Bad positioning or too fussy?

[sehs527]

I'm a homeowner and looking for some advice. We have taken on a house renovation and had an electrician do a rewire. The second fix has just been done with socket faces now on etc. We've spent a little extra on faceplates but I'm not happy with the positioning with some of the sockets/switches. Thankfully most are ok but there are a few grouped together that are all spaced differently and it looks messy (pictured on studded walls): The fan switches are different heights (one I can reach the other I can't), they're different distances away from the door way/architrave.

I asked the electrician about it and understandably it's hard to be accurate during the first fix and I guess stud wall frames can affect positioning. Just wondering what you guys think?

 

[ipf]

Anyone else use these.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254817981898?hash=item3b5455d5ca:g:5SQAAOSwHVVf50v~[/vURL]

I have a couple of little magnetic levels for fixing inside metal boxes to be sure of horizontal and vertical.

....and if you believe that, well??

Nowt wrong wit' 'rack o' th' eye'...or laser line or basic spirit level, of course.
as per #21.

 

[swaRRR]

Agree with you OP - it looks cack.

Is that definitely newly plastered? The pic with the socket next to the architrave looks like the wall needs renovation, looks old.

There's no excuse imo for not putting your first fix in a straight line. If you have to work around studwork etc you simply work around it by cutting out the appropriate piece, moving it, or notching.

2/10 for the spark here.

The fan switches are supposed to be up high, it's that way on all new builds anyway.

 

[nicebutdim]

OP posted last December and hasn't been back since. Thread now repurposed

 

[mainline]

That's fair enough, but I asked what the benefits were and you pointed out that it saves you having tools in your bag that will already be in your bag for numerous other reasons.

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't use these templates, but don't see any real benefit in doing so.

 

[swaRRR]

Didn't watch the vid but isn't he just using it as a spirit level?

 

[mainline]

Didn't watch the vid but isn't he just using it as a spirit level?

no

 

[swaRRR]

no

Ok i guess i'm gonna watch the vid now lol

 

[nicebutdim]

Ok i guess i'm gonna watch the vid now lol

Very interesting if you're unsure how to draw around a square template.

 

[pirate]

I'm looking for a new basin wench too...
the dirty dishes are piling up!
Might have a look on Tinder...

 

[ipf]

Very interesting if you're unsure how to draw around a square template.

It's getting more and more like kid's telly..........Playschool, maybe?

 

[Dustydazzler]

It's getting more and more like kid's telly..........Playschool, maybe?

Time to adopt Round boxes like 99% of Europe ?

 

[ipf]

Time to adopt Round boxes like 99% of Europe ?

They might look like bubbles ascending the wall..

 

[nicebutdim]

Time to adopt Round boxes like 99% of Europe ?

We haven't yet mastered marking out straight sided shapes, so probably not ready for circles.

 

[Dustydazzler]

We haven't yet mastered marking out straight sided shapes, so probably not ready for circles.

Would something like this work

 

[Mike Johnson]

Would you guys have put that in the centre of the panel lines?

 

[ferg]

Would you guys have put that in the centre of the panel lines?

That set my teeth on edge too.