Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Is the rcd not serving any purpose? This picture is really hurting my eyes and head.

Nope.
Not connected.
Purely ornamental!

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Thanks Lucien and all.
I’ll be back there today.
I’m determined to find the origin of that feed and disconnect it. Yes it is fed from a 15A 3036, which starts at 2.5mm but somewhere steps down to 1.0mm. The old 3036 board is almost back to back with this new board, and I did manage to get a hole through the wall from one location to another ready for a new feed....
Onwards with a day of moving furniture, lifting carpets and boards etc. Their 10yr old son had a near panic attack last night when he couldn’t turn his PlayStation on.
Meanwhile an image of a socket wired in 1.0mm 3 core..

 

[Dustydazzler]

Looks like a new fitted and tiled kitchen , that’s going to a right badger to rewire

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Looks like a new fitted and tiled kitchen , that’s going to a right badger to rewire

A right Badger - I like that - might use when talking to the customer. And yes - it is a right Badger. Laminate floors, terrible access from above. Jeez.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Might be a silly question but what were you actually there to do? Was this a complete surprise for the homeowners or did they expect trouble?

 

[Strima]

When was the garage conversion done? Before doing anything it might be worth speaking to building control regarding a dangerous installation. This cowboy needs stopping.

 

[lozarus]

Replaced a fly zapper today, found this whilst removing the old one - fuses are "overrated" anyway (hoho!).

 

[Dustydazzler]

That's one way to stop the staff turning it off...

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

Might be a silly question but what were you actually there to do? Was this a complete surprise for the homeowners or did they expect trouble?

Add a socket!

Given the choice of 2 boards I opened up the one with the RCD first.

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

When was the garage conversion done? Before doing anything it might be worth speaking to building control regarding a dangerous installation. This cowboy needs stopping.

I tried to persuade the customer to go down that route, but he wasn’t interested. Just wants its fixed. Shame. I agree. This person is probably doing the same elsewhere right now.
He’s brickwork is good though..,

 

[Marcus Vaughan]

When was the garage conversion done? Before doing anything it might be worth speaking to building control regarding a dangerous installation. This cowboy needs stopping.

About a year and a half ago.

 

[Strima]

I tried to persuade the customer to go down that route, but he wasn’t interested. Just wants its fixed. Shame. I agree. This person is probably doing the same elsewhere right now.
He’s brickwork is good though..,

Sweet baby Jesus and all the orphans, what the **** is that mess? Thing is, customers allow them to get away with this crap in the first place, if they didn't these cowboys wouldn't last long and end up working in Tescos stacking shelves...

Either that or the customer did it themselves and won't admit it.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I tried to persuade the customer to go down that route, but he wasn’t interested. Just wants its fixed. Shame. I agree. This person is probably doing the same elsewhere right now.
He’s brickwork is good though..,

That can not be the finished job surely

That is rough as ----

 

[DPG]

It's probably getting rendered.

 

[Strima]

It's probably getting rendered.

Looking at the brickwork it's about 15mm out at the top, would be a pain to render properly.