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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:

 

[overskilled]

In local tesco....Top class work not.....unsupported conduit for several feet vertically socket at bottom leant against fixture at floor level. Twin and earth cable aligned by being hung over a piece of conduit jammed into the tray at ceiling height

 

[Kamikaze]

That blue door hinge doesn’t look right to me.

 

[Mr brown]

Nice work by a DIY used to supply split bedroom no independent switch and to top it off
Installed in a plastboard wall tenant said she did wonder why the board was burning. .

 

[steve50]

no I think it may be the wedge

 

[Dave OCD]

Did a CU change on Friday [old MEM cartridge fuse board] , check out the FRC 30amp fuse holder that I took out. :smiley2:
Apparently the previous owner was a 'DIY expert':joker:

 

[Leesparkykent]

Parked up in North London and noticed the single blue tied with the bundle of T&E feeding the aircon units lol.

 

[bmines67]

Check this out for a neutral busbar https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ik94f0r89r7381/20150608_155610.jpg?dl=0

 

[StevieTee]

Parked up in North London and noticed the single blue tied with the bundle of T&E feeding the aircon units lol.

That parking sign is off the level a mile!

 

[NDG Elecs]

Ingenious.......



Silly......

 

[amlu]

Wentpants and his proper floor butchering skills :-(

 

[overskilled]

Wentpants and his proper floor butchering skills :-(
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Thats nothing...try doubling and tripling those depths....muppets who did my central heating for the landlord before I moved in, made a pigs ear of it and then were asked to sort the joists...didn;t bother...

 

[Leesparkykent]

Couldn't find the cutout fuse..SWA feeding the meter with clamp around the armour.

 

[tomspark93]

Lifted a light switch off today...

(sorry I don't know how to rotate the image)

 

[overskilled]

took a sec to spot the neutrals connetcted to the earth terminal...

 

[shanky887614]

nicked these off fb

it uses a glass lid to protect the hp rating

 

[tomspark93]

makes a change from the plant pot loft cap trick

 

[Beavstro]

It was just too short.....

 

[GMES]

This one has done the rounds but still makes me smile!!

 

[Darkwood]

View attachment 30012 It was just too short.....

Not exactly the same but the number of times i have footed my ladder with the van is .... :rolleyes4:

 

[GMES]

I've been looking for that drill bit for months!!!

 

[Had8Lives]

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Lifted a light switch off today...

(sorry I don't know how to rotate the image)

TNC within an installation simples lol

 

[tomspark93]

Found this today, bunch of 10mm singles "crimped" using copper pipe. Second image is of a mouse I found when doing a consumer unit change earlier this year. Just a reminder to you all that lives can be saved by simply sleeving the full length of the cpc and not having excessive copper showing at terminations :juggle2:

 

[benji]

how deep??

 

[shanky887614]

this cable sits in water quite ofen (in a basement)

 

[overskilled]

Flipping wet pants strikes again
Expansion vessel being held up by a single inch long plasterboard screw. ...service "engineer pushed a screw into the plasterboard to make it look like 2 screws were there,did he not think I'd notice? . ...bodge bodge bodge

 

[Andy78]

My mate uncovered this last week. Had to dig it out of a rendered wall after a good few hours fault finding. Probably fitted with the kitchen 10 years ago by all accounts. Apparently the breaker had only ever tripped the once in ten years, hmmmmm.

 

[hightower]

Loving this thread. Quickly understanding why electricians have jack all good to say about plumbers.

 

[Midwest]

Ummm, someone's connected this up wrong me thinks!

 

[DuaneMHunt1976]

Ummm, someone's connected this up wrong me thinks!

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Gotta give some marks for effort, was it in Tight.
It is easy to get the wrong hold, but last time the GF slapped me

 

[Leesparkykent]

Rough...

 

[Andy78]

I'll say. What idiot installs a kitchen on that angle ?

 

[Leesparkykent]

I'll say. What idiot installs a kitchen on that angle ?

Don't know why it come out that way round.... Trunking looks :001_9898: Doesn't it?

 

[Andy78]

compliments the black nickel nicely

 

[ipf]

Rough...

Nothing like a bit of good planning, eh..looks like they finished the kitchen and then thought about a boiler.
Trunking's complementing the pipework.

 

[Darkwood]

You are kidding me!!!

 

[davesparks]

It looks awful

But, if you are wiring the replacement boiler, and need to get a cable from the switchfuse and the programmer to the boiler how else would you do it?

I'm speaking as someone who has had to do similar due to lack of available time/spare tiles/budget

 

[Leesparkykent]

You are kidding me!!!

condense and gas are just as bad lol

Edit: note the condense even runs uphill haha

 

[davesparks]

Presumably the boiler was on the left originally?

Is there any bracket holding that flue?

 

[Leesparkykent]

Presumably the boiler was on the left originally?

Is there any bracket holding that flue?

no bracket holding the flue...yeah boilers been swung round for some reason and flue is proud of the front of the cupboards so can't have a decent looking cupboard to cover it up.

 

[davesparks]

I think you'll find that flue is non compliant then!
Presumably it was moved so that it can be fitted into a cupboard, but the plumber couldn't be bothered to drill a new hole got the flue so used the old one!