, who is still on site. He thought it could be an earth leak or that previous to the upgrade the cooker hadn't been within an RCD but that now it was. He didn't feel it was necessary for the cooker to be within the RCD but there wasn't time to go into detail. I'm awaiting an appointment but I am getting the feeling they hope I just go away as I'm getting the silent treatment from the contractor. I saw this link for anyone else learning the basics of electrics like me http://www.jlmelectrical.co.uk/my-rcd-keeps-tripping/ Regards

Hi ianr > The contractors electrician fitted the cooker whilst I was there to speak > to him. I oversaw his work and all was in order with the re-connection. By that I mean I wanted to be at home to see the cooker re-installed as my cooker has an old wiring system and I wanted to be clear about colour to colour compatibility as It is likely that I would need to uninstall the cooker myself to paint the floor under it and reinstall it again myself. I needed to remind myself with an old to new mixed installation : Red to Brown - live Black to Blue - neutral Green and yellow to green and yellow - earth I watched while he wired this connection up, which he did. I then turned on two of the rings, which warmed up and the system did not trip in the way I have described above. I have been loaned a hotplate which I operate from a socket in the lounge which was not in operation at the time. All seemed 'in order' when he and I were present Did he test the cooker, and did you see him doing so? He made no tests of any kind, other than me turning on two rings How extensive were his tests? As above, he made no tests of any kind. The site manager has booked an appointment for further tests of the cooker to try to ascertain where the fault lies. I would like though to gather some knowledge to go into discussion with the contractor so as not to be palmed off. Many thanks Regards

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really please, just get a proper sparky in > > The great/worse thing about an electric shock is; > you can't see it coming What you say about not being able to see an electric shock coming is true but I have put up this post to gather information to counter a contractors statement of liability rather than to do any electrical work myself. You are entirely right to point out the dangers of D.I.Y electrical work if you are not qualified

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have had possibly the worst few weeks of my > life. A persistent mould issue in my property has > lead to myself and mr Louisa becoming rather sick > with chest related symptoms/infection. Can someone > please advise me on the best route to take in the > removal of mould? I was advised by a builder that > ventilation is the best way to prevent it forming, > but in winter this doesn't seem practical. The > mould is all upper bedrooms of the property at the > very top of the walls/ceilings. I have used step > ladders to remove most of it but it just seems to > reform within a week sometimes less. I have tried > leaving windows open when not at home but they > don't really make much difference.never previously > had this problem, so firstly could someone advise > what is causing it? And secondly, how can I stop > it coming back? > > Louisa. Have you discovered the cause of your damp issue Louisa?

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you know if during the refit the electrician > fitted a new consumer unit just to service the > kitchen or was it wired to your existing consumer > unit ? > If the former then I guess that the whole unit is > tripping which is also taking out the kitchen > sockets linked to the same unit. Seems strange. > Could be worth checking that they have fitted an > appropriately rated miniature circuit breaker > (MCB) for the cooker 30 amps is normal. > I certainly hope that they haven't combined the > cooker and sockets on the same circuit - they > should be separate. > > Consumer Unit - > http://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/dome > stic-consumer-units/cat7230028 > MCB - > http://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/mcbs > /cat7230022?cm_sp=managedredirect-_-electrical-_-m > cb Thank you very much for your reply ed_pete. If you don't mind I'll take what you have suggested to the foreman electrician on Monday morning. Regards

Thank you Uncleglen for your reply The contractors electrician fitted the cooker whilst I was there to speak to him. I oversaw his work and all was in order with the re-connection. You raise two important matters though. 1. The 30amp fuse How do I visually verify the Amperage of the fuse.ie, where is the fuse for me to inspect and confirm that it is 30A ? 2. the cooker is on a upgraded and rewired system. I think it is not on a separate system otherwise why would it trip the household sockets? Regards

Jocky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm currently in search of recommendations. Would > be grateful if I could tap into the vast pool of > wisdom. The Columbians I have worked with in the past got their lunches from a Columbian restaurant on the 1st floor of the Elephant & Castle complex. They ate there daily as did I. I thought the food was delicious.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's obviously possible, if there's a fault with > the cooker (or the cabling specific to the > cooker). > You don't need a sparky to establish that. but as I said in the text the cooker worked perfectly before and there was no fault then

I have had a kitchen refit with a wiring upgrade. My electric cooker was re-connected yesterday and I tried to cook on it but it trips out the sockets as well as itself. Today the contractor says there is a fault with my cooker which is causing the trip out and it's not their problem. There was nothing wrong with the cooker before and it worked perfectly. I appreciate it's difficult for an electrician to make a hard and fast comment on this without an inspection and test but could an electrician reading this confirm if this is possible ? Thanks

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Pipsky. Having refused to answer my questions > through normal channels, they now have about 10 > days to give answers to my freedom of info request > questions. Those questions are very reasonable and > valid, and they will struggle to wriggle out of > answering in the correct manner. The department at > Southwark to which you have to send freedom of > info requests is accessinfo@southwark.gov.uk. Hi Buddug Thanks for the link I have previously made F.O.I requests via the environmental department of Southwark Council rather than the link you gave and received a response although on reflection, perhaps your link is the more formal and official route. I hope though that my response was the same as you might expect from your request in terms of factual accuracy. Whether either of ours is legally binding and admissible in a court of law is another matter. Can anyone clarify this?

