Other trades:- Give us sparkies a break

[littlespark]

I was asked over the phone to come and move an outlet as it was in the way of a new kitchen cabinet. A couple of inches to the left to miss the unit.
"Sure", I said "I'm not busy today. Give me half an hour to get there"
By the time I got there... within the half hour, the kitchen fitter had given up for the day.
This is what I found. Screwed to the wall, and screwed to the unit on the other side. At least the worktop wasn't in place.

Oh... and I did replace this flex outlet with a socket. There is a DP switch above, i'm not cutting moulded plugtops off a brand new dishwasher... Yes, dishwasher. There's still pipes to run BEHIND this cabinet.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Still not as bad as a plasterer once deciding to trim the cables that were coming out of the wall for wall lights in a pub! as in his words they were a bit long and preventing him from getting a good smooth finish... dopey ---- cut them back so just about reached the backbox... thankfully we had used conduit and could run new ones by pulling through.

 

[sparkdog]

Qualifications for kitchen fitter: Must not have more than one brain cell and be able to work illogically on own initiative. No knowledge of any regulations electrical or otherwise is required.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I always dread the call from anywhere saying ' I need a point moved, only a few inches'.
People don't realise that sometimes a few inches may as well be a few metres what with cables too short and keeping to safe zones.

 

[littlespark]

This was just a few inches, up and to the left.
Brick wall, so took some time to cut in a box.
Had to add time for removing the unit though

 

[suffolkspark]

presuming cable came in top left then or its not wired in safe zone anymore?

 

[telectrix]

presuming cable came in top left then or its not wired in safe zone anymore?

kitchen fitter will drill it anyway. safe zone or not.

 

[Fox]

Electrics aside, the cut on the top of that tongue/grooved effect MDF panel is bloody terrible, I've seen straighter winding country lanes

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Plasterers cutting cables too short they can not be used are top level scum. When I was apprentice the boss used to tell us to take pictures, he provided a camera just for this kind of thing. He would then tell us to just chase it all back out again as messy as we could get away with then absolutely nail the tw@t for the costs. Even if they cut the labelled lighting cables short we would have a before and after pic and nail them.

 

[RWJ]

I've got a backbox with a cables in somewhere on my landing, the plaster decided to fill in a plaster over it!!
Luckily I could access the cables feeding it to remove it from the RM.
Every now and then the missus forgets and tells me it would be handy to have a socket on the landing.

 

[Delboybully]

Plasterers can be right ----s. I get so fed up with them that I liven up cables where I can. They hate it but they are very very careful when they know it's live. If they hit a live cable it ruins their trowels. There is one plasterer who is terrible for mucking about with cables, I have been known to put wagos on the end and tell him they are live even when it's dead. He doesn't muck about with my cables.

 

[Risteard]

No knowledge of any regulations electrical or otherwise is permitted.

How do you like my modified version?

 

[sparkdog]

Very fitting.

 

[Baker1988]

i have had that sort of stuff from the plaster boarders. pulled cables in for about 10 circuits few rings, lights stuff like that all back to consumer unit and went home for the weekend as it was a Friday. came back on the Monday to find not only had he boarded and skimmed the wall but had also cut the cables to make them shorter as he said they was too long to get them through the hole in the board without damaging the board.

he had cut all the writing off the cables to identify the circuits and ends of each ring, he had also forgot to bring 2 of the circuits through the board, he was adement that they was the only cables there and all was through the hole.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Plasterers can be right ****s. I get so fed up with them that I liven up cables where I can. They hate it but they are very very careful when they know it's live. If they hit a live cable it ruins their trowels. There is one plasterer who is terrible for mucking about with cables, I have been known to put wagos on the end and tell him they are live even when it's dead. He doesn't muck about with my cables.

Tempting as it may be leaving unsafe cables when you know a plasterer will follow will likely land you in the dock should a spread get fried.
Don't try this on site kids.