What goes through some's Minds!?
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Doing the 2nd fit of a kitchen this morning, off to take the C/U cover off to do my testing, and.......
Thats a cupboard BTW.
And off course the kitchen fitter had scarpered!
Now seriously what goes through ones mind when they do this?
Do they realise what they are doing and just not care?
Do they seriously think its a good solution to a C/U being in the way?
Did it not occur to them before that it was going to be in the way?
Its not the first time I've come across similar
Thats a cupboard BTW.
And off course the kitchen fitter had scarpered!
Now seriously what goes through ones mind when they do this?
Do they realise what they are doing and just not care?
Do they seriously think its a good solution to a C/U being in the way?
Did it not occur to them before that it was going to be in the way?
Its not the first time I've come across similar
toohangry said:
Shame you didn't use a spirit level on the consumer unit. Maybe he was trying to stop any embarrassment?
I f
king hate know it all posts like this, that is a 10 year old Starbreaker board, it obviously not just been fitted, and judging by today's standards its more likely the cupboard that is pissed.For the others the lid now cannot be removed to connect the circuits or do ant testing. Having said that its always a good idea to have a good look at the plans beforehand and see what's going where although its probably a redesign half way through with no thought other than what the lovely doors will look like.
Simpo Two said:
As long as the cover goes up it wouldn't bother me. Was the kitchen fitter was supposed to move the box?
Make the hole a few inches wider, then make a removable piece to cover the gap?slybynight said:
OK - I'm clearly being thick here - please expand on the problem.
Can't take the C/U cover off without taking down the cupboard which is all siliconed in!toohangry said:
Shame you didn't use a spirit level on the consumer unit. Maybe he was trying to stop any embarrassment?
Not my work I'd just use a multi-tool to cut out a section big enough to facilitate the removal of the cover. You could then put a couple of blankets on the section you've removed in order that you can simply drop it back into place once you've finished testing.
ETA - Brackets would work better than blankets!
ETA - Brackets would work better than blankets!
Edited by yellowtang on Friday 24th April 18:02
It drives me nuts!
I'd like to think it's because they don't realise things like boilers, CUs etc need to be opened up, but I find it hard to believe anyone who's been in the trade for a decent length of time, hasn't ever seen a spark or plumber working on a CU or boiler!
So I've come to the conclusion that they are lazy tts, that don't give a fk!
I'd like to think it's because they don't realise things like boilers, CUs etc need to be opened up, but I find it hard to believe anyone who's been in the trade for a decent length of time, hasn't ever seen a spark or plumber working on a CU or boiler!
So I've come to the conclusion that they are lazy t
ts, that don't give a fk!R1 Indy said:
Make the hole a few inches wider, then make a removable piece to cover the gap?
What gap?slybynight said:
OK - I'm clearly being thick here - please expand on the problem.
R1 Indy said:
Can't take the C/U cover off without taking down the cupboard which is all siliconed in!
I see the point, but my CU has been happily in place for 27 years and not required opening. But in this case, yes, if you want to be able to take the box apart, use a multitool or jigsaw to make more clearance at the top. I'm still filing it under 'no big deal' 
Jasandjules said:
Presumably he was not a sparky and didn't want the extra costs of a sparky attending, removing the CU then refitting it inside the cupboard.
As mentioned, another couple of inches cut off the top of the cupboard to leave a bigger gap would have solved the problem. Shame as it looks like he's done a neat job, wouldn't have been surprised to see the top panel of the cupboard hacked out completely on the basis that a sparky will need to access the box.
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