making good

[bobbybrown]

hi guys just after some advice and tips on making good

opps the down-light hole is to big after the ceiling has been painted
filling in a hole in the ceiling and matching the artex
filling in chases

also if your ask'd to move a light that is in the center of a room and cant access the above to lift floorboards etc how do you get your cables through the joists? bearing in mind your not supposed to notch joists from the bottom ??

cheers in advance

 

[hasel5]

artex asbestos help

 

[i=p/u]

wny not notch from bottom and cover with steel plates and long as rcd protected

 

[bobbybrown]

are the steel plates to protect cable against nails /screws or to re-strengthen the joist?, read somewhere notching from the bottom is a big no no? and where can you get hold of them?

 

[i=p/u]

well you dont need to go at it with a chainsaw, 10mm notc do no harm, dont even think you need the plates if rcd protected

 

[cbw]

Plasterboard is usually thick enough for a 1.5T+E without notching....(Which you rightly say should not be done on the underside)

Ceiling is safe zone.

I love light weight filler for making good this kind of thing.

It really looks awfull though, needs lots of sanding/filling and painting......Try to do it from above.

 

[bobbybrown]

so you should be able to clip cable to joist, think i might give plastering a try

 

[cbw]

I tend to clip it as it is a bugger to fill it it the cable keeps flopping down

Seriously though, this really should be a last resort as it does look terrible and takes ages to make good.......

 

[bobbybrown]

if you were filling in a chase then is it best to use bonding let it go off then use finish plaster for the last say 3mm?
do you guys normally do the making good or tell them to get plastering in?

 

[i=p/u]

be ideal if you could get plaster in and you know him, few times you'l be doing it yourself

 

[topquark]

i=p/u has a good point there. It's worth getting to know a good plaster for making good. I know my limitations and I'm crap at plastering (and electrics but we won't go there, will we )

 

[midgetman]

get someone to show you how to plaster - its a doddle. Gee a monkey could skim some multi finnish

 

[topquark]

get someone to show you how to plaster - its a doddle. Gee a monkey could skim some multi finnish

I must be a lower life form than a monkey then

That's the one thing I haven't been able to do well yet. The odd bit of patching is ok, if involves a whole wall or artex, forget it. That's when I ring Maureen (or a mate).

 

[midgetman]

I must be a lower life form than a monkey then

well have you actually got someone to show you how to do it?

 

[chrisreid186]

any tips for the spot light hole that's too big scenario ? apart from bigger fittings?