Plasterers, who needs them?

[telectrix]

as title. a bit od splodging in the gunge, done by yours truly:

 

[R G]

What about sockets within 350mm of corner lol Or does that apply onto new builds?

I tend to use conduit on all jobs on solid walls , wether it's new build or not , and even within the 150 mm of the corners , ps not sure where you get 350 mm from. LOL

 

[driverman]

I tend to use conduit on all jobs on solid walls , wether it's new build or not , and even within the 150 mm of the corners , ps not sure where you get 350 mm from. LOL

It's from building regs not BS7671..something about sockets can not be sited within 350mm of corners.

 

[UNG]

On a job a while back, had a building inspector pulled me up for not ccapping cables. wall was to be dry lined, dot&dab. asked him to read 7671 and come back with a reg. bloody hitler said it was their rules.

I don't have a problem with their rules when they have made it clear when the job is priced what they want, the problem I do have is when they are being petty for being petty's sake some of these inspectors get a bee in their bonnet and make the rules up as they go along just to be a pain in the derrière

 

[driverman]

On a job a while back, had a building inspector pulled me up for not ccapping cables. wall was to be dry lined, dot&dab. asked him to read 7671 and come back with a reg. bloody hitler said it was their rules.

And what was the outcome in the end? Did the customer get the job signed off?

 

[telectrix]

no idea. fell out with customer when he supplied 36 downlights and wanted to pay me £5 each to 2nd fix. i'd been paid for 1st fix, so i walked.

 

[Guest111]

last jod I did I stripped all the cables ready and linked them up with Wago's but left them out of the DB,a large piece of cardboard pinned to wall with "WARNING ALL CABLES ENERGISED" and not a millimetre of plaster in any of my boxes when they'd plastered.

 

[driverman]

no idea. fell out with customer when he supplied 36 downlights and wanted to pay me 35 each to 2nd fix. i'd been paid for 1st fix, so i walked.

£35 each?

 

[shanky887614]

I don't understand why plasterers feel they have to do this, I certainly wouldn't employ one that did



I hate the unnecessary work created when the plasterer trowels the cable and reduces the IR of it



Surely it is the customer that is paying for the conduit or is you boss pulling a fast one the cost / time saving is probably negligible given that a conduit drop only needs a couple of clips or a snot or two of bonding to fix it compared to the effort to straighten and clip a couple of T&E's


Did a rewire for a relative a little while ago and very little chasing out was needed as most of the original wiring was in PVC conduit only needed chases where additional sockets were wanted put all the new cable in oval conduit

the only rewires we do are for clients on the cheap and to keep us busy, ive been boarding,mixing, second fixing etc recently and will probably have to paint the ******* soon as well.

 

[telectrix]

£35 each?

typo.meant £5 each.