Hall of Shame Photos

[Marvo]

There's nothing wrong with it, the electrician 'installed' the bag on the fire detector because the heat or smoke from the DB below was causing it to alarm. After complaints from the other tenants about the noise of the pressurization fans in the stairwells this was his answer to the problem.

 

[SparkyDips]

Correct... Building regs

The Wiring Regs just state the accessory must be fit for purpose / location etc

no regulation, just a building reg I think

i believe its 300mm from the edges of the sink??

great thread guys.

 

[DNS1]

i believe its 300mm from the edges of the sink??

That's the "prefered" distance according to the OSG/Building Regs

 

[Knobhead]

There’s hope for me yet.
If I hadn’t got the correct crimper, I’d have got the gas torch out and sweated the lugs. What the hell did he use?

 

[Silly Sausage]

What the hell did he use?

It looks like the subtle use of a pair of bolt croppers to me.

 

[jase]

this just some of the faults on this job, u may need to look closely. If you have GOT to use trunking at least make it neat!

that looks like some of the crap that goes in on those "decent" homes schemes that are happening on council estates up and down the land

 

[Engineer54]

There's nothing wrong with it, the electrician 'installed' the bag on the fire detector because the heat or smoke from the DB below was causing it to alarm. After complaints from the other tenants about the noise of the pressurization fans in the stairwells this was his answer to the problem.

Well at least i was partly right, it was causing someone a problem, now the actual reason for it being a problem, ...is another classic!!! lol!!!

 

[Baker1988]

I must say i really like these picture even i wunt do this stuff and im not even fully qualified haha and I always thought that the building regs say that a socket has to be at least 500mm away from a sink

 

[SparkyDips]

sorry for pic size and quality

 

[Baker1988]

Well i guess thats me been wrong haha thanks for the clarification