Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 08, 2012 8:10 am We had to remove the light fittings to paint around them in our new house and were a bit surprised by the look of what was underneath. Is this normal or did we have a particularly ham-fisted electrician?
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Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 6Aug 10, 2012 3:45 pm You think that's bad ... what about this - we think that's why we got a free splashback on that wall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 8Aug 10, 2012 4:05 pm Liliana By last picture, do you mean the power point holes? Did you move the pictures around? Yes, the last picture was the double power points. Thats how majority of houses look when they cut the gyprock to install any wall plates. Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 10Aug 10, 2012 4:34 pm Liliana No, I didn't move the pictures??? I'm still surprised they need to cut such an enormous hole but, if that's the norm, then so be it. There is metal plate sitting there and they have cut out about the same size as the metal plate would be. I've noticed that they are usually not as neat as I would like, they just want to get the job done quickly. Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 11Aug 10, 2012 4:48 pm All very easely fixed, "PUT THEM BACK" Seriously what does it matter what the cutouts look like when they are covered and will never be seen. For god sake dont lift up your carpet cause I'm sure they didn't clean the concrete before it was layed. Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 14Aug 10, 2012 6:44 pm mgilla All very easely fixed, "PUT THEM BACK" Seriously what does it matter what the cutouts look like when they are covered and will never be seen. For god sake dont lift up your carpet cause I'm sure they didn't clean the concrete before it was layed. My thoughts too - I don't see why the size of the hole or its neatness matters if it is covered up by the fittings anyway? Tender /1/12 Contract 14/6/12 Planning 12/10/12 Site 23/10/12 Piers 27/11/12 Slab 12/12/12 Frame 15/12/12 Trusses 17/1/13 Roof 24/1/13 Bricks 13/2/13 Plaster 1/3/13 Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 15Aug 10, 2012 7:18 pm Mmm - I have to disagree. I'll grant you the powerpoints but, as for the light fittings, I don't see why the electrician couldn't have thought about where the lights had to sit and not made more holes than he needed to or bigger holes than he needed to. I'm sure there are electricians out there who would take more care. My husband can do electrical wiring and he was as surprised as I was. The light fittings will certainly go back - they'll have to (!) but not before we fix up the holes . Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 16Aug 10, 2012 7:56 pm Having a better look at the pictures it appears they have moved the wire from where it was bought out. The plasterers bring the wires out through the gyprock, if its not in the right location to run into the light fitting and also be able to secure the fitting to the timber behind they will move it. What it looks like under the light fitting means nothing. In fact, if you patch the holes you will need to just about extend the patch out past the light fitting. Re: Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power point 17Aug 10, 2012 10:04 pm McGilla, the wires were never moved; they are still in the original position. The larger hole was created by the electrician to recess the terminal block because it wouldn't fit under the light casing when the casing was attached to the fixing plate. (The electrician used feed through terminal blocks to connect the mains wiring to the light wiring.) My husband is pretty certain that the electrician could have come up with a better solution to the problem if he had thought about it a little more. Eg. Instead of punching an extra hole in our plasterboard, he could have fitted an extra nut on to the thread of each fixing plate bolt and adjusted them so that the light casing sat just clear of the terminal block. It was only out by 2 mm. The electrician also miscalculated where the light wiring had to go, not just on one light, but on every light! Hence the double set of screw holes on every wall. What happened to "you learn from your mistakes"? But if the general consensus is that it's okay to do the job like this, then who are we to argue? We'll just redo the job in the way that suits us. Holes made by electrician for light fittings/power points? 18Nov 27, 2013 9:58 am I don't think there is going to be too much to argue if it looks neat once they're all on but it does say something about the quality of their work and the pride they take in it. I would never expect it to be a polished finish but I would have hoped for better too. Edit: just realised how old this thread was - not sure why or how I got to it. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me 0 1648 it depends on the natural ground level, if they excavated their boundary wall needed to be built as a retaining wall. If you filled, which sounds like the case then you… 1 7567 I know foam has been around since the 90's and CSR started manufacturing Hebel in 1989, so it's definitely possible 5 6149 |