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"plasterers , who needs them ?"
well anyone who doesnt fancy wall papering over bare brick :-D
well anyone who doesnt fancy wall papering over bare brick :-D
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I thought you were meant to fill the knock out boxes half full of plaster as well?
ugh I know what you mean
the last job i was on chasing down problems i found 4 boxes completely filled with plaster. spent quite a bit of time entertaining my apprentice with some very colourful language:cuss: :furious3: LOL.
the main reason i use tube or capping is to facilitate rewiring of a drop if some muppet drills or nails it.
plasterboard straight to brick then wall paper, job done"plasterers , who needs them ?"
well anyone who doesnt fancy wall papering over bare brick :-D
"plasterers , who needs them ?"
well anyone who doesnt fancy wall papering over bare brick :-D
Dot nd dab by the bodgers then tape and paint by the splodgers, no need for muck spreaders
The plasterer on a job i'm doing at the moment came to price up last night at about 8pm, already up to a 12 hour day and he chirped up "not to question your workmanship pal but can you cut your cables back and tuck em into the back boxes so i can plaster them in.......
You can imagine my reply....
i dont understand why we need to cut chases out deep enough to bury conduit for a house rewire ?
seems like alot of unnecessary work and mess when you can just chop back plaster and clip direct.
i do mine about 30mm wide. thats a little bigger than my cold chisel lol.
clip down wall and job done (boss wont pay for conduit when we do houses, the work is just to keep us busy)
What about sockets within 350mm of corner lol Or does that apply onto new builds?
I tend to use conduit on all jobs on solid walls , wether it's new build or not , and even within the 150 mm of the corners , ps not sure where you get 350 mm from. LOL
On a job a while back, had a building inspector pulled me up for not ccapping cables. wall was to be dry lined, dot&dab. asked him to read 7671 and come back with a reg. bloody hitler said it was their rules.
On a job a while back, had a building inspector pulled me up for not ccapping cables. wall was to be dry lined, dot&dab. asked him to read 7671 and come back with a reg. bloody hitler said it was their rules.
no idea. fell out with customer when he supplied 36 downlights and wanted to pay me 35 each to 2nd fix. i'd been paid for 1st fix, so i walked.
the only rewires we do are for clients on the cheap and to keep us busy, ive been boarding,mixing, second fixing etc recently and will probably have to paint the ******* soon as well.I don't understand why plasterers feel they have to do this, I certainly wouldn't employ one that did
I hate the unnecessary work created when the plasterer trowels the cable and reduces the IR of it
Surely it is the customer that is paying for the conduit or is you boss pulling a fast one the cost / time saving is probably negligible given that a conduit drop only needs a couple of clips or a snot or two of bonding to fix it compared to the effort to straighten and clip a couple of T&E's
Did a rewire for a relative a little while ago and very little chasing out was needed as most of the original wiring was in PVC conduit only needed chases where additional sockets were wanted put all the new cable in oval conduit
£35 each?
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