Forget screws, this is the new way to secure back boxes to walls

123 · Apr 28, 2018

Silicone! And lots of it.

Not a screw in sight.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Forget screws, this is the new way to secure back boxes to walls

KEV 1 N · Apr 28, 2018

Wonder how many tubes were used in that atrocity??

Andy-1960 · Apr 28, 2018

Got to have been done by a plumber!

KEV 1 N · Apr 28, 2018

Andy-1960 said:
Got to have been done by a plumber!

It’s got “Kev the kitchen fitter” written all over it!
(Not me by the way!)

123 · Apr 28, 2018

KEV 1 N said:
It’s got “Kev the kitchen fitter” written all over it!
(Not me by the way!)

Certainly has, this was in the kitchen of the property and it's a total shambles.

Bigger issues include one leg of the rest of the apartment ring and the dishwasher circuit being arse about face (so ring is across 2 MCB's, as is Dishwasher circuit). A couple of under cab lighting JB's just buried in the plaster. A couple of spurs relocated, in choc blocks and tape and then plastered over.

Gavin John Hyde · Apr 28, 2018

its almost as bad as when the apprentice gets let loose with the intumescent sealant on the new builds. they have to maintain the fire rating between flats and boy do they use some, you go along afterwards to change a socket and the wires are literally hidden in a lump of sealant where the stuff has sunk or moved with gravity after they have been and gone. they put it in and over every little void within the hole and around back box. I hate the stuff

littlespark · Apr 28, 2018

What silly-cun* did that with the silicone?

Dave OCD · Apr 28, 2018

Mr Percyprod should observe this thread - it's another example of someone who thinks electrics are a doddle and the resultant mess, although it can be much worse than this.

Squid · Apr 28, 2018

Are the walls "tanked"

Squid · Apr 28, 2018

And I don't mean in silicon......

123 · Apr 28, 2018

SWD said:
Are the walls "tanked"

I can see where you are coming from, penetrating the tanking with a screw, it would have been a way around it.

But no they aren't, it's not that old a building either (early 2000's), breeze block & cavity walls. Also all the pictures are on internal walls also.