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

Darkwood · Mar 21, 2015

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.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

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

mg_smile:

Dave OCD · Mar 4, 2023

Quite smart connecting the live feed from the shower solenoid terminal to run the fan while the shower is operational though.

Raptor0014 · Mar 4, 2023

I’m guessing it’s the bathroom fitters self-designed way of controlling the fan. 10/10 for ingenuity. 1/10 for execution.

littlespark · Mar 5, 2023

I’m getting itchy just looking at those loft pictures.

8.5kW…. What would you say that supply cable size is? I don’t think it’s 6mm from the photo

Raptor0014 · Mar 5, 2023

littlespark said:
I’m getting itchy just looking at those loft pictures.

8.5kW…. What would you say that supply cable size is? I don’t think it’s 6mm from the photo

My hands were itching for a while after. It is 6mm. I traced the route all the way from the CU to the shower point as I needed to check nothing else had been added to circuit in a random junction box somewhere.

timhoward · Mar 5, 2023

littlespark said:
8.5kW…. What would you say that supply cable size is? I don’t think it’s 6mm from the photo

I’m saying nothing after yesterday’s mess-up!

Dave OCD · Mar 5, 2023

On a recent EICR and CU upgrade the 30a rewireable for the shower also isolated the garage,gas boiler and cooker hood ! Luckily it was soon found that someone had shoved a 2.5mm in with the shower 6mm within the old Wylex. So a new and slightly unusual 20amp radial was created.

Charlie_Don't_Surf · Mar 5, 2023

Paul.M said:
That was the fastest Sticky Thread in history! This should be fun for all of us. (ps I like your rules DW)

This is a house I was working on today, came across this. One word describes it,,,,,, FAIL

View attachment 28498

Just after taking that I knock a full box of washers and screws behind the cooker and had to pull it out to get them. Needed them or would not have bothered.

Great thread, post them pictures up lads.

View attachment 28498

Excuse my ignorance, but what is wrong here, is it that the cooker is plugged in to a socket instead of a dedicated circuit of it's own? I'm a trainee, still learning. Cheers

nicebutdim · Mar 5, 2023

Mike_Rho said:
Excuse my ignorance, but what is wrong here, is it that the cooker is plugged in to a socket instead of a dedicated circuit of it's own? I'm a trainee, still learning. Cheers

Regulations stipulate placement of outlet in relation to cooker. It may be that the load is fine on a 13A plug (or it may not be), but consider the effects of heat and condensation.

I'm also a lowly trainee, so others may be able to add more to this.

timhoward · Mar 6, 2023

The perfect cable-warmer was created between heating pipe and once-halogen downlight, then squished into notched joists relying on the board screws to dress the cables so they 'fit'.

Raptor0014 · Mar 6, 2023

timhoward said:
The perfect cable-warmer was created between heating pipe and once-halogen downlight, then squished into notched joists relying on the board screws to dress the cables so they 'fit'.
View attachment 106599
View attachment 106600

Got to think of the cables welfare in winter.

Midwest · Mar 7, 2023

Curious @timhoward what will the remedy be? And I'm not trying to turn it ito a debate!

timhoward · Mar 7, 2023

Midwest said:
Curious @timhoward what will the remedy be? And I'm not trying to turn it ito a debate!

It was already a lighting rewire as IR of zero on lighting circuits with everything outside disconnected. Every fitting inside has a hidden joint box above it so no easy way to break down circuits.
And it was already a new rfc for new kitchen.
As the sockets IR is around 7M and there are lots of joint boxes (mostly installed by plumber I think) and customer wants sockets moved and new sockets added it’s basically become a complete rewire. Lifting the boards confirmed we made the right call.
I might keep the cooker circuit as that seems to be in perfect condition.

Midwest · Mar 7, 2023

I worked as a subby on student let refurb, converting from 3 bed terraced house to 5 bed student house. Your pics reminded me. The house was probably 2-300 years old. The muck/dust in the floor/ceiling voids was something else, like grey soot. Place was completely gutted. Learnt to wait until the plumbers fitted their pipework, before we did our job. The only criticisms I had was locating the CU high up by the front door. Testing was a nightmare, have to keep getting off steps to let trades pass.

Good luck.

mainline · Mar 7, 2023

Notching the joints was the plumbers way, and I think electricians back then followed suit, and probably still do to a certain degree, as sometimes needs must.

Brings back memories though of live nails poking out the floor, or the missus shouting up the stairs that there's water dripping from the ceiling.

If that wiring was staying, I would notch some nail plates into the floor board, better than having to junction box the cables just to divert them through some joist weakening holes.

Raptor0014 · Mar 7, 2023

I wonder if the cowboy that did this lot will come back for his cigarettes!

Top tips I've taken from this job:

1. If you ever run out of fuse wire. Just use some copper instead.....
2. Can't be arsed to wire a circuit properly? Just borrow a neutral from within the CU and cut the live & CPC off
3. Pesky water bond getting in the way? Just cut it off....
4. Lost the screws to the consumer unit cover... just use socket screws and break the mounting point.
5. Broke the cover of your CU? Hold it together with some tape.