What goes through some's Minds!?

What goes through some's Minds!?

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Gingerbread Man

9,171 posts

212 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Often it's a cover up and forget job. Many boilers needing the cupboards completely dismantling to gain any real access. Nice to cone across a cupboard or boxing fitted with thought, so it's easy to gain access.

I've knotched cupboards out deeper for consumer units as you provably had to!

Bebee

4,678 posts

224 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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You can't get a jig on the top as it's too close to ceiling, so jig upside down what you can and use a hand saw for edges to finish, is there any spare facing left? you could plant a piece over the gap when your done with consumer box with two screws.

As a fitter, I would have made the customer aware that I will need to leave a big gap for panel off access, giving them the opportunity to ask a sparky to move the box if they weren't happy with that.

The fitter in this case thought, bks to it, it's some other guy's problem.

Busa mav

2,556 posts

153 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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sparky must have known there was going to be a cupboard there and just put the C/U unit where it fell.

Probably cost the fitter a few hours working around somebody else's thoughtless first fix electrical install biggrin


Surely there was a bwic / services drawing for the kitchen layout ?

stuart313

740 posts

112 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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944fan said:
stuart313 said:
I fking hate know it all posts like this, that is a 10 year old Starbreaker board,
Oh, the irony
Ok then clever arse what is it and how old is it? I only gave it a quick glance and its a crabtree board wired to the 16th edition so fitted before July 2008.




Bebee

4,678 posts

224 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Sparks will fly....

bigandclever

13,750 posts

237 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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R1 Indy said:
Its not the first time I've come across similar punch
If your kitchen fitter and my electrician went into business together, the universe would probably collapse in on itself laugh



hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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had it more times than you'd imagine

guindilias

5,245 posts

119 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Top handled saw, not approved for use at ground level, let alone in a kitchen, tsk...

astroarcadia

1,710 posts

199 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Im a carpenter.

Some care has been take with cut, I suspect a genuine oversight by the fitter.

Making that cut bigger without removing the wall unit and making a mess is awkward.


paolow

3,208 posts

257 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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bigandclever said:
If your kitchen fitter and my electrician went into business together, the universe would probably collapse in on itself laugh


That is utterly awesome. Saw the first pic and thought - ok - maybe someone really wanted a double socket but it wouldnt fit width wise...
Then saw the second picture and cracked up. No one excersises judgement that poor surely? There must be a revenge / screw you story there somewhere? If you take off the faceplate is there a message underneath?

stuart313

740 posts

112 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Can't imagine why they didn't put a single there, you could always spin the socket round so at least you could get a plug in.

Bebee

4,678 posts

224 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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use one of these to bring it away from the architrave :


bigandclever

13,750 posts

237 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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It was like that when we bought this house. What you possibly can't see is that it was painted in too, so not only did some pillock install it like that, the previous owners kept it like that. Five minutes with a screwdriver and all was well in my world smile