What are you doing/done today

Toneyz · May 18, 2017

What are you doing/done today ? not a direct poll but I thought that it would be interesting to see a snapshot of a day in the life of a E.F. member did it go to plan what problems did you overcome.

Wilko · May 18, 2017

Doing an outdoor lighting installation and tidy up this morning. Up and down ladders etc so I hope the rain stays away. Minor Works cert at the end

Toneyz · May 18, 2017

To day we are carry on installing unistrut ,rod etc for tray basket & trunking for new county council offices. nice job will take us up until Christmas.

saspm · May 18, 2017

First fixing an Amvic ICF house. Lots of conduit, channeling of polystyrene,

drilling rebar concrete and metfloor

[ElectriciansForums.net] What are you doing/done today

Midwest · May 18, 2017

Yesterday, spent most of the day in a hot dusty, itchy loft, altering extractor fan (previously diy installed), replacing old down lights and switching in a bathroom. Got wet feet, 'cos I had to park me van in a puddle on the drive

Today I'm going back there to make good a tiny hole made by a moving plasterboard nail, they found in an adjoining bedroom and a smudge on the ceiling in the bathroom. Apparently, the homeowner nearly cried.

I love my job

richy3333 · May 18, 2017

For me it was finishing up a house of Dimplex Quantums (I hate them). The whole job went to pot. Wrong heater sizes from the wholesaler and then wasted site visits (80 mile round trip) because the customer failed to turn the old heaters off to cool down.

And then to top it all off I dropped one of the small fiddly screws into the unit. As I couldn't locate it I picked the unit up to shake it. In doing so I clacked myself just above the eye!! Face bleeding I carried on. 10 minutes later I stand up after wiring the unit and manage to clack my head on the corner of the unit and so had cut number two on the scalp. Got up this morning with a 'mild' black eye

Baker1988 · May 18, 2017

I'm finishing off the 3 phase dis board, finishing the termination of the last few dozen circuits, should be fun haha. Also to @Midwest above the last bit about the smudge made me chuckle I use to be absolutely terrible for that during my first few years never mind smudges I use to put black hand prints all over the ceiling haha not now a day's though.

Midwest · May 18, 2017

After making good one of the old down light holes and spending 10 minutes polishing the chrome bezels, and double checking, and asking the customer to have a look, to make sure she was happy, I'm dubious.

I forgot to mention, when I arrived, I found a starling flying around in the house. I spent 20 mins getting it out, and cleaning up the bird pooh (thought I'd do that before it dried hard). When customer came home, she said it probably flew through the vacant hole, left (by me) by the old extract grill. Apparently, they often have birds flying round the loft, and thought one might get through the hole. Why not tell me that then!

Specialist · May 18, 2017

Midwest said:
Yesterday, spent most of the day in a hot dusty, itchy loft, altering extractor fan (previously diy installed), replacing old down lights and switching in a bathroom. Got wet feet, 'cos I had to park me van in a puddle on the drive

Today I'm going back there to make good a tiny hole made by a moving plasterboard nail, they found in an adjoining bedroom and a smudge on the ceiling in the bathroom. Apparently, the homeowner nearly cried.

I love my job

Homeowner only Nearly cried ? Come on Midwest, thought you'd learned enough by now to make them cry properly, your obviously not trying hard enough

D00DY_T00DY · May 18, 2017

Going to college

Then a shower pull switch to replace at 7.
Then seeing a lady friend after that

KennyKen · May 18, 2017

In Darwin about to start night shift in a chilly 33 degrees

Lou · May 18, 2017

Great topic for us nosy people

@Midwest why didn't your psychic skills know about the birds?? Sounds like that horror film ha.

@richy3333 you sound as clumsy as me. How's the eye now?

For me its admin and emails, some errands to run and tidy the house again.

SparkyChick · May 18, 2017

Typing up the EICR I did yesterday and the accompanying invoice and quote for remedials. Off to see a potential customer at 11am and then producing the quote for that. Pop to Asda to pick up some batteries so I can try out my latest purchases from the toolbox of @Pete999

Oooh and unboxing my CK Dextro VDE Slim screwdrivers which arrived yesterday. Thank you very much @CK Tools . They look lurvely

LankyWill · May 18, 2017

Of to finish the CCTV install I started yesterday, spent 6 hours in a loft sweating like a stuck pig trying get the cat6 to the soffit. Face full of insulation and itchy eyes, todays job is to fit the rj45 plugs. Bit of containment downstairs under the kitchen units where the stack comes out. Should hopefully be finished today if the rain stays away.

westward10 · May 18, 2017

Just finished testing this flat in an 18 story redevelopment less than a year old all okay apart from one thing can you spot it.

What are you doing/done today

Toneyz

Wilko

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Toneyz

saspm

Midwest

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richy3333

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Baker1988

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Midwest

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Specialist

D00DY_T00DY

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KennyKen

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Lou

SparkyChick

LankyWill

westward10

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