OK, so we just had the house rewired. Ill give ya an overview:

First: Leccy comes to replace CU and connect up new Kitchen ring that the fitters added

3 Weeks after: Board comes to replace meter, brings 16mm tales but leaves new tails that the leccy who replaced the CU naughtily put in (25mm and brand new - Old tales were puny and with the added load of the new stuff it NEEDED to be replaced before it burnt off its RUBBER sheath!)

1 Month after: Another leccy comes and rewires all the rings. Some things to point out:

Downstairs sockets were radial (!!!!! )
There was this wierd joining contraption in the wall that did NOT look safe - exposed wires all over and breaking the single spur rule by far! 1 in to supply, 2 brought off for sockets
You know the contraption I mentioned earlier? Well, off this the imersian heater controls used to be fed, off which THE IMERSIAN HEATER ITSELF WAS FED! Also, some crackhead lecky said it was OK to run sockets off the imersian heater spurs! EEEK!!!!!!!!
Some of the sheathing had melted in places
Earths were sheaved NOWHERE

It was old Black Indian Rubber   Yack!
Multiple strands of Tin Plated Copper

Glad its all out now.

Can I ask just one question: Is it legal to place 2 earths in one sheath (The earths are UNtwisted)

i think he means when bringing 2 T&E into a box funnign both thier earths in the same sleeve to the terminal

[quote author=Owen  link=1092255327/0#0 date=1092255327]Downstairs sockets were radial (!!!!! ) [/quote]
Why is that so shocking?

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But there is no such rule with radial circuits...

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Provided the circuit is properly designed to cope with the loads, why not?   BTW - they aren't spurs, they are legs.

Ref Sleeving, Most sockets do not have two earth terminals, most have one, often dual earth sockets cost more, altho double earth appears to be getting more common.

if there is only one terminal, both should be sleeved individualy just the same, and run into the shared terminal.

With regard to Owen's post, some of it does indeed sound a tad worrying, but as BAS has pointed out this could not nessicaraly be the case, and what may look dodge from only a small ammount of experience may be peftectly ok.

But the camera sounds good, take us some pics and we can help you upload them, and give a definate answer on some of that.