Clever sparks.

[Norcon]

We shuttered a big 4.8m tall retaining wall and some bright spark screwed an 8' x 4' sheet of plywood to the wall and covered it with heavy duty panels, heavy switch gear and buzzy bars etc.
The cable in at the bottom is at least 2 inches thick.

However the panels cover 4 open tie bar holes so if the water level rises at the rear of the wall the switch room will flood.

 

[Lectrician]

Poorly designed ALL ROUND then

 

[Iggifer]

Just to refresh everyones memory about bright sparks.........

We pulled down a power line from a transformer to a property with the digger yesterday.
Turned out transformer had also blew up. Thought as much with the amount of flashing and banging it did. Pole looked as if it was on fire at one stage.

Should the fuse not have saved the transformer?
Will NIE meet any of the cost here? How much does a new transformer cost?
Seeing as the pole is on private property and serves a different property.

Happened about 3 oclock yesterday. Took them to 12 last night sorting it out.

 

[Norcon]

Poorly designed ALL ROUND then

Nothing wrong with anyones design. Lest not with ours. It would hold back a tsuami.

It just seems sparks don't seem to be possessed with much common sense.
The site manager can either excavate behind the retainer or make the fool who fitted the panel remove it.

It will fall off the wall in a few years anyway when the timber starts to rot. You sparks never were the brightest.

 

[RF Lighting]

Is the water level likely to rise?

 

[Norcon]

It's drained but that's no guarantee it won't rise and flood the room.

The four holes could let in 60/L per minute.

 

[RF Lighting]

How will it if there's a sheet of plywood blocking the holes?

 

[Norcon]

You think plywood can stop water?

 

[RF Lighting]

It's not going to let 60l per minute through.

And you think we're the silly ones

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Nothing wrong with anyones design. Lest not with ours. It would hold back a tsuami.

Ignoring the wood for now, how does your design stop the room from flooding?

 

[Norcon]

The holes are grouted dummy.

Ignoring the flooding issue for now surely you sparks can find a better substrate than softwood to hold heavy switchgear to a wall?

Softwood is guaranteed to rot after a few years!

 

[flyingsparks]

The holes are grouted dummy.

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So how they going to let water through?

What would you suggest rather than ply, clever guy?!

 

[Norcon]

Because some bright spark covered the holes with plywood and switchgear and now the holes can't be grouted. I thought that was obvious.

The site manager has 3 choices.

1 - Instruct the spark to remove the switchgear
2 - Carry out a huge excavation behind the retainer.
3 - Leave it alone and take a chance.

 

[Lectrician]

Your fault - You can't expect OTHER trades to know what YOU intend to do. Just as YOU have no knowledge when it comes to hitting OUR power lines.

Prat.

Ever heard of a SCHEDULE OF WORKS? Ever thought of TALKING and LIASING with other trades?

Perhaps you should of filled the holes a little sooner, prior to the obvious fitting of kit in a known switch room.

Uni-strut would be preferred to wood, granted.

 

[Norcon]

Your fault - You can't expect OTHER trades to know what YOU intend to do. Just as YOU have no knowledge when it comes to hitting OUR power lines.

Prat.

Ever heard of a SCHEDULE OF WORKS? Ever thought of TALKING and LIASING with other trades?

Perhaps you should of filled the holes a little sooner, prior to the obvious fitting of kit in a known switch room.

Uni-strut would be preferred to wood, granted.

How is it our fault arzehole?

Site manager is blaming the stooped spark as it happens.
Wasn't too difficult to see four gaping holes in a wall ffs. Maybe when the water up to his knees he might cop on.