Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[GBDamo]

What really annoys me about that is the plumber could easily have done that neatly, avoiding the socket. It's not difficult, ffs...
Clearly, if he couldn't be bothered to check if the socket was in use, and anyway just went ahead and fitted his pipes, badly, he should be sacked.
"Push-fits" do not a plumber make".
That picture has actually made me very angry!

Agree with all that barring the pushfit comment.

Like most employees you use what your given, pretty much every new build of the last twenty years are push fit, mine is and it's still fine.

Don't get me wrong I love copper and when done properly looks much better but will it last longer? If it's all hurried in walls what does it matter anyhow?

Now it constantly irks me to see plastic pipes coming out of walls into rads, it looks shocking. Even if using push fit I always used to come through the wall/floor in 15mm copper.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Now it constantly irks me to see plastic pipes coming out of walls into rads, it looks shocking.

Agree.

Even if using push fit I always used to come through the wall/floor in 15mm copper.

If you've got an ounce of class, use chromed tube

 

[freddo]

TV distribution in a block of flats. The green and yellow wire was left by the aerial installer for us to connect to the main earth terminal.

 

[ipf]

I wondered where all the driver bits were disappearing to!!!

 

[Pete999]

I wondered where all the driver bits were disappearing to!!!

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Blown to Bits, sorry, have seen a live .22 cartridge used as a fuse once.

 

[Pete999]

I wondered where all the driver bits were disappearing to!!!

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Blown to Bits, sorry, have seen a live .22 cartridge used as a fuse once.

 

[Misterbarlow]

 

[Misterbarlow]

 

[DPG]

Could have waited till the last digit was zero.

 

[123]

Another reason to isolate the lighting circuit before working on any light fittings!

 

[ipf]

Another reason to isolate the lighting circuit before working on any light fittings!
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Did his Mrs call you out when she found him on the floor?...…….in the dark.

 

[telectrix]

Another reason to isolate the lighting circuit before working on any light fittings!
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what cretin did that?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Another reason to isolate the lighting circuit before working on any light fittings!
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Agreed.
There's a good reason why you should avoid working LIVE!

 

[johnduffell]

Agreed.
There's a good reason why you should avoid working LIVE!

that's horrific everything out the window there in terms of safety. whoever fitted that was probably dead proud of working out the loop in/out part, either that or trial and error at work

 

[Rpa07]

that's horrific everything out the window there in terms of safety. whoever fitted that was probably dead proud of working out the loop in/out part, either that or trial and error at work

So close though! Looks like a twin red for the switch wire so that flylead one hole over and everyone would have been happy, even his wife! But - because he got it wrong, he gets no cocoa!

 

[SparkyChick]

Another reason to isolate the lighting circuit before working on any light fittings!
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I spent ages looking at that thinking "Why??? What's wrong with it???" I've just looked again and seen it.

OMG!!!

 

[SparkyChick]

So got called out today... cooker circuit tripping the RCD. Turns out, it's cooker, sockets and extractor hood on a 16A breaker, with washing machine on one, gas hob, electric oven.

Get's it down to a L-E short on the cable from the CU to the SFCU that has the hob and oven connected to it, yes... both of them on one. Turns out there are two sets of cables in the conduit, great I think, pull some slack through and use the other L... except that has a L-E short as well. Ok, use the neutral and sleeve it... Couldn't get any movement on it and it's snipped off close to the wall at the far end... nightmare.

But check out this quality work...

Lovely bit of arson there from a gas fitter.

The conclusion I've drawn is (because apparently the RCD tripping has been going on for a while getting more and more frequent) is that some plum has hammered/damaged the conduit and consequently the cables and it's finally given up. Would have been grand if I could have pulled the slack through, but as it is got to run a new cable and make it safe. What a bloody lash up.

 

[richy3333]

F%^& where the timber is! Luxna say it should be 75mm from timber, not in it!
And that's 'allegedly' a MF JB in the back ground

 

[telectrix]

top pic next to the attempted arson. are those blacks charred? if so looks like the wet-pants is the culprit.

 

[SparkyChick]

top pic next to the attempted arson. are those blacks charred? if so looks like the wet-pants is the culprit.

Yes, they are nice and crispy and actually have a lovely stylish moulding in the insulation where they've sat on the pipe whilst it/they were still hot