Hi all,
Throughout this renovation project of mine I've had cause to lift several floorboards throughout the house in order to replace / add cables etc.
I expected to find bits and bobs under the floor such as little offcuts of cable, some wood splinters etc. However, in places I've found metres and metres of cable which has been cut at both ends but not removed (and it was easy to remove). I've also found old sockets and light switches and, even more bizarrely, yesterday I found an old ceiling rose. Yesterday I also found a couple of squashed MK boxes and four large plastic wrappers, in the same part of the floor that has a big bundle of cables appearing from the CU below. To me this is a danger. OK, it's unlikely but surely it's not a good idea to leave combustible material lying on top of a bundle of cables. Should they overheat for whatever reason, the combustibles provide a good base for a fire.
Also, as mentioned, I can understand why a small offcut of cable, or a couple of nails etc would be left under floorboards but is there really any excuse for removing a socket or switch from a wall or a rose from a ceiling or the packaging from new accessories and purposefully putting it under the floorboards and leaving it there? Surely it would be just as easy to throw it in a plastic bag?
I would have thought that minimising the amount of junk would be simple good practice. Obviously I wouldn't expect anyone to go out of their way to clean up a hidden area but surely expecting someone not to add to the junk isn't unreasonable! Or is it? Do I expect too much?
I've also found some more cables that are in permanent contact with central heating pipes. Seriously, whoever did work on this house previously is a complete muppet.
As the saying goes - if you want something doing properly, do it yourself (with advice where necessary).
Regards
Fred
Throughout this renovation project of mine I've had cause to lift several floorboards throughout the house in order to replace / add cables etc.
I expected to find bits and bobs under the floor such as little offcuts of cable, some wood splinters etc. However, in places I've found metres and metres of cable which has been cut at both ends but not removed (and it was easy to remove). I've also found old sockets and light switches and, even more bizarrely, yesterday I found an old ceiling rose. Yesterday I also found a couple of squashed MK boxes and four large plastic wrappers, in the same part of the floor that has a big bundle of cables appearing from the CU below. To me this is a danger. OK, it's unlikely but surely it's not a good idea to leave combustible material lying on top of a bundle of cables. Should they overheat for whatever reason, the combustibles provide a good base for a fire.
Also, as mentioned, I can understand why a small offcut of cable, or a couple of nails etc would be left under floorboards but is there really any excuse for removing a socket or switch from a wall or a rose from a ceiling or the packaging from new accessories and purposefully putting it under the floorboards and leaving it there? Surely it would be just as easy to throw it in a plastic bag?
I would have thought that minimising the amount of junk would be simple good practice. Obviously I wouldn't expect anyone to go out of their way to clean up a hidden area but surely expecting someone not to add to the junk isn't unreasonable! Or is it? Do I expect too much?
I've also found some more cables that are in permanent contact with central heating pipes. Seriously, whoever did work on this house previously is a complete muppet.
As the saying goes - if you want something doing properly, do it yourself (with advice where necessary).
Regards
Fred
