The customer has specified plastic recessed back boxes and stainless steel screws for a rewire, as it will all be lime plaster. Is this absolutely necessary?
If so, I have found the marshall tufflex boxes, but finding the right screws seem harder. I can find 30mm stainless stell socket screws...
Essentially I have a "normal" socket in a ring mains, i.e. one 2.5mm T&E going in and one 2.5mm T&E going out.
I am looking to simply add two more sockets. Easy enough from a wiring perspective.
But my question relates to the location of the wiring itself. The sockets will be cut into a new...
Hi Guys
We 'have to' fit couple of these on a job in new year, hate them !
Anyone found any easy ones to fit ? Maybe have a that come with bracket that screws into the wall first, would be nice.
Don't have to be plaster either as long as white will be fine.
Cheers Sy
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Just a quick one, I'm wondering what's everyone's thoughts on this are.
A subby has clipped a cable to a plaster board ceiling using 3m sticky pads and plastic cable ties, below that ceiling is a number of steel beams spanning the length of the corridor and then below them is a...
HI All - need to run supply cables from the drivers to the ribbons in a new build. Its an ICF so will have min 10mm of plaster plus finish applied to what are effectively block walls. - Do i need to chase in the 12v DC supplies? and do i need to put these in conduit? - or is there a...
Plasterer has been in this week and after leaving today, he left the light on in the room. I went to the room to turn the light off and saw the switch in this state
Not only are the wires completely covered in plaster, the switch didn't turn the light off (the wiring has been compromised) so I...
Replacing some back boxes in a room which is due to be plastered with Lime plaster.
Galvanised steel is known to slowly react to lime and in fact the boxes I am replacing have rusted badly so considering using plastic dry lining boxes instead of galvanised.
Is there anything in the regulations...
Hi all, I hope.you are well..?
I am hoping one of you super heroes can point me to the right supplier...
A customer of mine would like plaster in down lights and already has some in one room (done by another firm). The recessed bit of the baffle measures 50mm across (approx)...
Would anyone...
Can you normally fish from room to room above a lath and plaster ceiling? Ie if you’re trying to get a cable between all detectors but there’s no access above can you normally fish between rooms?
So, my current living room light is one simple light bulb, as shown in the picture.
There is a rose/medallion there and I got a new light that needs two holes in order to get it fixed on the ceiling. Again, see pictures.
I asked an electrician who told me that he can't drill the two holes...
Was doing an EICR and came across this issue was unsure how to code it, a couple sockets within the kitchen area you can see the sort of outlining of the T+E cables in the plaster going up to the sockets. It’s RCD protected but it’s just a bit poor
To find the electrician had spurred off the ring main in 2 x 2.5mm cables to 2 new sockets in bedroom above.
This was done a year ago by an electrician from Mybuilder.com
I doubt if it was tested but if it had of been would this of shown up in a test?
Secondly is this a way of spurring off...
My word the plasterers left a bit of a mess - the wooden floorboards were caked in plaster dust. I have hoovered up three times and brushed hard but it seems ground in.
How can I remove it? I tried a mop but it made no difference. Is there some sort of chemical I can use?
Or will I need to...
Hi all. I'm after some practical advice please.
Got a job to quote for, fitting a couple of gimbal downlights in a sloping ceiling in an attic room. The construction appears to be PIR (celotex or similar) insulation between rafters, with plasterboard faced PIR insulation over the rafters...
As part of my spec I said that I wanted 35mm back boxes. The walls have been taken back to the brick and will be dot and dabbed with plasterboard and then skim finished.
Electrician said that he can just screw the backbox onto the wall without digging into the brick because onces its dotted and...
Been asked to put a load of downlights into a lath and plaster ceiling. Done plasterboard but not lath and plaster. Is it easy enough to do or will it be a right pain?
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About to begin my first fix rewire. Due to regs, and the house being a 1908 solid wall construction, I need to include 57.5mm Kingspan to all external walls. To try and save some room, I will be Dab and Dotting the plaster board to the exposed brick. I will be installing the...
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