Genius or Stupid? - Rewiring a WHOLE house in conduit | ØY07
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- European Electricians are always in the comments complaining about the way us Brits do electrical work, well after travelling around Europe and seeing some of the beautiful electrical systems and engineering work, I thought they might just have a point! So I put it to the test here, for the first time in the uk. Rewiring a house using conduit!
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Your videos are always great. I am not an electrician, I work in IT but I find your content genuine and interesting. You are a hard worker and I just wanted to show some support. I think it's great how you have helped Ted as well, hopefully Ted will get that opportunity again. I have always had an interest in electrical, I have often thought of maybe going further into studying to become an electrician!
Richie that’s so incredibly kind and generous of you. It really helps the channel. I’m a bit speechless, thanks so much! And Ted is with me twice a week now! 😁👍🏼
@@corymac You are very welcome, you deserve it and I am glad to hear about Ted, that's great! 😁
@@richieh92 bloody hell. RICHIE probably better sticking with IT. Your obviously do very well.
Another IT guy here. 50+ and my level2 over covid. Great fun and learnt a lot. Go for it Richie!
Hi, I'm an apprentice electrician in Switzerland and I've been following you for a while (especially on the artisan electricity channel). I love to see the installations in other countries, especially in the UK. Seeing how different it is from Switzerland, the equipment, the ways of working, the standards,... it fascinates me. But what I appreciate the most is your way of working, explaining,... is impressive and I am very inspired by it. Thank you for your videos, I enjoy them. 😁
Thanks Diogo, I appreciate the comment! 😁👍🏼
Honestly mate you've done very well. We only did one house's ground floor in flexi due to rodents and that was a ball ache because to do it properly you're under the floor clipping it all the way. If you don't it sags and becomes a sod to pull runs through.
To do the whole house and set it up for Z wave at that though, one hell of an under taking and credit to the guys, you and the customer for having the vision for it.
Thanks Effer, definitely wasn’t straightforward 😅
@@corymac I completely forgot to mention, it was metal flexi we used and because of that we used bushes and couplers into the back boxes so USB flat plate sockets would still fit. I figure any information that makes it easier for you in future the better.
Rodents love plastic even flexy conduit ,squirrels in Bournemouth love it , they eat the plastic off Mineral Insulated cables but call it a day when they get to the copper outer sheath .
I remember wiring council flats in rigid metal conduit that was the most fun; it pulled alot easier than flexi though
Great video as always and great to see that you brought in Ted in the way that you did, total respect for you for giving them that opportunity. Ted looks like a really dedicated and hardworking person, I think they would deserve to be in more of your videos!
Cory, absolutely fantastic work. And it’s nice to see credit where it’s due to the team. Well done Mr Stuart and Nathan. But Cory, your personality is what wins my click! Loved the banter between you and John. Can really see you guys are long time friends 😂. Keep up the great work!!! I can’t wait for more!!!!!
Absolutely, couldn’t do it without the team!! It would be a very very boring channel 😂
Cory, when I’ve purchased my own place, I will be calling upon you to oversee all my electrics, you’re absolutely brilliant, honest, true and fair, you’re the type of person I know I’ll be comfortable with, all the extreme best and success with your company and adventures, will keep in touch when I’m ready 👍👍👍👍
That’s super kind to say Tim! I look forwards to working for you 😁👍🏼
As an Electrician in Sweden we do the same as in Norway and Germany. we do not use rings like you do, and all houses are 3 phase, unless it's from the 50's or so, but most of them are getting replaced too at this point.
Using conduit is so much simpler, the few times I do domestic I use pre-wired ones to make it simpler on my self.
Greetings from Sweden :D
Hej! That’s Cool!
Norway is different. They use an ungrounded(IT) system, the voltage is 230 V between 2 phases and about 133 V between a phase and ground from capacitive coupling. You will only get shocked if you tuch both wires.
@@mernokallat645 that's interesting! what do you mean by "ungrounded"? so there's not earth cables in socket and light circuits? I never worked with IT earthing system so just wondering how do they work. Here in Australia everything is TN-C-S.