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The photo s of the nor bound lane on Lordship Lane > on the south side of the junction. > The Streetview link is of the eastbound lane of > Dulwich Common. > But I fished around and found this - > https://goo.gl/maps/7tXGrGmz4kL2 phew. > I've alerted TfL and now hope they'll understand > 1+1 = 2 !!! > Fingers crossed. Well spotted

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Trouble is, Spider, all these things have to > follow a procedure in order to get anything out of > the parties involved. My Freedom of Info request > to Southwark has about 10 days to run. If they > continue to fob me off, the independent > Information Commissioner will likely force > Southwark Council to say exactly what happened. > They cannot claim building control officers > visited the site and did inspections, but that > there was no approval, or sign-off, as they are > claiming at the moment. It's a nonsense. If it > transpires Southwark Council signed off a > development that was not fit for purpose, and a > fire risk, if that is indeed the case, then they > may be liable. We, sadly, have to wait. If > Southwark Council turns out not to be liable, then > other avenues will have to be pursued. It will all > come out in the wash. > > Meanwhile, thank goodness for the Freedom of > Information Act, which, incidentally, Tony Blair > later regretted introducing, saying he was an > 'idiot' for having done so. Says it all about > Blairites, really. Sadly, the leader of Southwark > Council, Peter John, himself endorsed > arch-Blairite Caroline Flint in her leadership > challenge... Can I ask, the 10 days you say your F.O.I request has to run; is that to reply to your request with the information you have requested or to acknowledge your request from the initial date you made the request? Which Southwark Council department did you make the request to?

OD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Like many others I have been viewing this thread, > this state of affairs is disgusting, I feel for > the tenants/owners and their families. It is > clear that Wandle have put out statements that > have not materialised with those living in those > blocks and Southwark have gone AWOL. > > My suggestion to help raise the profile of these > issues to at the very least add pressure to > getting responses/answers and help is to contact > BBC London Radio. As a daily listener of this > radio station particularly the morning and drive > time shows I have heard similar stories of > irresponsible housing associations being brought > to book and action being taken due to the fact > that tenants got the story taken up on the radio. > > I also think that if people can; they should use > twitter in direct response to the latest tweet by > their CEO as that will also bring attention to > whats happening. I would counsel against going to social media at this point There will be a complaint procedures in place within the housing association and Southwark Council which need to be responded to within fixed time limits. It needs to be shown that this 'Due process' has been exhausted otherwise, should it go to law, a judge could through out the case if this process has not been gone through. It is also worth mentioning that if you want a Councillor to respond, they should be addressed by name with a direct question or questions

If the properties to be demolished were tenanted by council tenants with secure tenancies, would the council not have a statutory obligation to rehouse these people ?

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AVG is not the worst AV out there - I just find it > a bit naggy, as it keeps pestering you to buy the > non-free version. That was the big reason I > switched to MSE. I does pop up and pester, I agree, but would, on balance, prefer to be pestered by something that worked than something that didn't. Thank you for mentioning MSE, I hadn't previously heard of it but will look into it. > > Not sure what you mean by for 'online banking / > purchasing'. An AV (should) protect you at all times By online banking I mean giving passwords, answering security questions, where there are bogus websites that say they are rated as 'official' when amending standing orders or setting up direct debits or merely sighning in to check an account balence by purchasing I mean buying on ebay or amazon etc > > > Ditto with browsers - I don't think any of them is > better/worse in terms of security. I use Firefox > as a rule, but often switch to Chrome simply > because I don't have any add-ons there, which can > seriously reduce your security. The big one is > not to let your browser store any login/passwords > for anything you want to keep secure. It's a > trivial job to see them. I never let a browser store my password even for an email address password, however for some sites, even my bank, my browser doesn't automatically ask me, as does yahoo for example when signing into email. I am awaiting a written response from my bank regarding this. Thank you for your reply Loz

Apologies for going off thread slightly What are views about AVG free for online banking / purchasing ? Someone advised me not to use internet explorer at all for this kind of usage but to use Google Chrome for windows 7 Thanks for your thoughts

Have you had your gutters cleared if there is a 'T' downpipe that is blocked if you are in a terrace? Does your neighbour have a similar damp problem?

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They responded after roughly 20 business days to > say the person dealing with the request was still > trying to locate the information. Then total radio > silence until last week. I requested an internal > review which wasn't addressed and sent 2 further > reminders. I then stopped caring enough to > persist. Which doubtless was their hope all along. > Clearly they don't abide by legislation because > there's no penalty. > > James, I look forward to whatever you discover. > Including finding out what incompetent functionary > took so long to look up a spreadsheet and make a > phone call. Hi Worldwiser A contact number for the F.O.I office for Southwark Council is 020 7525 0728, according to the poster I saw, should you wish to take up the matter of a 15 week wait. I wouldn't necessarily equate slowness of response to incompetence though, but rather to a hunger for information from F.O.I requestees, and the huge subsequent workload.

worldwiser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok.. a mere 15 weeks after making the FOI request, > we finally have some responses. They didn't even > apologise or explain the delay. I've cut and > pasted into my original request (marked >>) but > the headlines are: > > -Southwark thought this was an excellent way to > spend 150-190k (not sure which is the actual > figure) > -No-one other than Conway was asked to quote for > this because they're currently the contractor for > everything > -They delivered the project 10 weeks late on a 3.5 > week job. > > > 2015 Renovation of the entrance to North Cross > Road, SE22 - FOI Request dated 02.10.2015 > > Specifically I would like information on the > following areas: > > 1. The overall total and final cost of this > specific scheme of > works to include all consultation, design and > final build costs. > > >>The overall budget was ?190k and. the estimated > costs were ?140,881.96 > > 2. The original quotation cost for these works. > Explanation for any > difference. > > >>The spend was ?147,577.89, a slight overspend of > ?6,695.93, but under > budget ups and downs were > > * Design under estimate ?183.71 > > * Road Safety Audit under estimate ?300.00 > > * Consultation overspend of ?846.00 (this was not > in original estimate > hence overspend) > > * Traffic order costs overspend of ?1000 > > * Relocation of signal equipment overspend > ?5,333,64 > > 3. To which contractors this work was put out to > tender and what > the quoted costs returned were from each. > > >>The Works was carried out under our Highway and > Professional Services > Contract, the successful Contractor was > ConwayAecom. This is a term > contract for maintenance and project works. > > 4. The original length of time allowed for these > works to be > carried out, as estimated either by the successful > contractors or > the council, prior to their inception. > > >>The works were planned to start on the 13 July > and be completed on the > 7 August. The works actually started on 27 July > and completed on the 14 > October > > 5. The reasons for why this project was > part-suspended or delayed > mid-way through. Any implications to the final > cost resulting - > whether up or down. > > >>The works were delayed as our Works Contractor > had difficulties with > it suppliers, which resulted in works starting on > site but not being able > to continue due to the non availability of > materials. This has no effect > on the costs to the project or\Council. The works > are carried out under a > schedule of rates, not days rates. > > 6. To what extent landlords of the adjoining > retail premises along > Lordship Lane were asked if they'd be willing to > contribute or > participate in the scheme. What, if any, > consideration was given to > replacing the full width of pavement within the > bounds of the works > (this request acknowledges that only part is in > public ownership). > Were any discussions held or attempts made to > agree an acceptable > division of costs in order to achieve a renovation > of the entire > pavement width. What were the results of those > attempts? Or if no > attempts were made, the reasons for this. > > >>A public consultation was carried out, which > included the frontages > (shops) no requests were received to do works on > private land. Unless the timetable for a response to an F.O.I request has been re-timetabled due to heavy usage, a request should be responded to within 20 working days. I have seen this on a Southwark Council poster in a public library. Your ward councillors can inform you of the contact details of an F.O.I officer to look into this. 15 weeks is unacceptable. Were you informed about the response time in their acknowledgement of your request?

pipsky2008 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could you post on this thread any information or > correspondence that Peckham Rye ward councillors > have in relation to this subject Cllrs Dr. Hamvas, > Mills and Edwards. Thanks Dear Councillors. As Peckham Rye Councillors, who's wards cover the common and park, I would be glad of your responses to my request. Thank you

Could you post on this thread any information or correspondence that Peckham Rye ward councillors have in relation to this subject Cllrs Dr. Hamvas, Mills and Edwards. Thanks

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If I start with a ?1 where do I get to by day > 365 > > > > I'm thinking big here > > That would be (2366 - 1), which is 7.5153 x 10109. > Or a little over a billion googol quid. Wow, you seem to have a good understanding of maths. I have a calculation I need help with. Is it true that 20,000 is 0.001% of 4,000,000?

pipsky2008 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > enjoy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The carnegie library in herne hill runs a free, > > drop in chess club for kids and adults. > > Have a look there! But check upfront if it is > on > > during the holidays. > > Thanks for the info. Also The Dulwich Chess Club > meet on Mondays, 8-11PM at the White Horse pub at > the bottom of Rye Lane, SE15 As an update, Dulwich Chess Club meet at The Ivy House pub, Stewart Rd, Nunhead, on a Monday, 8-11pm

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I got this as well.. Not a Virus but Google > privacy policy slammed by EU data protection > chiefs > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/oct/16 > /google-privacy-policies-eu-data-protection > > Have a read. I must say I do not fully understand > it.. > > DulwichFox Thank you Fox, I'll have a read

Hello all Not a Dell PC issue as such but are any of you experiencing a repeated request from google to agree to data protection terms? I have clicked on agree previously but am receiving these requests every couple of days now and cannot proceed with google searches unless I click on agree . I am beginning to feel: a)If I click on agree, I am allowing a virus in or b) much like a), in that I don't want to adjust my preferences and so by agreeing to maintain my preferences as they are, I may be allowing a virus in Are any of you receiving these requests / demands ?