Plastering tomorrow for the 1stHelp!!

Drew Flo · 18 Mar 2016

Hi guys, im a new enough qualified electrician. Im currently working on my own and have done some electrical work for a guy that wanted 3 new sockets into his livingroom. He is a nice enough guy and wants me to basically fix his house in anyway possible! I obviously tracked into the walls so i could put 25mil trunking in. He has asked me to finish the job without calling anyone in. AKA re cement the tracks and to plaster over! Tonight i cemented over as much as i could before i ran out but got a fair good bit done, leaving some gaps behind. With plastering if there are still some small holes will the plaster still fit it in? Or do i need to buy another bag of cement?
Thanks =).

Drew Flo · 18 Mar 2016

Drew Flo · 18 Mar 2016

This is what it looks like currently with all the cement i had. Will the plaster skim over this with no problems?

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oldbutnotdead · 18 Mar 2016

And how, exactly, is that lot going to be in a safe zone? Intrigued as to what qualification you've recently passed- you don't normally put trunking in wall chases.

roy c · 18 Mar 2016

If you haven't done any plastering you wont get a good finish on your chases, they need to be "invisible," especially if it is going to be emulsioned or papered with a thin paper.. More so when they are in a high profile area.. Good luck..

stevethespreader · 18 Mar 2016

Is that wiring legal?

geraldthehamster · 18 Mar 2016

oldbutnotdead said:
And how, exactly, is that lot going to be in a safe zone?

It's not as if anyone's going to hang a picture over a fireplace, is it?

flameport · 20 Mar 2016

Drew Flo said:
Or do i need to buy another bag of cement?

When you say 'cement', what have you actually used there?

Drew Flo · 21 Mar 2016

Sorry it has took so long to reply, i have been quite busy!
I have my 2357 course, qualifying myself as an electrician. Also if you notice in that photo, it most certainly is not trunking. That is conduit!
The wiring is of course legal, although it is frowned upon and would only use this in certain situations. Instead of creating a new radial circuit for the 3 sockets, I decided to keep them on the ring main and because the cables are buried under concrete in the ground I didn't really think that would be appropriate to tear up the whole house.
Surely if you have any experience being a spark you could understand why then that might of been done.
No bud, its a TV but as far as I'm aware they will be stripping out the fireplace so I'm assuming it wont be there for much longer.
Believe it or not that is certainly cement. I plastered and I must say I done a decent job for a first time. I reckon a small amount of sanding down tomorrow but sure, its all part of the fun and games.

geraldthehamster · 21 Mar 2016

What about safe zones then?

London Mike 49 · 21 Mar 2016

Next time you have to fill out the chases in the wall, mix 1 third bonding plaster with 2 thirds multi finish plaster and fill just shy of the finished level so you can get a thin tight coat of multi finish on top.
This way you can often get the job done in one go.

Mike

phatboy · 21 Mar 2016

You need your qualification revoking, that is not in safe zones and so is vunerable. You will be in a lot of troule if your poor work kills someone.

Maybe call in an electrician to put it right?

endecotp · 21 Mar 2016

Drew Flo said:
The wiring is of course legal, although it is frowned upon and would only use this in certain situations.

I'm guessing that there's an existing socket off the left of the photo, and you're fitting sockets for a new TV mounted above the fireplace.

If that's true, you should have run the cable vertically from the existing socket, and then horizontally across to the new sockets. That would keep you in the permitted zones.

It will be interesting to read your explanation of why your route is allowed.

chappers · 22 Mar 2016

run up to the ceiling from the socket, through the ceiling g void and then down to the new socket surely

Will.. · 22 Mar 2016

Oh dear. Where's my popcorn?

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