@@nahuelparabere5569 No, we have ground in Norway, but what he meant by "ungrounded" is that IT means Isolated Terra(Ground). The ground is isolated from the rest of the installation. Everything has earth or ground as much as it is possible to do.
@@sack8439However if a fault grounds a phase anywhere in town, the other 2 phases rise up to 230V from ground until found and fixed . However all loads keep running including the ones connected to the downed phase .
fair play for giving the young lad Ted an insight to working in a team on such a varied install
I’m happy to have him!
Here in NL, the normal way to wire a house has always been singles in conduits. However, the conduits are usually smooth rigid PVC pipes that can be bent into shape with a bending spring. Flex conduits became popular later, but the ridges make inserting singles somewhat more difficult. But did you know you can buy these flex conduits pre-wired? Edit: 51:18 ah, you do, and indeed there's also a low friction type.
Definitely get the low friction when buying flex conduit .
Also another common trick with conduit is to smear talk on the wires to lubricate the pulling . Baby talk is especially easy to smear .
Honestly have to say this is one of the best videos about electrics that ive seen in a long time. great video, well detailed. Well done cory keep it up.
Thanks Andy! I’m so glad you think so 😁👍🏼
conduit should be installed everywhere in new construction...
on the continent you can also use HO7V-K flex singles as long as you finish the ends with ferrules
one thing I found handy is using cable lube when pulling in longer runs of conduit
for 3x6mm the prefered conduit diameter is 32mm
normal motion sensor uses infrared detection, microwave is using radio waves similarly to a radar
our backboxes are plastic, and the most recent ones have a rubber seal that holds the conduit airtight. no need for glands or whatever. saves a lot of time.
for a soldering iron for LED strings, I recommend a TS100 battery powered.
That was a total mission of a job.The first time you do anything new, it always takes a long time, & you learn loads.
True Martin! Very true
I hope you fastened the pipes wherever it was possible 🙂
As an Electrician in Norway, we all know it can be a nightmare to pull new wires through conduit if the conduit is all flimsy and not held down by material/clamps.
I Really like you Cory
Tusen takk Tommy! 😁👍🏼
im from Denmark and i would use solid conduit if it was me. sadly in DK its now legal to just use cabels so many chose to do that as it cost less. and if u do use flex u really need to fasten it like Tommy says or els it will be a nightmare. (u can put a pull string truh with the cabels that will make it more easy next time aswell).
@@benbos2861 What is they reason for wiring everything in conduit in Denmark?
@@hexdator2934 because it means you don't have to rip into walls if you want to change anyrhing
@@Validole okay so purely for future access…
That was a cracking video, Cory! The longer content wasn't an issue. I got made redundant a couple of years ago & by chance started watching Jordan's channel & then Artisan as a whole. I retrained back in 2006, qualifying to L3 in 2010, and worked as a Mate during the recession until not getting paid finally bit me. Have sat on a splintered fence, still showing an interest in the electrical game and I'm still not put off at 49 to see if I can get a break again. Your channel is refreshing and creative and I look forward to what's coming next. "Keep your head up, keep your heart strong" (As Ben Howard says) 👍🤟
Thanks dude! I appreciate the comment 🎸😁👍🏼
In the Netherlands we use conduit almost everywhere. In each room there is a central junction box behind the light in the ceiling. From there al sockets and switches in the room are connected. This makes fault finding easy, since you can isolate the sockets from a single point and you don't have to unscrew them all
Hey there! Woman here who really enjoys your videos! I'm more in the temporary event electrics in terms of work, but love to watch you sparks doing a grand job.
Thanks Holly! I appreciate the comment 😁👍🏼
Neck is back! Omg love the duo 🤣🤣
I do love a movie, Cory keep it up, I predict 100k in 6 months with content like this, seen so many rewires but not like this great to see someone thinking out the box and being a Shepard not a sheep 👍🏻😀
Thanks Kevin! I’ll do my best 😁👍🏼
What an awesome video Cory! And fantastic work on this project. What an amazing bit of timing with Ted appearing! Two days a week now? How good is that! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Good stuff.
Thanks Jim!!!
