Cover for removed socket?

[Radam87]

Hi all

I am having a built in wardrobe and have had to have a socket removed out of the path of a support beam. Is there anything flush I could cover it with or would you recommend leaving as is or making any changes. Electrician who took it out said to just put a piece of thin board over it????

https://imgur.com/a/Od3NFir

 

[charliegolf]

One of these?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/2-gang-blanking-plate-white/9920d

CG

 

[Radam87]

Needs to be flush to minimise cutting into one of the support beams 'apparently'.

 

[flameport]

have had to have a socket removed

Are the cables/wires still there? If so, how are they connected together, and will they remain accessible once the wardrobe is installed?

 

[Radam87]

Are the cables/wires still there? If so, how are they connected together, and will they remain accessible once the wardrobe is installed?

There are cables still in. I just told an electrician what I was having and he said this would be the most economical way to move the socket out the way.

 

[winston1]

how are they connected together

 

[bernardgreen]

I just told an electrician

Electrician who took it out said to just put a piece of thin board over it????

Electrician ? ? ? ? more like someone who has not read ( or ignores ) the rule books.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

This is not looking good.

Obviously we don't know yet what's under that tape, but unless it is a BS 5733 compliant Maintenance Free junction box then it may not be covered over by your wardrobe.

And if the cables run up or down to it then it may not be covered over anyway.

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:walls

Some of the links in that have probably gone bad

• https://web.archive.org/web/2015070...es/gb/attachments/niu/l/attachments/c5-43.pdf
• http://web.archive.org/web/20061110111450/http://www.niceic.org.uk/downloads/concealedcables.pdf
• https://electrical.theiet.org/media/1719/cables-concealed-in-thin-walls-or-partitions.pdf
• https://electrical.theiet.org/media...d-in-a-wall-or-partition-a-brief-overview.pdf

If they run horizontally then maybe they can be left if there's another accessory to create a zone for them.

But I think Bernard is probably right, and this guy is not really an electrician.

 

[Radam87]

https://imgur.com/a/MOiaBDa

This is underneath. Could anyone advise please?

 

[mattylad]

OH dear......

I worry if thats actually going to be 32A choc block under the tape.

Radam87, before covering it up and hiding it you need to ensure that it's actually safe and from that poor quality picture we cannot really tell.

There will be concerns about the use of chock block/terminal block rather than proper maintenance free ones.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

https://imgur.com/a/MOiaBDa

Please past images in directly rather than links to imgur.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I worry if thats actually going to be 32A choc block under the tape.

They don't need to be 32A, though, do they. 20A will be OK.

But this guy is clearly using choc-block:

Radam, whoever you have got in to do this, he's not done it correctly. Screwed joints may not be used where they will be inaccessible, and buried under a built-in wardrobe ins unequivocally inaccessible.

There is also the outstanding question of whether the cables need the presence of an accessory to be allowed to be concealed in the wall.

Electrician who took it out

He is not an electrician.

 

[mattylad]

OH he could be, even real electricians can make a mess like that, I have seen them.

They are just not good electricians.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

OH he could be, even real electricians can make a mess like that, I have seen them.

IMO that disqualifies them from being considered electricians.

They are just not good electricians.

Ditto