Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[Pretty Mouth]

Kitchen revamp day today, the chap who wired it originally has an electrical engineering background.

When you come across some of the worst bodges you ever saw, and you're showing them to the client, and they're saying 'Dad would never have done that, he was an electrical engineer!'

 

[mainline]

When you come across some of the worst bodges you ever saw, and you're showing them to the client, and they're saying 'Dad would never have done that, he was an electrical engineer!'

All 21 of the cottages were wired by him over a 40 yr period, the sub mains is partly swa but mostly 16 mm T&e.

Years of work left for me.

 

[mainline]

they couldn't even put the plasterboard the right way up! Stand on your head trying to read it.

thats pretty standard bodge up hiding joint boxes in walls back in the day.

Having lots of brains but no planning sense makes for the botch up

 

[Aaron b]

Does anyone else have issues uploading photos? It keeps complaining about file size.

 

[mainline]

Does anyone else have issues uploading photos? It keeps complaining about file size.

Yeah, I had to reduce mine to about 700k i think.

 

[Aaron b]

 

[nicebutdim]

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Quite an effort, but definitely DIY.

 

[Aaron b]

Quite an effort, but definitely DIY.

Yeah I think your right. I thought this looked iffy too:

 

[nicebutdim]

Yeah I think your right. I thought this looked iffy too:
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Why?

 

[Aaron b]

Why?

The cables aren't on the insulators and are just flapping about. Surely that's not right?

 

[SparkySy]

@Aaron b
Did you tell your customer to report that, Or have you? It needs attention urgently before it goes pop in the high winds!

 

[nicebutdim]

The cables aren't on the insulators and are just flapping about. Surely that's not right?

Despite the huge image, I thought they were

 

[Aaron b]

@Aaron b
Did you tell your customer to report that, Or have you? It needs attention urgently before it goes pop in the high winds!

I haven't yet tbh. I'll be calling them next week and will mention this to them too...

 

[davesparks]

The cables aren't on the insulators and are just flapping about. Surely that's not right?

Are you sure they aren't attached? It looks like they have been bound to the top of the insulators with binding wire.

 

[mainline]

Are you sure they aren't attached? It looks like they have been bound to the top of the insulators with binding wire.

That's what I thought, but the pic resolution isn't good enough to be sure.

 

[SparkySy]

Well if they are then you both have better eyesight than I!

 

[Aaron b]

Are you sure they aren't attached? It looks like they have been bound to the top of the insulators with binding wire.

Perhaps, I wasn't aware of that practice. There appears to be something on the top section of the insulator but I couldn't be sure.

 

[Aaron b]

 

[westward10]

The fact they all appear to be in contact with the insulators suggests they are tied to them, badly.

 

[Aaron b]

The fact they all appear to be in contact with the insulators suggests they are tied to them, badly.

That's a good point. I'll check from another angle when I'm that way again. Every days a school day!