I love what your doing Cory. As a 47 year old but 'young' electrician i'm always looking at way to break away from the formulaic ways of electrical installation and your approach to trying out new ways of working is brilliant. i love seeing your videos come up on my feed and have to tell me wife I be in my office for this evening, sorry love! keep it up and you will always have my support. Well done with Ted, hes a lucky person!
Thanks Craig, that’s kind to say!
Great video, Corey. In a very positive way - it’s great to see you back to your old self - your sparkle is back. Keep on smashing it mate.
Thanks Matthew, good to be back 😁👍🏼
Love it! And loving Jonny and Adam too! Great team work mate 🫡. Really good video, I like those lights too! Itching for more 😁
Ah that’s very kind to say! I’m glad you enjoyed it
Good installations in the Finland use solid 16mm or 20mm (plastic) conduit for as much of the run as possible. 25mm only for 5 core cables to not overfill (assuming 1.5mm2 and 2.5mm2). So maybe 25mm for sockets and lights is ok but that is pretty thick to chase.
Only when fishing in existing structures or going around structural members you use couplers to put in a short section of the flexible stuff.
We consider the pre wired corrugated stuff pretty much cheating (and something for the Swedes), if you are lazy then why not just fish cables without conduit. It is more work to mount the corrugated conduit every 20cm so it stays straight than use rigid conduit anyway. The pre wired stuff is invariably run in a way that makes it usable as a conduit only in theory.
We have long runs since cavities are full of insulation so you expect a run from the DB to the cooker, for example, to be continuous and usable with no entry point in the middle.
This of course requires quite large bending radii, often done in concrete elements at the factory, or in detached houses you run them flat in the floor or ceiling, only bending tightly at the top of the wall where you come down.
Sadly conduit is not installed unless the customer demands it and in our buildings you are not going to fish any new cables so you have to rip out the drywall and renovate to change anything.
One solution sometimes employed is to run a bunch of empty conduit to spare boxes and the rest using fished cables, a modern house with everything in conduit starts to take so much space you may need to drop the ceiling an extra 50mm.
That’s cool, I need to come try some work in Finland!
@@corymac Yeah it would be great, if you can find someone renovating anything from the 1980s, or early 1990s, you will find lots of conduit goodness. And you can be shocked by the PEN wires going to grounded outlets (but at least in the conduit you can add a green-yellow wire.)
Here in France this is the norm. Really handy a few months ago - got fibre installed even though we’re in the country - used an existing conduit that carried a coaxial cable for a redundant TV antenna to pull the fibre right into the living room with not a single drill being needed! Just changed the faceplate from coax to a fibre connector. Fibre installer requested washing-up liquid to lubricate the cable pull - made it really easy!
That’s brilliant, so forward thinking 👏🏼
Yeah, I managed to pull the new optical through with the old twisted pair it was replacing. The conduit was crushed at one knee so pulling the twisted pair + optical through the joint almost got stuck there... I didn't dare pull stronger, but the cable guy was like "eh, if this doesn't work you're stuck with routing it some other way anyway" and just applied full bodyweight. After it was through that knee, it was eazy all the way to the small equipment rack in the basement.
Nice video Cory. Long enough to stand as a reference for electricians to consider the pros and cons, but I needed about 3 goes to get to the end. Nice touch giving the short chap a torch, toddlers love them.
Glad it was helpful! 😁
From someone who has done pretty much all his electrical work in flexible conduit and made quite a few mistakes on the way:
- Unless the runs are entirely in plastered brick walls, make sure you get the stiffest flexible conduit you can find! It will save your life pulling wires, flimsy conduit will accordion like crazy
- Smooth inside (as opposed to ridged) is a bonus but not necessary as long as the inside isn't rough. The worst stuff I've ever worked with is from the early 60s and extremely rough, almost impossible to get wires through
- Don't overfill your conduits. Those lighting runs looked awfully tricky to do.
- Gentle, sweeping curves, not sharp bends!
The worst run I've ever had to do was 40 mm flexi with five 10 mm2 singles (coarse stranded) from the meter on the ground floor to the fuse board of the first floor flat. Nine 90-degree bends and over 18 m long. Really cheap conduit (probably not even acceptable for that application). We had to cut it mid-run to even get the fish tape through, thankfully the screed wasn't down, otherwise we'd have been completely out of luck. Then one guy pushed at the DB and me and another guy were hanging onto the fish tape with out combined weight downstairs. What a nightmare!
