Littlespark, that's exactly how to do it...do both! The plumbing is easy, and you get a proper job at the end of the day.
Anyway, I parked my electric vehicle near the charging point
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...and went to plug it in...
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...and went to plug it in...
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Don't tell the heating engineers forum, but on a loft conversion I'm doing, I've done the electrics and added 4 radiators to the guys heating system. Customer is an old school friend and he said he was having trouble getting someone.... I didn't touch the gas... it was only on the flow and return pipes
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I was told when an apprentice that the worst thing that happens if a plumber gets things wrong is that you get a little wet....
That's why electricians get paid more.
I try to turn my hand to anything. A real DIY Dave, lol. Only thing I wont touch is gas, but that's down to legislation, not my choice.
There are so called professionals in every trade that I wouldn't trust in my house
That's why electricians get paid more.
I try to turn my hand to anything. A real DIY Dave, lol. Only thing I wont touch is gas, but that's down to legislation, not my choice.
There are so called professionals in every trade that I wouldn't trust in my house
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At least they got the earth on to the copper!
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The joys of awkward fixings in street furniture where the spanner doesn't quite fit and slips of regularly. A perk of the job...
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Don't try and bypass your meter, especially not with some flex you cut from your table lamp.
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Don't try and bypass your meter, especially not with some flex you cut from your table lamp. View attachment 41464
Guys, you think youve seen bad, heres a few for you. I'm working in Africa, brought in to fix the issues and here are just some of them, and these are not the worst. Talk about scary.
here's a good one, this was the MDB for a warehouse complex with 20 warehouses, 3 office blocks, on the right is the Utility supply incomer cabinet.
6 weeks solid work to replace and fix this up.
We replaced with a 250amp 250 TPN eaton load centre, steel trunking cable managment, new SDBs an ATI for generator, prior to this the loacl electrican removed the knife edge fuses and put the cable from the generator ( one hanging down) into the top holder of the KE fuse holders with a pliers.
To protect the utility supply all we could do was put 12mm perspecx sheets affixed to the dexion frames. Utility provider considered it safe in its orignal state and would not replace it with the unit we bought for them.
6 weeks solid work to replace and fix this up.
We replaced with a 250amp 250 TPN eaton load centre, steel trunking cable managment, new SDBs an ATI for generator, prior to this the loacl electrican removed the knife edge fuses and put the cable from the generator ( one hanging down) into the top holder of the KE fuse holders with a pliers.
To protect the utility supply all we could do was put 12mm perspecx sheets affixed to the dexion frames. Utility provider considered it safe in its orignal state and would not replace it with the unit we bought for them.
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Not electrical but I’m on the job so that counts.
Skirting board taken off to reveal the nail had punctured the central heating pipe but NOT caused any leak. Whether it was a tight puncture and sealed itself with lime scale is unknown but no damage seen in the area.
How sweet is that!
Not electrical but I’m on the job so that counts.
Skirting board taken off to reveal the nail had punctured the central heating pipe but NOT caused any leak. Whether it was a tight puncture and sealed itself with lime scale is unknown but no damage seen in the area.
How sweet is that!
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Lucky escape there! When I got a flat a couple of years ago the "plumber" was finishing off installing a shower, and put the outside frame on and off he went...thursday night before the september weekend, so no-one was about until I arrived on the next tuesday to meet all my downstairs neighbours paddling about in wellingtons. He had driven a screw into the cold supply pipe for the shower and it had leaked all weekend...
Certainly got to meet the neighbours!
I could go on about his reluctance to use pipe inserts with push-fit connectors...but I'll save you the angst!
Certainly got to meet the neighbours!
I could go on about his reluctance to use pipe inserts with push-fit connectors...but I'll save you the angst!
The original heating installation would have been specified and designed given the number and size of radiators that were installed. Did you take that into account before adding the extra 4 rads? We go ballistic when amateur electricians overload a previously sound installation based on their little bit of knowledge. Just saying.
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