Unidentifed electrics behind plasterboard

[Doughman]

Just a quick one guys,

I've recently removed plasterboard from around where my shower was in the en suite. I've discovered a lot of damp so there is going to be a lot of renovation going on. One thing I am not sure on at the moment is this electrical component and wires.

Can anyone tell me exactly what it is and what it will be serving?

It comes down from the ceiling and disappears behind the walls again in the corner just out of site in the above picture.

 

[yorkspark]

Socket in the adjoining room

 

[deadshort]

Socket in the adjoining room

With a butchered back box. Not ideal when backing onto a shower that leaks !

Frying tonight

DS

 

[EFLImpudence]

Plumbing's good, though.

 

[Echo the husky]

I take it the slot in the back box is to make room for one of the pipes?!

 

[endecotp]

I take it the slot in the back box is to make room for one of the pipes?!

The plumber thought his pipes had to run in "safe zones".

 

[john4703]

The cable that is nearly hidden by the pipe will go to the next socket on the ring. You can just see the cable above the pipe on the right side of the picture

 

[Doughman]

Thanks for the replies.

The pipes were about to be fitted to a new shower when all the damp was discovered so are not positioned and have just been left where is.

The cutting of the back box seems completely unneccessary and unsafe then? I'll get it replaced out.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You've got to take it off anyway, to replace the plasterboard. And possibly the whole section of wall, depending on the state of the timber, which doesn't look good, particularly the sole plate. Given the work done so far, and what's left, it doesn't make sense to cut corners for the sake of another day's work and a few £10's of materials.