Great advice
Some great tips from above.
the Flexi-conduit one use in Norway is stiffer
MUST:
Conduit MUST be tight as pulling cables in loose conduits will end up where the wires want to pull the conduit with itself
LUBE, LUBE and LUBE, even tho a easy pull, using Lube will save the tear of cable(-shoulder) and make the pulling like using a warm knife in butter.
Conduits is the way of the future!
American code is maximum of 360° of bend in a conduit run. anything more than that and there need to be intermediate pull boxes.
Loves the perfectionism! I make a living building and "threading" industrial control boards/Circuits - and always try do wire routes perfect. So very enjoyable to see someone trying to achieve that top tier quality in domestic installations! Really should be standard
Great video, great to see young Ted with a, great work ethic, defo bring him back for more videos.
Thank you! More to come! 😁
Hi Cory another top quality video I am so pleased for you and sitting back in hospital again can’t let mr C win it was nice to see Jonny boy back loved the work and all you do and try to tell others, I wish I could have a day on a job with you showing how the old boys did it. You be safe and god bless you. Woody x
Good luck with everything mate, 🍻👍👍
I hope you get well soon Woody, I’m glad the videos are keeping you occupied. All the best 🍻
What a fantastic idea using conduit. Makes a rewire so easy. In my opinion it should become a stadard thing in the UK. Very handy if one gets a cable fault too👍
Thanks Nick!
Really
Awesome video Cory. What a great time I had watching. Also, great to see Johnny again.
Glad you enjoyed it!
this video is fresh - as a 20 year sparky I was sucked in and enjoyed watching it , can this be rewired , not a chance but doing a different approach to a job makes this very watchable and unique video , honest advertising and small amounts of regular quality content with a good host fair play Cory your changing the game here , i wasn't sure about an hour episode but this is worth 5 of the crappy 20 min sparky videos as its start to finish content warts and all and that's very appealing to both electricians and the electrical wannabees alike
Thanks Jamie! I appreciate it. ( btw, I was strict to pull in cables AFTER the conduits were in place, so it very much CAN be rewired 😁👍🏼 )
@@corymac I know you did but ,that conduit will not be rewire able in 10 years as I don’t think the conduit will last of I am honest , but it’s a brave step in to the unknown video wise , FYI I’ve seen both pre wired singles in conduit , yy style cable in conduit amd flat flex in conduit when I have been abroad , what’s intriguing is they don’t seem to fit it abroad for rewires just for protection and easy installation
@@jamieblatantsparky What makes you say it won't last? Similar conduit used in my house in Spain, its been in since 1998 and undergoes temperature & humidity swings much higher than that of the UK and it's still fine and easy to pull singles through as that's the standard out here.
Yeah so fuckoff Jamie @@jamieblatantsparky
@@jamieblatantsparky 50+ year old conduit in this house, and very easy to rewire still. It lasts forever.
Hi Cory, loving the conduit re-wire. I live in Sweden, so this normal throughout Scandinavia (as you know). We have pre dragged conduit - 16mm & 20mm are the standards. 3x1.5, 3x2.5, 5x2.5 for 3 phase. You only drag a whole house installation by hand once, now you’ll never do it again. 😮💨. If you can’t find pre-dragged cable in UK, I can send you some Swedish online supplier links who will ship. Keep up the great content. 🫡
That’s cool!! Thanks mate! I’ll keep it in mind 😁👍🏼
This channel is definitely a good conduit to an hour's entertainment, to say nothing of the education within (& high-level human interaction). Cheers.
Thanks dude! I’ve got plenty more videos in the pipeline
I’m a second year apprentice and on the older side (31) great to see that young lad have a bit about him to just come in and ask! All the young ones in my class look like they’d rather be anywhere else!
All the best with your studies dude 😁👍🏼
I used conduit to run some ethernet cables and coaxial to the TV, used 32mm conduit but it was still a tight fit. Had to use some fairy liquid to help pull it through as it was around 10m of conduit and the friction really adds up over the length. For data or coaxial cable there's a point where you feel if you pull any harder, the thing might break so the reduction in friction really helped.
