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:

 

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A mate sent me this lovely effort that he came across

 

[NDG Elecs]

Temp builders supply whilst extension is being built. At first the mess of sockets were in a wheelie bin and the CU was covered over with a bit of tarp! If you looked up you could see the sky clearly above your head! This is a commercial premises and that board is a sub board fed from an MCB on another dual RCD board, so when it tripped it took half the building out...

 

[telectrix]

what's the IP rating of a wheelie bin?

 

[Dustydazzler]

what's the IP rating of a wheelie bin?

Pretty good if you seal the edges with mastic

 

[NDG Elecs]

They were all in the yellow bin at the top of the first photo. It had tripped at least three times, either due to condensation or the good inch worth of moist dust at the bottom of the CU. What is silly about it all is that it took a mere 30 mins to strip out the redundant sockets. Bearing in mind this is a dentist's and every time it tripped they lost one chair and the compressor went off too. That's probably a fair bit of lost revenue for a profession that pays well.
It's still not ideal by a long stretch but the roof is going up this week at least. I told them it should not be energised as is and left it up to them. At least the RCDs work ok though !

 

[freddo]

A stupid attempt at installing an inline fan.

Powerline adaptors, the left one is connected to a broadband router just out of shot, the right one is connected to a card reader sat next to the router, the only internet connected equipment at the premises...

One of several sockets wired in twin red 1.5mm cable, all had reverse polarity.

 

[JOURNEYMAN]

Came across this newly fitted shower in a tanning salon recently.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That is a work of art

 

[James]

Oh my god, they couldn’t even get it straight an level
My 6 year old apprentice could do a better job.

P.s. keep it quiet, he is not on the books and I don’t pay him minimum wage.
(Grandson)

 

[freddo]

Came across this newly fitted shower in a tanning salon recently.

Well go on, show us your new tan!

 

[SJD]

I like the way the wall is cut away to leave access to the isolator valve, right next to the shower unit.

 

[DPG]

That t&e across and down the wall looks shocking as well. At least use a bit of mini trunking.

 

[Pete999]

Came across this newly fitted shower in a tanning salon recently. View attachment 51442View attachment 51444

Terrible workmanship, should be ashamed for doing that.

 

[JOURNEYMAN]

Also noted while I was there that the extract fan has no ducting to the exterior at all and instead vents through a 4 inch wall straight into the staff kitchenette via a shutter! There's a list of other electrical and building work horrors that the builder has done on behalf of the new tenants. It beggars belief what some people will accept and pay for.

 

[lozarus]

Another little one from me (but worth a mention). Old lamp column. BS1361 fuse clearly failed / lost an end cap at some point. Fuse wire wrapped around the old one.(NB I did replace with the correct fuse)