What are my options here?

DJAndy · Mar 16, 2021

Faced with a switch drop suffering from having architrave screwed over it. Not overly experienced in domestic work so looking for some options on how to deal with it.

[ElectriciansForums.net] What are my options here?

My first thought was to have the contractor take the architrave off & then to hack out and joint behind the architrave, but obviously the reason there's a screw in the cable in the first place is that the harmonised colours cable is out of the prescribed zones.

And then there's the various textured finishes, picture rail, cornice...

westward10 · Mar 16, 2021

I'm lost, where is this screw through the cable in relation to the switch drop.

Dustydazzler · Mar 16, 2021

Quienetic switch

DJAndy · Mar 16, 2021

westward10 said:
I'm lost, where is this screw through the cable in relation to the switch drop.

Under the paint. Cable leaves the switch out of the side and runs up behind the architrave.

Pretty much a dead short SL-E.

If someone was reckless enough to disconnect the cpc, energise the SL, and then waved a non contact tester at the potentially live door frame the beeps would stop part way down the frame.

Previous electrician blames the chippy but it is post 2004 colours so the cable should not be where it is.

loz2754 · Mar 16, 2021

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westward10 · Mar 16, 2021

So it runs behind the door frame or the dado rail. Are you trying to apportion blame or find a solution to repair it.

DJAndy · Mar 16, 2021

westward10 said:
So it runs behind the door frame or the dado rail. Are you trying to apportion blame or find a solution to repair it.

A solution to repair it. I don't care whose fault it was, I'm talking too much and distracting from the actual issue

DJAndy · Mar 16, 2021

Dustydazzler said:
Quienetic switch

This may be a winner.

westward10 · Mar 16, 2021

So where is the screw dado or door frame.

DJAndy · Mar 17, 2021

westward10 said:
So where is the screw dado or door frame.

I think the screw / nail is in the architrave, but I can't confirm it's that direction and not from the casing without having the paint off. Definitely not from the picture rail.

ipf · Mar 17, 2021

Seems to me it needs removing and replacing. Paint or wall damage is a secondary problem and needs carrying out as required.
Is it an old, existing situation or has it just occurred?

westward10 · Mar 17, 2021

If I were tasked with this then the cable needs replacing as in #11. Any repairs/making good would not be my concern.

telectrix · Mar 17, 2021

Quinetic is the answer. diss. the switch cable at the light. no decor disturbed. no cable out of zone. winner.

UNG · Mar 17, 2021

DJAndy said:
I think the screw / nail is in the architrave, but I can't confirm it's that direction and not from the casing without having the paint off. Definitely not from the picture rail.

westward10 said:
If I were tasked with this then the cable needs replacing as in #11. Any repairs/making good would not be my concern.

Taken off properly there would be very little making good to do, score the paint with a knife where the architrave meets the frame, a good sharp wood chisel to take the architrave off and a bit of caulking to tidy it up when it goes back.

telectrix · Mar 17, 2021

UNG said:
Taken off properly there would be very little making good to do, score the paint with a knife where the architrave meets the frame, a good sharp wood chisel to take the architrave off and a bit of caulking to tidy it up when it goes back.

but he'd still be left with a cable outside prescribed zone.

What are my options here?

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