Really nice to see conduit being used, I'd also recommend installing a service channel conduit from your central location to the outside if you have the option, that way your internet cables or satellite dish cables can be run into the house without needing to drill a hole for each cable. Currently got the conduit run to under the stairs so whenever I switch internet provider the cable can just be pulled through and then connected up without having to get a hole drilled or having the cable clipped to the skirting board.
Another nice video after I spotted your fibre optic video, good content worth the subscribe. Keep it up :)
Hi Cory, great video and effort from you and all the team. Keep em coming.
Thanks Mark!
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Hi Cory.
Just finished watching your movie on conduit install retrofit. You did an amazing job as usual. I think you learned many lessons however.
I love conduit and have installed it throughout my career in mostly commercial and industrial projects. In imprinting a new routing system on an exixting construction style you certainly highlighted the challanges one will face in such an evdevour.
Firstly,The Control Center/Consumer Unit should have been given over to its new role and not return to a hall closet after the Job completion. Your work was installed under a shelf and hooks and not at a better height for you and future additions. It would have given you better options to route those smurff tubes[conduits ]into a J Box before the panel.
Early on I saw the problem with the shallow boxes and the conduit fittings using up space volume in the box. Putting the boxes at the new heights may have avoided cutting the deep profiled skirting boards at each location.Plaster is easily repair as against the wood skirting which will always show a patch.
You certainly had plenty of great help and it is always great to see Johnny on the Job . Earl Grey all the way.!!!
You entered the ocean of a Thousand Decisions Daily and I could feel the stress of those long hours and wanting to provide a top class product .Some times you have to say No. You can't be all things to all people. You'll be exausted and depleted before you know it. The Porpose of your Career move was to have the work/life balance that will allow you to be able to do the things you enjoy and work at the job you love. All those decisions ,changes and obligations have Time and Money Tags attached to them. All that tubing and coductor chaos had my OCD triggered so yours must have been in overdrive. I love that your 24 and have a BC/AC view of your place in the world. I love that you highlighted an alternative way of doing things in the industry in Britian. I think a new residential build is the next step where conduit is an intrical part of the build. Now that you are your own boss ,not only are you installing the product, you have to bid and fund manage and pay all the bills ,So your mind is never off
Cory just mind yourself and try not to burn out.Your too valuable to us to not have you providing such great content.
On a lighter not Not a Pringle to be seen. Did you watch Gretta's interview on Channel 4 Last weekend . She is amazing.
P.S I don't think you can verbalise Conduit. We say piping!!!!
What a cracking video Cory, loved every minute of it. Great to see Jonny as well. Noiiceeee
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Like your content and the hour long episodes are way better, keep it coming mate 👍🏻
Thanks Nick!
Brilliant video Cory , keep it coming
Thanks Rich!
Awesome job! This should be the new standard of electrical installations in the UK! And for the love of the holy lord Corey! Use the pre wired stuff, you save so much time! Youve done it 1970s Norway style and I love it!
Thanks mate 😂👍🏼
It's about bloody time someone in the UK started using conduit or even copex in electrical installations. Well done Corey!! Copex or similar has been used here in Spain for many years, although, the Spanish electrical instalations take alot to be desired......
Sparky from New Zealand here. Really love your content, workmanship and attitude mate. I've happily subscribed :)
Welcome aboard!
What a fabulous fabulous job Cory god a lot of pulling wires through. Very neat and tidy workmanship as always nice one 🇮🇪😎👏
Hi! So, I know this video is a year old, but I stumbled upon your videos today, and have been binge watching 😅 you said to comment if there were any ladies watching, so Hi, I'm a 20-something lady from Norway just sitting here, enjoying your videos. Love that you named your company Øy btw 😊
Welcome Molly, it’s great to have you here! 😁👍🏼⚡️
Next step for you would be to use the round back boxes, which means of course that you drill them out with a hole saw, instead of chiselling them out with the hammer drill. A lot less stressful for the walls. Good video 👍
That’s a great idea
Ted did good knocking on your door 👍🏼
He’s great!
