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I got into this game at 25 with a young child and wife to support so unfortunately couldnt do the apprentice thing. I did my 2330 and 2356 with olci in clerkenwell.
One thing that gripes me about college is you get absolutely no info on how to first fix! I understand that second fix, inspection and testing is the bit that takes skill and needs to be done right for safety and for stuff to work but first fix stuff still needs to be learnt somehow. I appreciate that Apprentices do first fix for years to get the hang of it but unfortunately i was unable to go down this route. I know how 3 phase motors work and know what colour a warning sign should be (?!?!) but couldnt pull up a floorboard!!! I now know how you pull up a board obv it's really not that hard!
With all this in mind, i've done lots of reading and practiced first fix stuff in my own home. I am getting there but was wondering a few things - firstly what are some different ways of getting cables upstairs. I know lofts and floorboards get you around i dividual floors. Do you just chase the height of a wall to get up/down stairs. Secondly, working in flats if you need to, for example put some downlights in or something else you'd need access from floorboards above what is the 'etiquette' on this?! Surely ppl above will say no! What are good ways around this?
Any other first fix golden rules or tips very very very gratefully received!!
Thanks everyone.
One thing that gripes me about college is you get absolutely no info on how to first fix! I understand that second fix, inspection and testing is the bit that takes skill and needs to be done right for safety and for stuff to work but first fix stuff still needs to be learnt somehow. I appreciate that Apprentices do first fix for years to get the hang of it but unfortunately i was unable to go down this route. I know how 3 phase motors work and know what colour a warning sign should be (?!?!) but couldnt pull up a floorboard!!! I now know how you pull up a board obv it's really not that hard!
With all this in mind, i've done lots of reading and practiced first fix stuff in my own home. I am getting there but was wondering a few things - firstly what are some different ways of getting cables upstairs. I know lofts and floorboards get you around i dividual floors. Do you just chase the height of a wall to get up/down stairs. Secondly, working in flats if you need to, for example put some downlights in or something else you'd need access from floorboards above what is the 'etiquette' on this?! Surely ppl above will say no! What are good ways around this?
Any other first fix golden rules or tips very very very gratefully received!!
Thanks everyone.