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Classic case of "job and finish" fitting a cupboard like that. No concern for the future use, no pride in workmanship, just shove it in and take the money. Makes me very angry...and seen far too often. Bet the fitter said proudly to the homeowner "Look, there you go, I've cut that just perfect so you can still use the switch".
However, it could be fun if you were ever called to rewire Kev's house...T&E clipped direct to the tiling in the kitchen, use up all your round edged socket plates on his square edged back boxes, and of course use plasterboard screws for everything, and no wall-plugs...
Except, Electricians have standards to adhere to...
 
Landlords mains board installed in 2018.
Column light which had been replaced a month ago and was flickering.
 

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Landlords mains board installed in 2018.

The first obvious mistake was installing blurry breakers ;)

Is that all the lighting on one RCD, and the sockets etc on another? Sounds like good selectivity.

I'll admit I'm not the neatest with boards, but I'd like to think I'd manage better than that. What's going on with those tails?

Column light which had been replaced a month ago and was flickering.

At least he used blue tape to match the arctic rating of the feed cable! Did the manufacturer actually supply a suitable method of terminating the flex? Might avoid some of the lash ups if they did.

Can't remember the last time I used those connectors though - wago/ideal are so much easier. One of those little Wiska mini gel filled boxes seems perfectly suited for occasions like this.
 
I believe the blurry ness of the picture is due to the shear amount of water that has got on everything today haha. I’m not sure in the manufacturer supplied anything, however the fitting was able to be opened and a new flex easily installed, although if that voided the MF warranty will be a mystery. One of those torpedo 20A IP68 thru connectors would have been my choice of weapon though if faced with this conundrum. Ended up swapping out 4 column heads in the end for new.
 
I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets.
 

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I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets

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I went in the other building landlords board today. Much better ?. Noticed the fire alarm didn’t have 30mA RCD protection even though the cable isn’t buried less than 50mm in the building fabric, on a 2018 build ?. Shambles of a job from top to bottom, All the sub mains to the flats are 16mm T&E and come down the wall in the dot and dab so I’m convinced there not 50mm in the building fabric either. All fed via MCBs.
They couldn’t even be arsed with grommets.
Don't believe grommets are required as long as the cable on entry is solidly fixed in place.
 
You are right Pete, they wouldn’t be required, but it’s good practice isn’t it, I’d be fuming if someone did work for me and couldn’t be arsed putting a 2p grommet in a box prior to installing.
Yes I Agree, I would always it's bad practice, but did or are the cables fixed in place? that's what I was getting at, I would always install a grommet, common sense really isn't it?
 
Was working at a house that was rewired 5 years ago, no grommets fitted. It just shows a lack of care, though that was insignificant compared to the other defects found.

I did some jobs on a brand new £600,000 house the other week and absolutely no boxes where I took accessories off had grommets and some weren’t even fixed in place properly. No clipping in the loft and No sleeving on switch lines either.
it literally looks like the place was wired with No care.
oh and the consumer unit lid was held on with one screw and had a missing blank leaving a hole in the front.
this gaff was 18 months old.
just Smacks of throw the electrics in and get out quick ...
 
The few million pound houses I've been in are practically indistinguishable 'behind the scenes' on all fronts - breeze block and poorly run services with the minimum effort on fittings or indeed bothering to get them straight. Guess you have to pay another million for that around here.... :rolleyes:
 
I did some jobs on a brand new £600,000 house the other week and absolutely no boxes where I took accessories off had grommets and some weren’t even fixed in place properly. No clipping in the loft and No sleeving on switch lines either.
it literally looks like the place was wired with No care.
oh and the consumer unit lid was held on with one screw and had a missing blank leaving a hole in the front.
this gaff was 18 months old.
just Smacks of throw the electrics in and get out quick ...
I think that’s the domestic game all over now. Rough it and run.
 

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