Ted has struck gold
Countries i've worked in the last 6 yrs on industrial sites, Germany x 2, Switzerland x 4, Holland, Austria, Finland and Belgium. All these countries have advantages and disadvantages over the UK systems. Everything is multicore on the large sites in these countries, and they don't use armoured, or at least i've never come across it, two pluses in their favour. The UK is way ahead when it comes to containment. I worked on a large facility in Oxfordshire a couple of years ago and was blown away by the high standard of install regarding the containment, after working in Europe for so long. Second fix install is pretty much the same, apart from Switzerland.
I have a house in Italy, it was wired 8 yrs ago by an "Italian Electrician", in flexible conduit, that's how they do it here because the floors are solid concrete and they cant just simply run cables under floor boards. They don't gland into back boxes , they just cut the conduits short, leaving around 5 mm poking through. Each room has an adaptable box where every electrical point in that room runs back to and it's all wired from there, no rings just radials. Conduit running up walls can run at any angle across the wall. So it's a nightmare if you need to drill into the wall. Fuse boards are the worst, no bus bars, everytime you add an mcb, you have to link the feed to it, which means you have to switch off the board to add a new breaker! I thought it was just my house until a visited a couple of others. That's just the beginning!!!
Good video Cory. Here in Spain this is the normal way to wire a house but with a series of flush access boxes just below ceiling height on the walls. Generally adding some extra outlets is not too difficult but nobody here thinks about leaving a drawstring in for next time. Everything here is also double pole breakers which I much prefer. Installations in older properties can be completely unbelievably dangerous as earth seems to be optional and commonly not fitted!
Electricians will use the existing cable to pull through new cable - and expensive way of doing it, but I must admit it works and in Sweden it's copper is still cheaper than an electricians time.
Great tip I got years ago and still use it today to check for water pipes under the floor boards before drilling is to drill a small hole first in the floor boards and get a wire coat hanger and put a bend in it and put it in the hole and move it about … you will know then if there are water pipes under the floors before drilling a big hole ! Great videos.
Great tip!
Loved the video.
In the 1990's my dad had a large electrical company and one of the jobs for Salford Council was a new build site which was wired using Aercon pre wired conduit.
I always remember the 10mm earth looking like a hose pipe ( green in colour ).
I have since in probably 2004 rewired some flats which were wired using a similar system and was able to tie on and re wire 95% of the properties.
Your reliant on the way the conduit was put in with no sharp bends but if wired correctly on day one it provenly was rewireable.
That’s ok I’ll just add it to daddy’s bill😂😂😂 even the boss had to laugh
Great video Corey, glad things are going well and you are keeping busy in your new venture 👍 I see you poached John aswell ! 😁 I reckon you might overtake your old
Boss Jordan in the future if you keep going like this. Good luck, look forward to the next video
Haha. Thanks Darren. I’ve known John since I was 16!
Wow great work mate,absolute cracking vid.
Thanks Tom!
This was a very big awesome one to see how you use conduct to rewire a house was a good idea can not wait to see you next one.👍👍👍
Thanks Barry!
Hi Cory, prior to metric conduit, it was ⅝ and ¾ inch, before that it was ⅜ gas thread. I started my 5 year apprenticeship in1961, did a fair bit of imperial conduit and imperial Pyro (MICC).
What an absolute gem of a customer
I agree!
Lol.. "Oh yes" .... enjoyed the stress moments "Council workers" now that's proper management 👌
😂👍🏼
This couldn’t have come at a better time. Thanks Cory!
You’re welcome!!!
Fantastic job Cory, this is the way forward.
Thanks Andy!
As a bench joiner here in the UK, I certainly don't envy my site counterparts, electricians, plumbers, etc. Major respect to you and your lads 👏
OMG 1 HOUR LONG THIS IS AMAZING
Yeah!!!!
