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Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

Beware plumbers!!!.jpg

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. :eek:mg_smile:

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hightower said:
Loving this thread. Quickly understanding why electricians have jack all good to say about plumbers.
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Maybe because they they get it wrong so many times...

I built a control panel 2.1m tall, exactly according to design. it was installed exactly as designed as were loads of other services.
Plumber [except we decided he wanted a posher name - pipe fitter] came along and decided his 4" pipe would be better in a different place to the design and cut 6" off the top of the panel doors and some of the top. Panel had a fairly big 3ph supply ~800A, the swarf knocked out 2 of the supply fuses but he carried on and fitted his pipe.
 
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pirate said:
I love it when you can see multiple installation methods in one example.
In case the pic isn't clear, we have SWA in corrugated conduit, exposed, from the ground up to about 2m, then it's cemented in for a bit, then it emerges and is sort-of cleated for the rest of the run.
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Someone came back to fix the cabling and realised he'd forgotten his tall ladder?
 
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Not as daft as it looks at first.
Above 2m someone's decided it can be surface mounted. Below that they wanted it buried. So they've used conduit (good), and cemented that into a channel. It looks a lot like the bottom of the render has fallen off the wall - so that could have taken the cement covering over the conduit with it when it fell off.
 
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pirate said:
I love it when you can see multiple installation methods in one example.
In case the pic isn't clear, we have SWA in corrugated conduit, exposed, from the ground up to about 2m, then it's cemented in for a bit, then it emerges and is sort-of cleated for the rest of the run.
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Whoever did it was so proud that they signed their name next to it.
 
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Well it didn't used to be a legal requirement in this country - is it actually a legal requirement ? If it is, then there must have been an assessment done. Given the normal opinion that electricity and water should never mix - it seems odd to insist on putting stuff outside, given how flimsy the cabinets are.
If I'm ever forced to do that, I;d be looking for a galvanised steel box, with a mesh cover on the door so it can be rendered and painted to match the house. What do you mean, it'll block radio signals ? Why would I want my meter talking to the world every half hour !

I'm still trying to think what to do with the fugly box a previous owner stuck on the front of this house for the gas meter. Of course, not being built in, it's even more obtrusive than the built on ones.
 
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Dustydazzler said:
What the heck is that , it looks like the crate I chuck all my off cuts in...

that surely can’t be an existing in use installation ?
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Yes I found that hidden underneath a floorboard it is a s plan heating system with solar panels integrated the builder carrying out a loft conversion discovered it and rung me. There’s more than that junction boxes galore sockets lights jointed together I’ve done loads of work there recently have ripped out loads of wiring had a mere when I changed consumer unit but all good now and safe the previous builder cut all the main support beams to fit velux windows builder condemned it instantly but 8 weeks later all safe for them to move back in ?
 
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Simon47 said:
Well it didn't used to be a legal requirement in this country - is it actually a legal requirement ? If it is, then there must have been an assessment done. Given the normal opinion that electricity and water should never mix - it seems odd to insist on putting stuff outside, given how flimsy the cabinets are.
If I'm ever forced to do that, I;d be looking for a galvanised steel box, with a mesh cover on the door so it can be rendered and painted to match the house. What do you mean, it'll block radio signals ? Why would I want my meter talking to the world every half hour !

I'm still trying to think what to do with the fugly box a previous owner stuck on the front of this house for the gas meter. Of course, not being built in, it's even more obtrusive than the built on ones.
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bypass the gas meter. brick it all in, tell them you are an all electric household. then sell the meter to a cannabis farm. sorted.
 
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Simon47 said:
Well it didn't used to be a legal requirement in this country - is it actually a legal requirement ? If it is, then there must have been an assessment done. Given the normal opinion that electricity and water should never mix - it seems odd to insist on putting stuff outside, given how flimsy the cabinets are.
If I'm ever forced to do that, I;d be looking for a galvanised steel box, with a mesh cover on the door so it can be rendered and painted to match the house. What do you mean, it'll block radio signals ? Why would I want my meter talking to the world every half hour !

I'm still trying to think what to do with the fugly box a previous owner stuck on the front of this house for the gas meter. Of course, not being built in, it's even more obtrusive than the built on ones.
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It does mean when you have house fire the whole house power can be killed before fire fighters gain entry.

There plenty of better more solidly built boxes out there but as usual housebuilders will go with the cheapest possible option
 
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There's another thread on here about installing a low-power shower circuit, one of those which uses hot and cold supplies and has pump. Here's a step-by-step pictorial guide to just such a thing...and just in case anyone reading this is tempted to follow suit DON'T!

First of all, make sure you have a handy double socket in the hall outside the bathroom, and just ignore the now redundant FCU.
Then, drill a hole through the wall and insert some flex, and put a plug on it, for inserting into the aforementioned socket. Don't use the cord-grip, obviously.
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