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Dodgy DIY
On 06/11/17 19:42, wrote:
So far, in this house I've found: CPCs wrapped under the heads of wood
screws securing a plastic pattress box,
That's quite good. Normally they are twisted together outside of a round JB.
dishwasher wired brown-to-black
and blue-to-red, shelving supports fixed with 1/2" screws (barely in the
plaster), door hinges secured with long BZP pozi screws that have the
plain shank in the door frame, BZP posi screws everywhere, a kitchen
extractor blowing into a capped chimney, a concealed shower mixer fitted
without thought of how to service it (there's a leak!), a 13A socket
connected to a ceiling rose, T&E run on catenary wires to sheds (signed
off a year ago but the insulation had degraded so far it was falling off).
Today I found that the spur to a double 13A socket runs in a rough
channel in the concrete underneath a parquet floor. Sigh! I haven't
checked yet but it's probably a spur from a spur.
Fortunately there haven't been any structural "improvements".
Please people, if you don't know what you're doing then don't do it!
I feel much better for that vent. I'm ready for my medicine now nurse ;-)
Oh dear...
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