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I wired my sons new house in hg plastic conduit under floor , i piped in a ring too for sockets which left it very easy to wire. Lights wired t/e in roof space.Advantages was easy to fit out , at sockets etc ,no stripping t/e and no earth sleeving,less tracking of walls, short A-B runs for cable.First fix i made up loads or 90 degree bends with spring in conduit, cut them same length for sockets and installed them with 20mm adaptors to boxs, i then set them into tracks with cement, after house was plastered i got couplings and glue and joined up all pipes.Very fast and easy, no clipping in roofspace etc.
This lad is fantastic, well done Cory, keep going mate. 👍👍👍
Thanks Chris!!!
Smashing job cory 👏 top notch videos, love watching your videos aswell 👌
Thanks Chris! 😁👍🏼 I really appreciate the comment
in greece we use conduit in all houses. The trick to get the wires through it, is to use some liquid soap on the tip of the cable when you fishing them, they will definitly pass easier.
Love your videos!!😁
Nice outside of the box thinking! You have suggested using pre-wired conduit's which sounds like a great idea so you could actually pre-wire yourself depending on which runs would be most common and have pre-made conduit runs in the van ready to go. I'm much more a fan of the steel braided flexi-con as I feel the plastic stuff doesn't provide much mechanical protection, but I understand for cost purposes the plastic is the more economical option. Great content!
Thanks Brendan!
What a brilliant undertaking. May I hand you a possible useful tip. If you ever use flexi in the future and some of it is surface mounted or even going under the floor , estimate the flex run (I.e from back box to back box) cut it to length straighten out the conduit (have the apprentice at one end and you at the other)then thread the singles through it. Even with long runs straightening out the conduit and threading cable will work . I sometimes have to use this method when working on a rewire for the luxury park home or lodge. How it was clear and hopefully useful in the future.
Keep up the good work. 👍👍
That’s good advice! I just also wanted to make sure it was actually possible to pull cable through and rewire it!
Yooo, Johnny no neck. What a guy.
The legend himself
Cracking video, didn't realize it was an hour but oh well haha. I'm definitely onboard with the prewired conduit, would make things a lot better; you're essentially combining the ends of conduit to a high tough but it still works. Keep it up Cory.
Thanks Johnny!
Great video mate, keep it up!
Thanks for the comment and the super generous donation Matt! You don’t always see the super thanks on CZcams studio, but that’s very kind and really helps me with the channel!! 😁👍🏼
Here in Belgium we use conduits all the time. Pre-wired flex conduit (3x1.5, 3x2,5, 5x2,5, UTP, Coax ... etc) is available everywhere (every local DYI shop has those).
Very handy if you need to modify or rewire something. Someone messed up and cut a wire to short ... no problem, just pull a new one.
What a great video!
Really enjoyed this extra long one 😍
For the pulling-through-conduit problem:
Using some lubricant like dish washing soap, pulling through conduits becomes much easier!
Thanks!! 😁👍🏼
Yellow 77 is the job.
Did this myself as a homeowner when i bought a house that had really old and really tight conduits, and it was all brick and mortar to boot, took me a while, neighbours love me, also found out whomever installed the Kitchen drilled through the electric conduits and so they were all blocked, lovely stuff
😂 that’s cool!
Cracking vid. I use it on kitchen refits sometimes, 25/ 32mm with clip on saddles but with twin and earth still. Just makes it look that bit tidier underneath and great when the walls are uneven, youm ever thought of just running a couple of 32mm’s to the loft? I know you have grouping factors but you could cut them down and just share them 😁
We use pre-wired flex conduit in the netherlands, also for data etc, its amazing! Good job Cory, love the channel!
Thanks mate!
a electrician who has good experiance using normal pipe would get finnish the job quickly enough but way better quallity to do changes in the wiring afterwards. Prewired flex is designed to keep installationcosts to minimize but the quality gets worse.
Just an idea to stop the issue with the thread pertruding into the boxes, how about fitting a metal coupler with a bush and then fitting the Kopex Gland to that 😎
I always find stuff like this interesting. Chicago metropolital area in the USA everything is in Conduit/EMT, steel pipe, steel boxes, steel plaster rings. It's interesting to watch folks (based anywhere) who are used to felx in residential making doing conduit.
Great video, great idea, although I see this being too labour heavy to catch on, still interesting to see.
