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Hello all. I thought I would post this here even though I am not a new member. I used to be a very active member both here and in the electrical community in general, but then I became very disillusioned with the online aspect of the electrical trade as a whole and distanced myself from it...

Good evening all Some of you know me but most of you probably don't. Tomorrow sees the begining of the month of Movember. This is when some men don't shave their top lip for 30 days in order to raise awareness and money for testicular and prostate cancer in menfolk. I have registered myself...

I've got to buy a new all in one printer/scanner/photocopier for the office. I had an HP which was an ink thirsty beast, which is old and problematic now. I used to have an epson printer which was a great little printer, so now I'm looking at epson again. Not looking to spend big bucks and...

Does anyone here use job tracking software and if so, who by?

Hi guys, I was shocked to read recently that a local man had been killed in Afghanistan recently. He was due to turn 21 before he was killed. Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Military Operations | Privates Lewis Hendry and Conrad Lewis killed in Afghanistan I know lots of young soldiers...

Just popped home for some lunch, thought I'd have a nosey. I'm trying to make another estimating spreadsheet. I spent a lot of time on one (thanks for your input sidewinder), but it got too complicated. What I was trying to achieve with it , is a way of building up an estimate in such away that...

This is not a thread asking "How much do I charge for blah blah" It strikes me that there are a lot of folk out there running contracting business's that haven't got a clue and I'm fed up with being under cut by them so here is a little exercise to those who DON'T know how to work out what they...

Has anyone downloaded the free form fill P from the castline website? If so are any of you running it on windows 7? I've installed it, but can't get it to save to pdf, it keeps saying there's a problem and the file can't be found.

That is the question. Big argument going on at another forum about this. Is there a requirement to cross bond boilers? On-site guide says no, but some argue otherwise. I'll let you lot discuss and fight, I'm just a stirrer with my wooden spoon in hand. :slap

Does anyone know of any mobile phone holsters that don't use a velcro fastener? I don't know why things use velcro, at least in the contracting world, the stuff never lasts more than 10 mins

Has anyone done this course (NICEIC Virtual reality periodic inspection reporting course)? What was it like? Was it useful?

More pics for ya! Went to do a Periodic Inspection at this property. I wondered why the tails at the meter (on the other side of the wall) were 25mm, but when they appeared in this consumer unit, they had magically shrunk to 16mm. So I removed the covering to the boxing above the consumer unit...

Hello guys, Are any of you forum members going to be attending this event? I am and I usually meet up with some Napit members. We enjoy beer and curry on the Thursday night! Might be nice to put a few names to faces and chat in person.

Evening all, At the beginning of the week I went back to a property where the following week I had completed the first fix to a small extension. The customer didn't want any carpets and floorboards removing, so asked if a supply cable could be run on the outside of the building as...

Evening all, Not the usual pricing question here, you know like "what would you allow for blah blah blah". I'm sure like most of you, when I go to price a job, I take my A4 note binder and write down everything the customer would like me to price. I also make notes on the earthing...

Here's how you do it: http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/Voltimax/DSC00010.jpg There, you have learned something more of good workmanship, no need to thank me.

Hi guys, I am most unhappy today as I've spent around about an hour on the phone to the NICEIC. Basically when I looked into transferring from Napit, their sales guy told me I would get the domestic periodic bolt on scheme thrown in for free for my first year. After which if I wanted to...

Hi all, Question mainly to the NICEIC domestic installers here. When you're working outside of your scope, what certs, PIR reports do you use?

Evening all, This is a question to all those registered with the NICEIC. Do you guys use their certificates, or are there any contractors here that use their own? I ask because when I was with the NICEIC before Napit, I bought their pads and used Easycert to fill them in. When I joined Napit I...

Hi all, I've always wanted to have a company logo, but In the past I've tried to design one using paintshop pro and photoshop, but a designer I ain't. A question to those that have one: Did you design it yourself or did you get it professionally done? If so where did you go to get it designed?