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Yeah I think I'll stick to LewdenI wouldn't use junk like that, poor quality and poor design.
Yeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?... Europa for £160 they could definitely make it 15-20mm taller, was a struggled with 6mm, 10mm would be a nightmare
Obvious really. The sort of manufacturer that employs people with a clue has higher R&D costs and overheads; while the cheap makes cut every corner they can, including on people with experience how their stuff is actually used.... it seems as though good design attracts a substantial financial premium.
I think that’s the clear plastic of a push in connector.Yeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?
It's a 6mm 3 way wago as I couldn't fit 3 6mms in the connector block they suppliedYeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?
Obvious really. The sort of manufacturer that employs people with a clue has higher R&D costs and overheads; while the cheap makes cut every corner they can, including on people with experience how their stuff is actually used.
Only a plumber would get away with hacking so much of a joist out to fit a soil pipe.
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That’s terrible again no planning.Customer says my tiling isn't great and the socket is wonky. I've had enough of this. They watch Grand Designs and suddenly they're all experts!
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Was working to a budget.That’s terrible again no planning.
A shaver outlet would have been much more useful.
Must be a relative.Was working to a budget.
Why Dodgy?
Assuming there is a 13a plug on the other side of that flex going out the box then I see no problem.
The most generic sticker in history. Need to get myself some of these to cover all situations.These insightful stickers were on/in a number of control panels.
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When a spark does a plumbers job.Plumbers, don't you just love 'em.
We have a rental flat, with another above. Tenant told us that there was water dripping from kitchen ceiling - so I go upstairs and inform the owner, he says he'll call out his plumber. His plumber says there's no leak he can find.
Water still dripping from our ceiling, so go and see chap upstairs who lets me have a look - a few seconds later I've found the leak (from the cold water connection to the WC ballcock). OK, it wasn't an obvious leak, as in visibly dripping, as the water was running down the pipe and disappearing into the boxed off bit hiding all the pipes. So leave him to call his useless plumber out again to fix it. But, the delays have meant that our kitchen ceiling is now sagging.
Roll forward a bit, chap upstairs rings me (while I'm on holiday elsewhere in the country) asking if I know where his stop tap is - which as it happens I did from when I'd been looking into the previous leak. No idea if I could blame his plumber, but the chap was watching TV when he heard a bang and water was gushing out from under his kitchen units. Turned out one of the flexibles to the taps had failed - no idea if it was pipe failure or not connected properly. So that's the end of half of our kitchen ceiling which we pull down so it doesn't fall down when it feels like it.
So when the tenant moves out (moving onwards and upwards) we get the kitchen ceiling replaced, as well as applying multiple coats of paint to cover the water marks in other rooms.
Roll forward a couple of months, water dripping from ceiling again. Chap upstairs gets his plumber out - who can't find a leak. Plumber asks me if he can make a hole in our bathroom ceiling (where the bulk of the water is coming through this time) and I agree a small hole "say, an inch or so" for him to put a camera through.
So, what do I find when the tenant tells me the water hasn't stopped ? He's left the fan dangling on it's cable, partially dismantled the ducting, and cut a hole about a foot square in the ceiling and left it. The **** told me that the water wasn't coming from upstairs, it was coming in through the fan ducting - despite the fan ducting being dry, and the concrete blocks ABOVE it being wet. Yes, a plumber who believes in water flowing uphill on it's own.
Upstairs to see the neighbour again - we do actually get on alright. For some unrelated reason he has the bath panel off, and with a torch and mirror I can see up the box and see a pipe going drip ... drip ... drip.
So that's the new kitchen ceiling with water marks, a gaping hole in the bathroom ceiling, and water marks across the living room ceiling.
I sometimes get asked if I know a tradesman for something or other. As I tend to do most work myself I don't really know what any of the locals are like - apart from the handful of plumbers I wouldn't trust to change a tap washer without supervision.
That was me. Got tired of seeing dodgy wiring from plumbers. So thought I’d get my own back and give them a taste of their own medicine!When a spark does a plumbers job.View attachment 109353
It can’t have been you as those pipes would have been buried in the wall > 50mm with a load of cross bondingThat was me. Got tired of seeing dodgy wiring from plumbers. So thought I’d get my own back and give them a taste of their own medicine!
A good method of secure cable suspension, too.Lucky escape! found this in a ceiling void, nice VIR-PVC joint with crumbling insulation
Live conductor within a whisker of the bathroom towel rail pipework
was at a property the other week it still had led sheathed VRI cable for lights was surprised I got 20meg on IR testing, and no earth leakage - though VRI cable starting to deteriorate where it bends into connections at the switches.Lucky escape! found this in a ceiling void, nice VIR-PVC joint with crumbling insulation
Live conductor within a whisker of the bathroom towel rail pipework
Tell me that Crimp joint wasn't the finished 'signed off' job...Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…
By time I had finished rewriting there were no joined cables
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Hi nope ‘half job’was still to be finished when I arrived 3 rooms still had old cables and original sockets. However, this was a finished joint as it was covered in insulating tape and tucked away under floor board - spotted when trying to trace ends of the ring main and figure out what had been done.Tell me that Crimp joint wasn't the finished 'signed off' job...
Nice to see he is careful to use the right crimping tool for the terminals !... found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…
Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…
By time I had finished rewriting there were no joined cables
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Nice to see he is careful to use the right crimping tool for the terminals !
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served me well that driver may retire it to the great screwdriver drawer in the workshopScrewdriver looks a bit well worn!
Aye should only use proper ratchet crimping tool to ensure correct pressure applied and both the conductor and insulation are crimpedIt's what looks to have been used from the image.
The other side of this is that I often have to squeeze insulated crimps with pliers or grips as most of those sold by wholesalers are cheap carp. You can squeeze all day at cheap crimps with the best of tools and never get a solid connection.
served me well that driver may retire it to the great screwdriver drawer in the workshop
Aye should only use proper ratchet crimping tool to ensure correct pressure applied and both the conductor and insulation are crimped
However more importantly - it is sold core T&E and shouldn’t be crimped
Couple of 'Dodgy' terminations on a recently refurbished job!
Exactly that!Looks like recent work on existing cables.
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