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what's the device he's using to test with a screen?

Very professional electrician. Not many would continue a job like this and simply walk off. Thanks for saving this households lives.

The Ken Holdups!!! 😆😆😆😆 0:15 6:58 7:16 10:39 11:25 - My Favorite 😆 Clearly hear the frustration before it cut off 17:59 18:54 24:47

Always bad news when you see sockets sitting on the skirting

The customer is a Irish woman

i worked in an electrical wholesaler for over ten years. I love watching your videos , im always shouting out part codes to the stuff youre using lol :)

Feel sorry for you mate I'm just a competent DIYer who follows the rule ethics with electrics etc but I wouldn't fancy meeting that mess anytime soon & those galv boxes take some hammer but chemically their not bombproof

TBH I don’t think either of them really know what’s going!!!!!

Why didn't you just fix it instead of digging into when she had here tiles done what's that got to do with you she wanted the boiler fixing

Don’t forget that wiring is done to a early regs I would say it would be done to the 16th addition

Don’t forget that wiring is done to a early regs I would say it would be done to the 16th addition

I think delroy thought she was a bit out to lunch, thinking maybe she aint even got a new floor or heated system . She was strange to atart with borderline Aspergers

Her tone was awful. It was like she wanted to blame anyone who walked through the door.

Of all the people I know that have dimmer switches fitted not one of them actually uses them. They either have their lights on or off.

So you got earache off her,because she wanted you to fix another tradesman bad work. You did the right thing.

Well done.

You should’ve called the video electricity vs people that don’t understand

Need install an spd

Whip the skirting off the cable is coming upwards 👻

Should use a centrifugal fan in this situation with a back draught shutter. An overrun timer will also be required if there’s no opening window

I think your dad put that in 60 years ago lol 👻

Always expect the worse man just saying but good earner but must be done 👍🏿

Why skirting two colours just asking 👻🤪he said shall I look at the other one no the hole house man

Why skirting two colours just asking 👻🤪

Good sir, a thousand thanks. Very nice stuff. But - well, there's always a but - any chance of some of the shots a little closer? Even with a big screen and decent specs I have to squint a lot. Oh well - that's age. Thank you very much.

My quick and good way to bung in new back boxes in this kind of situation is to use chemfix. Strong and durable. Sets in 20 mins. As soon as it's set, you can mix up some filler and plaster around the gaps, trowelled smooth ready to piant. Then in an hour you can move to the next job.

The wiring looks like a complete firetrap. If the backing boxes have corroded that much the wall is sure to be damp and that alone will deteriorate the cables. A local rewire should be carried out with the correct cable as you could be responsible for any problems in the future.

I feel absolutely awful for you what a absolute nightmare for you and the home owner especially if they don't have the money at that time to fix it, but I was just wondering what do you do when you go in to do a very simple job like this one, and you are just thinking all it needs is a replacement wall socket and when you remove the faceplate the job turns into can of worms and it looks like the flat/house needs a full rewire to be made safe once again what do you do hypothetical saying if the wiring is a fire risk but the owner refuses to do the work for whatever reason are you still allowed to refuse to switch the power back on or do you have to switch it back on if they say so even after you have notified them of the potential risk especially if other flats or homes could be put at risk one way or another if they have same age of wiring how do you stop this falling back on to you when you done everything right and the flat or home still burns down after you have given the homeowner a warning of the potential risk of fire due to the old wiring.

This is a story about a magical place......

I would have just rewired the two stockets

Groat far better than sand and cement goes off so quick and far firmer

50 years the the trade….at least use a dust sheet man …..

Electric socket under the sink????

Just bring up the wiring diagram if you are unsure del. Bring up the service manual for that product and it will help you no ends. It’s basic electrical component diagnostics - don’t over complicate things, believe in your own ability 👍

You can tell dell has never fitted net curtains 😂

It a good point some are making. Why do we use metal back boxes in solid walls. Just the norm and never asked. Why?

Elon Musk :)

Looks to me like someone started a board change before doing any testing, did the testing when the board was out and told the customer they needed a rewire. Customer said ooooowwww much and got Ken in to finish the board change with no rewire 😂 Old Kenny boy thought oh crap what have I got myself into and accidentally on purpose bumped into his old mate Del Boy. The end. All the best del 👍🏻😅

It looks like there is an issue with whole circuit possibly. I don’t understand why you didn’t do further tests to ascertain if and what other issues there may be.

I heard it delroy😂

Wow…50 years in the trade 🫣🫣🫣🫣

Use a smaller screwdriver lol….

Yes but you need to find the reason it has tripped obviously something isn’t right ..🤔

Is it safe to extend those cables using wagos?

Rip out the skirting, the flooring, rewire that section. This was painful to watch.

TBH I hate to criticise on YT - since it's mainly entertainment for me - but there is no such thing as a 'time served electrician' who can't grasp the basics - testing and the regs have been around for too long for people to plead ignorance - Also - you basically need to be able to spell 'kitchen' (not 'kitch') when you label up. Not being a snob but if you can't, it's highly questionable whether you u/s BS 7671. Glad you're there to pick up the pieces otherwise somebody might still die.

It would be necessary to raise the floorboards, make few JBs under the floor and extend the cables. Existing back boxes must be dismantled and the walls plastered. Is this an outside wall? If so some insulation for back boxes should be applied.

Jeez some people have so much “stuff” laying around I hate working like that. (I’m a carpenter for 50 plus years).

Do you think you could do a tool bag loadout video? What wire strippers do you use? Great video btw!