Helping a friend redecorating his gaff, former council property built 1986 and occupied by my friend from new.
Original light fitting on upstairs landing kept on burning bulbs from day 1.
Disturbing this fitting to mask it made the rcd trip.
So yesterday my friend asked me to have a look and secure the base of the fitting which was held only by one screw.
Being a metal light fitting I switched the circuit off at the consumer unit and found what you see in the pictures (sorry, not the best but you get the idea)
Bare live wires touching other wires and the fitting and worse of all, connections made with metal connectors dipped into hot glue
Of course only an inch of the wire peeks through the massive hole in the ceiling (for easy installation???)
Was this ok in the '80s???
Above that there's the unused loft,
accessible by the hatch just there.
Shocking!
Original light fitting on upstairs landing kept on burning bulbs from day 1.
Disturbing this fitting to mask it made the rcd trip.
So yesterday my friend asked me to have a look and secure the base of the fitting which was held only by one screw.
Being a metal light fitting I switched the circuit off at the consumer unit and found what you see in the pictures (sorry, not the best but you get the idea)
Bare live wires touching other wires and the fitting and worse of all, connections made with metal connectors dipped into hot glue
Of course only an inch of the wire peeks through the massive hole in the ceiling (for easy installation???)
Was this ok in the '80s???
Above that there's the unused loft,
accessible by the hatch just there.
Shocking!