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theres no double entendre, she was trying to lure me with her breasts but im wise to that now
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theres no double entendre, she was trying to lure me with her breasts but im wise to that now
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Nothing wrong with being sure.
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I can see two holes they missed, top left and bottom right.
Maybe they used to be a structural engineer - fixing in every hole on the hangers.
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Maybe they were on the game before and were used to being paid for every screw.
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Impressive, I swapped some pendants in a new build recently for decorative ones, the pendants were all fixed with only one screw.
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I have 4 going spare - you can borrow them!
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quality fix.... very practical
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but not sure about its sister
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obviously i passed this installation with no found issues
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Bell wire. It's true it does get used! C3 (needs some clips to hold it in place)
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Changed some downlights in a bathroom this morning, usual no cpc to be fixed. Thought ok job done. Looked over at the top of the vanity unit and there was a lovely exposed live above the pull switch, using more "bell wire" too. Thanks Barry Bathroom Fitter !
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Just a few snaps from the job I'm on at the mo
Not electrical, but a fine example of how to notch a joist
Long story short, young couple, old house. Roofer nailed a lighting cable, they use their BG home care plan, engineer rocks up, takes one look and refuses to touch it. Rubber
So I go along to investigate and discover cooker, one ring (which is no longer a ring, but two radials one terminated in yellow butt crimps and just left lying around in the floor void - oh, and it has no earth) and this section of the lighting is all on rubber. It's in varying states of decay but has some cracking examples of how not to do it.
If in need of an earth, just strip the biggest cable you can find and wrap a bit of cable around the earth. That was live until about 5 minutes before I took that photo. Had to know what was under the mass of tape, although to be honest, I suspected this is what I would find.
Wasn't expecting the damage to the line conductor though!
Some creative cable routing. It's a tricky layout with lots of little landings and short sets of steps, I'd say that's the only way they could get the cables up.
The PVC in that shot is also coming out as it's been squashed for who knows how long by the boards.
In investigating the rubber cable and where it goes (as I'm going to rewire that section of the lights), I discovered a hidden gem
Above a door, screwed to a joist and then covered with plasterboard.
So the two junction boxes with red tape I think there are four wires into each of them (certainly there is on one). Ring in, ring out, connection to a socket, so I've got a loop de loop situation. And the one with the extra cable... 1.5mm (or imperial equivalent) twin... yes, twin only, provides a supply to a socket outlet downstairs
And I've found at least 10 more junction boxes that need to be replaced as they are inaccessible. I reckon someone was just sprinkling them around, maybe got a job lot and wanted shot of them. Nearly all of them have basic insulation visible outside and the ones on the rubber lighting circuit... well, I suspect the conductors weren't visible outside when they were originally installed but they are now as the insulation crumbles away
All of that and I've still got to take part of the kitchen ceiling down to find and fix the roofers original faux pas!
Fun, fun, fun
Not electrical, but a fine example of how to notch a joist
Long story short, young couple, old house. Roofer nailed a lighting cable, they use their BG home care plan, engineer rocks up, takes one look and refuses to touch it. Rubber
So I go along to investigate and discover cooker, one ring (which is no longer a ring, but two radials one terminated in yellow butt crimps and just left lying around in the floor void - oh, and it has no earth) and this section of the lighting is all on rubber. It's in varying states of decay but has some cracking examples of how not to do it.
If in need of an earth, just strip the biggest cable you can find and wrap a bit of cable around the earth. That was live until about 5 minutes before I took that photo. Had to know what was under the mass of tape, although to be honest, I suspected this is what I would find.
Wasn't expecting the damage to the line conductor though!
Some creative cable routing. It's a tricky layout with lots of little landings and short sets of steps, I'd say that's the only way they could get the cables up.
The PVC in that shot is also coming out as it's been squashed for who knows how long by the boards.
In investigating the rubber cable and where it goes (as I'm going to rewire that section of the lights), I discovered a hidden gem
Above a door, screwed to a joist and then covered with plasterboard.
So the two junction boxes with red tape I think there are four wires into each of them (certainly there is on one). Ring in, ring out, connection to a socket, so I've got a loop de loop situation. And the one with the extra cable... 1.5mm (or imperial equivalent) twin... yes, twin only, provides a supply to a socket outlet downstairs
And I've found at least 10 more junction boxes that need to be replaced as they are inaccessible. I reckon someone was just sprinkling them around, maybe got a job lot and wanted shot of them. Nearly all of them have basic insulation visible outside and the ones on the rubber lighting circuit... well, I suspect the conductors weren't visible outside when they were originally installed but they are now as the insulation crumbles away
All of that and I've still got to take part of the kitchen ceiling down to find and fix the roofers original faux pas!
Fun, fun, fun
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Toneyz
Needs a rewire doesn't itJust a few snaps from the job I'm on at the mo
Not electrical, but a fine example of how to notch a joist
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Long story short, young couple, old house. Roofer nailed a lighting cable, they use their BG home care plan, engineer rocks up, takes one look and refuses to touch it. Rubber
So I go along to investigate and discover cooker, one ring (which is no longer a ring, but two radials one terminated in yellow butt crimps and just left lying around in the floor void - oh, and it has no earth) and this section of the lighting is all on rubber. It's in varying states of decay but has some cracking examples of how not to do it.
If in need of an earth, just strip the biggest cable you can find and wrap a bit of cable around the earth. That was live until about 5 minutes before I took that photo. Had to know what was under the mass of tape, although to be honest, I suspected this is what I would find.
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Wasn't expecting the damage to the line conductor though!
Some creative cable routing. It's a tricky layout with lots of little landings and short sets of steps, I'd say that's the only way they could get the cables up.
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The PVC in that shot is also coming out as it's been squashed for who knows how long by the boards.
In investigating the rubber cable and where it goes (as I'm going to rewire that section of the lights), I discovered a hidden gem
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Above a door, screwed to a joist and then covered with plasterboard.
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So the two junction boxes with red tape I think there are four wires into each of them (certainly there is on one). Ring in, ring out, connection to a socket, so I've got a loop de loop situation. And the one with the extra cable... 1.5mm (or imperial equivalent) twin... yes, twin only, provides a supply to a socket outlet downstairs
And I've found at least 10 more junction boxes that need to be replaced as they are inaccessible. I reckon someone was just sprinkling them around, maybe got a job lot and wanted shot of them. Nearly all of them have basic insulation visible outside and the ones on the rubber lighting circuit... well, I suspect the conductors weren't visible outside when they were originally installed but they are now as the insulation crumbles away
All of that and I've still got to take part of the kitchen ceiling down to find and fix the roofers original faux pas!
Fun, fun, fun
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I'm rewiring the three circuits in rubber and will be giving the rest of it a thorough check up. Some of it appears in good order, certainly I've not seen anything to cause me any concerns in the areas I've already worked on (moving sockets, installing one or two additional outlets and lights - BUT... much of that is not yet livened up as the plasterers are working on the external walls where much of it has taken place).
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where are you buying your rubber cable from? i need some for a listed building and the surveyor has specced VIR 7/029 for the sockets.
edit: oopps, just found out that the surveyor passed away peacefully in his drunken stupor 1954.
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