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

[telectrix]

fortunately i don't have to touch it. pub landlord had asked brewery to sort it several times but no go. all i have to do is give him ( in writing ) that it's dangerous and an immediate fire hazard so he might get some sense out of the tight fisted buggers.

 

[Dave OCD]

What was your fee Tel - 20 pints ?

 

[ashg285]

some absolute shockers in this thread

 

[JK-Electrical]

Here's some photos from my collection of horrors .....

 

[JK-Electrical]

Some more .....

 

[static zap]

Cheers JK-E , How not to route shower ..eeek
( hope no one lives under staircase )

 

[JK-Electrical]

That shower cable was discovered during an EICR that I did last December. Curious as to how Mr. Wetpants managed to install a cable supplying a shower circuit within a modern property with sheeted flooring without damaging any of the plasterboard walls, I decided to trace the cable run. Upon rolling-back the carpet at the top landing, I realised that the imbecile had simply drilled a hole between one of the steps to inside the cupboard on the ground floor where the consumer unit is located. He then ran the cable across the stairs and up to the top landing whereupon he drilled a hole through the top step to gain access beneath the landing floor. Further holes were then drilled in the landing flooring so he could guide the cable towards a linen cupboard. Once inside the cupboard he ran the cable up into the loft and across to a 45 amp pullcord switch. Naturally, the numpty left the cable dangling inside the linen cupboard.

Fortunately, because the property owner hired a joiner to replace the sections of damaged flooring, the job of rewiring the circuit and upgrading the cable to 10mm was made considerably easier. No RCD protection was provided for the circuit so a consumer unit upgrade was also required. All in all, a very profitable discovery indeed!

 

[Pete999]

where to start with thi? i thought axe and crowbar. sorry for the bad pic. i was on ladder and too close to get it focussed propery.

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Crikey that Hole saw must have been blunt

 

[Pete999]

Here's some photos from my collection of horrors .....

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Nice job not seen worse than that, you ought to send that into PE caught on camera

 

[FatAlan]

Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

 

[Toneyz]

Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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So near but so far of getting it right.

 

[JK-Electrical]

Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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Has anyone else noticed that a lot of these DIY jobs have been done using T&E with a white sheath? Whenever I come across T&E with a white sheath I assume until proven otherwise that the job was done by a DIYer who bought all the materials from Wickes! I may well be wrong, but I'm unaware of any other outlet that sold white-sheathed 6242Y T&E.

 

[Toneyz]

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of these DIY jobs have been done using T&E with a white sheath? Whenever I come across T&E with a white sheath I assume until proven otherwise that the job was done by a DIYer who bought all the materials from Wickes! I may well be wrong, but I'm unaware of any other outlet that sold white-sheathed 6242Y T&E.

I may be wrong here but I recall when we had red and black etc (old proper colours) the cable sheath of cable sold south of Watford was white.

 

[telectrix]

LSF T/E always had a white sheath.

 

[Toneyz]

LSF T/E always had a white sheath.

your correct with that Tel reference is to standard T & E / 3 core etc.

 

[FatAlan]

Interesting you say it's a DIY job. The house is a barn conversion and just next to this birds nest they've just had a new hot water tank installed and get the impression this was left over. The board the JB is fixed to is just lying loose on top of the joists.

 

[FatAlan]

LSF? Yes south of Watford we do tend to get a bit more sun light. Could it have faded in the intense brightness we get in our lofts down here in Surrey and Hampshire. Usually intended brightness in lofts is down to cannabis grows., but that's another thread!

 

[JK-Electrical]

Interesting you say it's a DIY job. The house is a barn conversion and just next to this birds nest they've just had a new hot water tank installed and get the impression this was left over. The board the JB is fixed to is just lying loose on top of the joists.

I'd be very surprised indeed if this was done by a professional electrician. Everything I see here tells me it was a DIY job. You have provided further evidence by confirming that the enclosure was not adequately secured to the building structure.

 

[FatAlan]

I suspect that it may have been shifted to one side by the plumber who fitted the hot water tank.

 

[Billsays]

Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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Well at least its nicely labelled!

And to clear up the white outer sheathing thing before we "harmonised" with Europe Twin and Earth cable only came with a white sheath. When we harmonised, the sheathing become Grey, then later LSF appeared with a b******d to strip white sheath!