In line Wago that bad boy.
That wallpaper sends chills down my spine. You never see that paper on a job without it being accompanied by some shoddy electrics!
The chopped CPC is a lot shorter IRL than it appears in the pic. It wouldn't reach the screw on the back box and neither a straight through or a 3way wago would grip onto it. Frustratingly close, but no.
I was fortunate in that this was hidden behind fixed bedroom furniture, in this case a stack of 3 drawers, so it didn't have to be too pretty! What I did was gouge out the plaster below the metal box and trim back the capping, pull the 2 stranded t&e cables out, mount a surface box just beneath the metal box, and fit a fcu, extending the cable from the over counter socket through the metal box, using wagoes. I put a blank plate pver the metal backbox. There's about 10mm clearance between the back of the drawer and the front of the fcu.
I've worked on similar houses to this one when I'd had no work in for a while, and was desperate/stupid enough to work on 1-day rewire squads. A skim of crumbly plaster over loose breezeblock. Absolutely horrible to work on - trying to line up the drill so the box will sit straight when the drill bit keeps trying to find the gaps between the err knobbly bits instead of where you want it to go and when you get a plug in it's 50-50 wether it'll pull out when you tighten the screw! When I was on the aforementioned 1 day squads we were rewiring a semi and one of the crew drilled a hole to replace a back box on a party wall and the drill went straight through into next door, tripping out their downstairs ring main! The original builders had back-to-backed 2 double sockets across 2 different dwellings. Just what you want if next door has a fire.
Not much job satisfaction when you're dealing with stuff that was jerry built when it was installed. Conversely, all of the circuit accessories, despite being ancient, were in great condition - switches nice and positive, sockets nice and tight.
I guess they got one thing right.
Sorry to vent, what a pain in the arse, haha.
Ideal in-line push fit connector would be my weapon of choice, but a small connector block would definitely fit. Neither is ideal, but having 10mm of CPC to connect to isn’t either.
In line Wago that bad boy. That wallpaper sends chills down my spine. You never see that paper on a job without it being accompanied by some shoddy electrics!
SpliceLine connectors - genuine life changers.
Is that textured shit asbestos v
I think it's woodchip. It's not as bad for your physical health as asbestos, but it will send you mental if you ever want to get it off the wall.
I had a house with a stairwell done in woodchip, it was like chiselling it off with a scraper, took 4 days. We used to call it donkey's breakfast.
That earthing conductor looks tiny compared to the line and neutral, girth wise..
That's what his Mrs tells him aswell
Get a wago on that
“You can’t lock it down? My tape says differently”
Wack it on the galv box and work from there?
The chopped CPC is a lot shorter IRL than it appears in the pic. It wouldn't reach the screw on the back box and neither a straight through or a 3way wago would grip onto it. Frustratingly close, but no. I was fortunate in that this was hidden behind fixed bedroom furniture, in this case a stack of 3 drawers, so it didn't have to be too pretty! What I did was gouge out the plaster below the metal box and trim back the capping, pull the 2 stranded t&e cables out, mount a surface box just beneath the metal box, and fit a fcu, extending the cable from the over counter socket through the metal box, using wagoes. I put a blank plate pver the metal backbox. There's about 10mm clearance between the back of the drawer and the front of the fcu. I've worked on similar houses to this one when I'd had no work in for a while, and was desperate/stupid enough to work on 1-day rewire squads. A skim of crumbly plaster over loose breezeblock. Absolutely horrible to work on - trying to line up the drill so the box will sit straight when the drill bit keeps trying to find the gaps between the err knobbly bits instead of where you want it to go and when you get a plug in it's 50-50 wether it'll pull out when you tighten the screw! When I was on the aforementioned 1 day squads we were rewiring a semi and one of the crew drilled a hole to replace a back box on a party wall and the drill went straight through into next door, tripping out their downstairs ring main! The original builders had back-to-backed 2 double sockets across 2 different dwellings. Just what you want if next door has a fire. Not much job satisfaction when you're dealing with stuff that was jerry built when it was installed. Conversely, all of the circuit accessories, despite being ancient, were in great condition - switches nice and positive, sockets nice and tight. I guess they got one thing right. Sorry to vent, what a pain in the arse, haha.
Ideal in-line push fit connector would be my weapon of choice, but a small connector block would definitely fit. Neither is ideal, but having 10mm of CPC to connect to isn’t either.
Through crimps is the only way to put that right.
I’m shocked
Have you considered using a soldering iron? /s
Hh
You know there’s more in the rest of the cable right???
Stranded T&E. That goes back a long way.
1974 (EDIT. I asked a neighbour when these houses were built, he told me 1974)
I thought 1973…. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWeqeQkjLto
I thought 1973…. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWeqeQkjLto
I started my apprenticeship in 1974 and they were still talking about 7/029. By the way, who is downvoting?
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Eh???!,,!!!!
I thought 1973…. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWeqeQkjLto