PrenticeBoyofDerry

Still Sober, regrettably!

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Hi how you doing I notice you seem to be very knowledgeable on all things building wise and would be gratefull on advice about where to purchase tiling adhesives and grout in the londonderry area but not b and q thanks for any reply

Hi, can you please assist with my query regarding council taxes (noticed you replied to a similar topic before)

I have built a house over a period of circa 7 years. Its still remains incomplete. Everthing has been done other than gas connection, water termination, no cooker, no space heating thus no boiler, no driveway, no landscaping/ incomplete external works. The only services are elec supply and foul drains. I have no final completion certificate from building control and no commissioning certificates either therefore inhabitable.

Am I exempt from paying council tax? I've been doing so since 4 years and it totals thousands!!!

I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks

I saw from a post of yours mid-way through last year that you knew quite a bit about earth wires for metal light fixtures and wonder if you can help me. I have a new metal light to instal in a ceiling. The wiring is conventional in the house (neutral black, switched live red, and earth green/yellow), The light fixture - because it is metal - has both a stand-alone earth wire from a ring on the pendant and also an earth wire in the fixture's flex together with the neutral (blue) and live switch (brown) wires. My question is - to what do I attach both of these two earth wires - the free-standing one attached to the pendant and the one in the flex? I thought I should connect the earth wire in the flex to the earth wires coming from the ceiling but what about the free-standing earth wire attached to the pendant? Would appreciate your advice.