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  1. D

    Electrical ceiling rose move ahead of plasterer?

    Hi all, Have a plasterer coming overboard and skim a ceiling and I gather it is not good form to board around a rose, so ... Would it be best to unscrew the rose and just knock through to the loft and push it through and board over the lot? Then I can just reposition the wiring afterwards...
  2. J

    Dot Dab Plaster wall - 35mm box? Plasterer at odds with electrician

    As part of my spec I said that I wanted 35mm back boxes. The walls have been taken back to the brick and will be dot and dabbed with plasterboard and then skim finished. Electrician said that he can just screw the backbox onto the wall without digging into the brick because onces its dotted and...
  3. L

    What's the going rate for a decent plasterer daily rate?

    Hi, I got my house that needs skimming. 2 guy's have come out to quote job. According to them job should take 5 days. Price one guy quoted for just labour is obscene. More than an electrician. 1400 for hallways both upstairs and downstairs. Knocked down to 1100. 10×14ft bedroom, without...
  4. R

    Making a ceiling light cable safe for plasterer

    Hi there, I'm a homeowner looking to get an Artex'd ceiling boarded and skimmed by a plasterer. The ceiling has a standard ceiling light in the middle of it, which I'll need to remove and then reattach slightly lower after the plastering job. What would you recommend to do to make the wiring...
  5. Luminous

    Stud Walls...fast fix or noggin and metal box?

    Which do you prefer on new walls? Pros and cons? I've always put a noggin in but am finding more and more that plasterers seem to measure the height of the socket then decide to cut the board half an inch higher. I don't like how plaster can chip too easy with a pad saw or that the box is...
  6. R

    Just had full rewire done, cables very close to surface or coming through skim

    we just had a full rewire done on a 1920's property. Electrics been completed and signed off with certificate. Making good on wall chase areas done by plasterer hired by electrician. We have just come to decorating and found that in a few areas the cables haven't been chased deep enough and are...
  7. B

    Did I hire a cowboy?

    Hi, hoping somebody can help. We put off having our house re-wired for various reasons, finally after 9 years we were in a position to have the work done. We got three quotes and went with the electrician we felt we preferred. We were told it would take 4 days to do the re-wire and a plasterer...
  8. HappyHippyDad

    How many spurs can you get off one socket on a ring?????

    A friend asked me to have a quick look at the electrics as she wasn't sure if the plasterer was doing it quite right! On investigation I found the socket (on a ring) was already supplying one spur which fed 2 sockets (JB underfloorboards). The plasterer had already added another spur and then...
  9. J

    box installation

    Hi I'm wiring a new house and am at the stage of sealing the boxes for behind the sockets and switches. The holes have been tracked out to fit 25mm deep boxes and screwed in. I had been planning to finish the installation ready for the plasterer by cementing in the gap around the box but am...
  10. R

    Accesory protectors from plasterer

    Am I right in thinking there are some temporary boxes about that fit round accessory fronts to protect from plasterer or is it a case of taping a plastic bag round them? Just got a feeling that the plasterer is going to plaster accessories into wall as had this problem a few times. Thanks in...
  11. Paul.M

    Fault Find # 2

    Easy one for you..... Domestic house, 17th ed dual split cu, RCD1 will not reset after a plaster "tripped" the mcb and rcd earlier in the day. Plasterer has been working in the kitchen only and re-boarded the ceiling and skimmed it only (no walls). Kitchen sockets work as they are on RCD2...
  12. U

    shocking plasterer, excuse the pun

    Doorway turned into an archway, houseowner had lighting off as they were changing switches around so nothing was noticed at the time, but also the cpc to this new metal switch (unseen) wasn't connected to earth. End result switch front plate live 230v, exposed plasterers mesh at bottom of the...
  13. T

    plasterer rewire kitchen

    a freind asked for some help with boiler problem today so had a look although i haven't done any work on boilers exept my own, anyways told him when he put new radiator on and drained system when turning back on without bleeding radiators probably damaged water pump. looking around kitchen he...
  14. P

    Not plasterer this time but suspended ceiling monkey

    Been a long day, was doing a "routine" EICR, 12way TP DB, warehouse and offices. Going well just a couple of 400V labels and a missing earth in a light switch and was down to the last circuit "office ring" on C32. Thought be home for 3:00pm, however got the wires out of the DB and no continuity...
  15. P

    Plasterer - stealing work from honest sparky

    Well, was asked to add 10 sockets to a ring and convert a double to a single to make way for the partition wall. Did all the pre-work, only thing left to do was break into ring and convert the existing socket. Was waiting for client to give me date and time to take the power off (its a 10way SP...
  16. H

    Customer, plasterer!!!

    I've had a bad evening. Completed a job a week or so ago. Customer gave me nothing but problems from the beginning but managed to get paid and out the door. Call this evening "I need you to speak to my plasterer" plasterer comes on." Hi just finished plastering and everything is tripping...
  17. L

    building control re:filling in chases

    i recently rewired a house and when the building control inspector came round the first time he asked about filling in the chases is this a requirement? because i aint no plasterer:confused:
  18. W

    Bad Day Jobs!!

    I thought I would start a thread for Bad Day Jobs because I know there are plenty of tales out there to tell. So here goes: Today I went to change a 5ft Fluorescent fitting in a kitchen. A job that should have been straight forward - like for like quick change over. It was an old fitting...

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