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[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:

 

[Dustydazzler]

Messy boards are my real pet hate.... Grrrr

 

[richy3333]

But the artistic 'blurriness' does take the edge off a harsh and ugly looking thing

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets.

 

[Pete999]

I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets

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I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets.

Don't believe grommets are required as long as the cable on entry is solidly fixed in place.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Don't believe grommets are required as long as the cable on entry is solidly fixed in place.

You are right Pete, they wouldn’t be required, but it’s good practice isn’t it, I’d be fuming if someone did work for me and couldn’t be arsed putting a 2p grommet in a box prior to installing.

 

[Pete999]

You are right Pete, they wouldn’t be required, but it’s good practice isn’t it, I’d be fuming if someone did work for me and couldn’t be arsed putting a 2p grommet in a box prior to installing.

Yes I Agree, I would always it's bad practice, but did or are the cables fixed in place? that's what I was getting at, I would always install a grommet, common sense really isn't it?

 

[freddo]

Was working at a house that was rewired 5 years ago, no grommets fitted. It just shows a lack of care, though that was insignificant compared to the other defects found.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Was working at a house that was rewired 5 years ago, no grommets fitted. It just shows a lack of care, though that was insignificant compared to the other defects found.

Trades on its knees

 

[telectrix]

Trades on its knees

aleways has been in the domestic sector. down on knees, pulling cables under floors, accessing CUs in bottom of cupboards and under stairs. give me industrial any time.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Was working at a house that was rewired 5 years ago, no grommets fitted. It just shows a lack of care, though that was insignificant compared to the other defects found.

I did some jobs on a brand new £600,000 house the other week and absolutely no boxes where I took accessories off had grommets and some weren’t even fixed in place properly. No clipping in the loft and No sleeving on switch lines either.
it literally looks like the place was wired with No care.
oh and the consumer unit lid was held on with one screw and had a missing blank leaving a hole in the front.
this gaff was 18 months old.
just Smacks of throw the electrics in and get out quick ...

 

[Dartlec]

The few million pound houses I've been in are practically indistinguishable 'behind the scenes' on all fronts - breeze block and poorly run services with the minimum effort on fittings or indeed bothering to get them straight. Guess you have to pay another million for that around here....

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

I did some jobs on a brand new £600,000 house the other week and absolutely no boxes where I took accessories off had grommets and some weren’t even fixed in place properly. No clipping in the loft and No sleeving on switch lines either.
it literally looks like the place was wired with No care.
oh and the consumer unit lid was held on with one screw and had a missing blank leaving a hole in the front.
this gaff was 18 months old.
just Smacks of throw the electrics in and get out quick ...

I think that’s the domestic game all over now. Rough it and run.

 

[ruston]

Here is one I was asked to have a look at by a mate that has just bought this house . This was by a reputable company that supplied (previously)

and fitted a stair lift. This was for their spur . To make matters worse it is a spur from a spur.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Nice work

I think I should have stayed in the new installation game , I could have made a fortune lashing in carp wiring rather than actually bothering to do a neat job ...

 

[GBDamo]

Really, no words.