Why is it always a mate ?

[40 watt spark]

Got a call from an old mate whos just moved to a new house this week (well new to him) can I take a look at a few things for him as some of the electrics don't seem right..

The garage light switches dont seem to work correctly..

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Guess at least they'd put some tape over the exposed copper

Oh and theres some sockets we're not sure we should use or not.... (there were 4 like this, and this wasn't the worst one)

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Oh and why you are here I think the shower install looks a little dodgy..

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A bit more detail on the shower.....its a 8.5kw shower on 4mm T&E, on a 30A 3036, the cable runs through the wall behind the CU, then tacked at skirting height across the downstairs cloackroom, into the soil pipe void, up into the loft (running under 200mm of rockwall), to the isolator then down the surface trunking on the RHS of the shower and then cut into the side of the shower.

House has got a 1980's cream 6 way wylex board with 3036's (not an RCD in sight anywhere), but at least there was PEB's inplace albeit undersized. God knows why he didn't get a PIR/EICR done upfront.. got the 'well we've just moved, we're skint' comment...

Think I know where my free weekends are headed...

 

[OwainDIYer]

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Guess at least they'd put some tape over the exposed copper

Always a good idea when you use the earth as a switch wire.

That is multiple levels of incompetent bodgefulness.

Give us a giggle and post piccies of the fuseboxes.

 

[40 watt spark]

Here's the cu, its located underneath a kitchen worktop with the boiler mounted directly above on the same wall.....

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There is also a 2way old wylex cu in the garage fed from a spur off of the 1st floor ring final, that needs sorting too

 

[dormermike]

I can see the word FRIED bottom right. Subliminal?

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

That showers a beauty. Extra style marks for the orange speed fits

I'd rate it as good as this one a found a while back

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At least this one had a good size cable feeding it, so it should prove to be a nice little hand-hold when you slip

 

[flameport]

Is that wallpaper on the wall behind the shower and rail?

 

[40 watt spark]

At least this one had a good size cable feeding it, so it should prove to be a nice little hand-hold when you slip

Thats a design feature so you can hang your shower gel on it, thats why they have those little hooks on the bottles

Those speedfits in my pic looked to be white origionally, maybe the old owner was a hair dye/fake tan fan

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

Is that wallpaper on the wall behind the shower and rail?

Oh yes, woodchip. Justs adds a little luxury to the install

 

[SUNRAY]

Is that wallpaper on the wall behind the shower and rail?

Wood chip paper was available with a plastic surface for use in bathrooms and kitchens

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And properly applied it was probably proof against steam for several years.

But sprayed with water by a shower every day?

 

[SUNRAY]

And properly applied it was probably proof against steam for several years.

But sprayed with water by a shower every day?

Hence