Found this in my 4 year old house...

[Octopus]

Just saw a clip on the news about a brick-laying robot.
Is the writing on the wall for sparkies?

Hum .............. not sure how a brick laying robot could wire a house

 

[ipf]

It's a disgrace, but not much to do about it, I agree.
However, I'm just wondering how big the housing estate is....and how many other examples could be found with something similar.....now that COULD be interesting and maybe stir something up with a major housing developer.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Hum .............. not sure how a brick laying robot could wire a house

5 week training course

Simples!

 

[Octopus]

5 week training course

That's probably 5 weeks more than a labourer on a site running cables has had

 

[ipf]

Hum .............. not sure how a brick laying robot could wire a house

........Maintenance sparks, though ....for when they get fooked up and smothered in wet mortar by the brickies...?

 

[pirate]

I want the word caveat banned from the forum

Just substitute a shorter version...Cava!
Now, where is my glass?

 

[Wilko]

It's a disgrace, but not much to do about it, I agree.
However, I'm just wondering how big the housing estate is....and how many other examples could be found with something similar.....now that COULD be interesting and maybe stir something up with a major housing developer.

Could be quite common in that street

 

[Rpa07]

As all big developments have the same crews working the different trades, each house will be as good or as bad as the effort and professionalism the crews apply.
If they are slapdash I imagine that the first (practice) house and the last (bored now) house could be below par!
Just my opinion on recent works in a 90s Bristol development that had no creativity when it came to the lighting radial for upstairs - it looked DIY. It had never been touched from purchase.
Taking pride may take a little longer but worth the investment especially with people spending over 1/4 million on houses these days.

 

[bailes1992]

Unfortunately this is not a rare sight. It is a bit quicker to do it incorrectly so some folk (being polite) do it. Perhaps think about Wago style connectors to get all the earths together without being in series

I'm a huge fan of wago connectors, unfortunately the connectors I own only go upto 4mm so no good in this case. Also, a lot of my tools and gear went to my Fathers garage before I moved and I've yet to collect it so I didn't have any cable when I started this job last night!

Instead of cutting the earth before terminating it in the back box I just bent it over itself tightly, should either termination come loose I will still have an earth on the other end.
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Presumably the contractor doing the installation did the EIC? You could flag it with which ever scheme they’re with and see if there are any SM review spots you can highlight it on. Otherwise don’t waste your time and sit back knowing that you’ve sorted it

Funny you should mention that. The company I work for had a visit from out NIC rep a few weeks ago and I was chatting to him about moving and he told me the company who did the install on our estate and said he'd not long had a visit with them. Might be worth giving him a call. I suspect the entire house of 250 houses is the same.

You're lucky it's 6.0mm most new builds have only 2.5, when I used to work for a company that did new houses we took the T& E outside to an IP box to convert to SWA.Although not textbook if the other end was soundly made off using gland and preferably earthnut wouldn't of worried.

I was quite surprised that it was 6mm². Prior to moving I was considering my options for putting a larger supply into the garage assuming it was going to be a 13A spur off the house ring final. I'm planning on replacing the current Wylex split board with a Hager board and individual RCBO's. Pending a cable calc I'm going to look into upgrading the circuit to 40A, obviously the current 32A connector blocks won't suffice so I need to look into something else, possibly just a set of 6mm² through crimps.

I popped out to the garage earlier and took a good look at the termination the other end. No better and the SWA not earthed that end either!
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I went luminaire shopping with my Missus yesterday and bought a few lights for the living room, dining room and hall. Changing them all over today and every single light had it's loop in a connector block taped to the wiring in the void above.
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Wago box, wago connectors and a 64mm dry lining box to fix the lights to. Always done this and it makes future light changing an absolute doddle!
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[Adam W]

Its the sad reflection of what happens when unskilled people "throw" homes together .................

I'd be prepared to go one further and bet that was the work of someone who trained abroad - for some reason foreigners seem to see armour or braiding as for mechanical protection only, and don't bother terminating it.

 

[Dave OCD]

@bailes1992 - You might find these handy in future mate, take 6mm comfortably and rated at 41 amps.
3-Way Push-Wire Connector 773 Series Pack of 50 | Cable Connectors | Screwfix.com - https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjP4rjOmYjaAhVBnO0KHcQZDXQYABANGgJkZw&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASE-RowZnfr13rh1Q3fwXwSkB5CtQ&sig=AOD64_0jgKAxqgegeOMMrFKKtc6Ea5h37w&ctype=46&q=&ved=0ahUKEwjnybTOmYjaAhVCqaQKHVbcDd8Q9aACCDI&adurl=

 

[telectrix]

wago do 6.0mm connectors 3 port only. rated 41A.

3-Way Push-Wire Connector 773 Series Pack of 50 | Cable Connectors | Screwfix.com - https://www.screwfix.com/p/3-way-push-wire-connector-773-series-pack-of-50/25805?tc=BA3&ds_kid=92700019931970099&ds_rl=1248181&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249484&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkd3VBRDzARIsAAdGzMAmifcVOOH2UezHZp8lKJMJIz6zthX1IZrwTRzmcpUfuWZF6CvppQoaAnD-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CN3OkbqbiNoCFTMj0wodiwQHLQ

 

[Dave OCD]

Ha - see post 31 Tel.

 

[telectrix]

yeh. you were quicker, but my post had a link.your's did not.

 

[Dave OCD]

It did you know !

 

[telectrix]

well it ain't there now. we need sherlock holmes. the case of the missing link ( and before you say it, i am not the missing link. piltdown man was not my grandfather ).

 

[Dave OCD]

Are you sure Tel, I can see it as plain as day, have you been on the beer ?

 

[bailes1992]

Cheers guys! Will definitely have to stock up on them.

Next weekend I have to rip out the sink in the utility room to make room for a tumble dryer. I was hoping buying a new-ish house would mean less work for me!

 

[telectrix]

Are you sure Tel, I can see it as plain as day, have you been on the beer ?

copied and pasted yourpost:
@bailes1992 - You might find these handy in future mate, take 6mm comfortably and rated at 41 amps.

 

[Dave OCD]

But I can see the link I attached on my screen !