I suspect though that many people these days do not actually learn as they
move out after doing their deeds. I have to say though that over many years
lots of things we used to all do are now not allowed.
Most of the wiring in this house though good and still sound is done with
the older pvc red black and bare earth sleeved green wire. Its sound and
works and will probably continue to work but I'd not want to try to find
where some of it runs particularly between the main meter under the stairs
to get to upstairs.

Brian

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"newshound" wrote in message
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On 06/11/2017 19:42, wrote:
So far, in this house I've found: CPCs wrapped under the heads of wood
screws securing a plastic pattress box, 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 ;-)

Which of us has not learned the error of our ways the hard way, having
done at least one of the above.