Just a note with solar too, I recently done a BPEC solar/battery course. Where you say its preferable to install an inverter in the loft, this is the direct opposite to what the course was teaching. This is because inverters have a thermal cutout, the heat of the unit + the heat of the loft will cause it to shut down on hot summer days wasting that good production. They recommended upsizing the DC cables to prevent volt drop then fitting the inverter in a cool place to avoid losses.
I'm new to this channel, and I'm not an electrician, but I really enjoyed this video production wise, and I found it really informative and interesting.
Can I make a suggestion with the problem you were having with the conduit. Would it be easier pre installing the wires in the conduit before running it into the wall/floor/ceiling. It might make sharp bends a bit more difficult, but you can do them sections the old way. I hope this helps.
Thanks mate! Pre wiring although handy, I wanted to prove it re wireable
Im Really chuffed full time sparky apprenticeship,and one day at College doing level 3 really enjoying it, lots of work . I no how you feel .
great to watch your videos and Learn Cory . ⚡️👊
Thanks Jensen! Glad they help 😁
I love your channel 🔥🔥, plus it feels like im watching a tv show. Hope this channel blows up, great content.
Thanks so much! Glad you like it 😁
It is hilarious that UK regulations has some crazy requirements for sockets in a bathroom for instance, but they don't have requirements for conduits in wooden structure, which significantly more important in terms of safety.
Top man Cory also a big shout out to the lads. Banging vid love it
Love the z wave dimmers very neat install. I agree with you on the jcc products they do manufacture good quality lights. Top man mate keep it up.
Thanks Dude!
Great video Cory, you are back to you’re best mate… why did I ever doubt you . 🙈😂😂
As a domestic spark of 20yrs+ I really share you’re vision that conduit installation is definitely the way forward for both new build and retro fit in the UK but as you eluded to in the video the cost is pretty prohibitive ATM.
Looking forward to any future videos in relation to this topic. Keep up the good work mate 👍
Thanks Lee! I almost doubted myself too, don’t worry 😉
Surely not pal😂 Keep the faith 👍
Looking forward to the germany video, as I've just bought a house here and it has the original fuse box from the 50s. Currently trying to find an electrician to update it before I move in.
Thank you!
While I'm a little late to this party, information is all worth having IMCO. I served an apprenticeship during the early '70's and there were two proprietary pre-wired conduit systems readily available at that time, one was the Octopus Octoflex system where you specified the design and the pack arrived to site with Consumer Unit, lighting outlets, Sockets etc pre wired 2nd fixed and commissioned, the second was Aercon who specialised in a more rigid system designed for the new build pre-fab housing industry still ongoing from the effects of WW2. PVC glands of any description are likely to interfere with the fitting of wiring accessories to metal back boxes and standard practice should be to fit a 20mm MBB fixed with a steel coupling to accept the glands. Kudos for attempting the project at least you have now experienced the benefits and pitfalls first hand although I can't help believing that with a little more research, a number of the challenges you experienced would have been mitigated, if not persuaded you to abort the project, the subject matter is often discussed on the IET forums as well as others, I would have only ever consider this on a new build and with the complete support of the construction/project manager as other trades would also need to work with the new procedures.
TED VS REUBEN - Loving the videos mate... he should be your apprentice.
Cheers mate! You’ll be seeing a lot more of him!
great vlog Cory. Good to see John again.
Thanks Ian!
Loving your work. As someone who has OCD in cabling I am completely onboard with adopting this level of workmanship in homes. Do it once and do it right with a thought for the next person on the job 👍🏻
Thanks mate!
are you for real lol, can you imagine turning up to this property in 10 years time to do some alterations to electrics and realise some clown before has wired the whole place is flexi conduit ffs. how on earth is this thoughtful for the next person?? usually when a property gets rewired it never a like for like, so being able to pull cable through flexi really isn't a advantage
Most lazy/smart norwegian electrician use pipelife with wires inside. Myself did it old school with my cat6a cabling laying empty conduit much before the electrician taking up the space and just had a drum rolling it out fast in each conduit point:). Love the freedom of choose my own cables than a premade setup.
Great work, I currently do this a lot with German made passive houses with concrete downstairs and timber upstairs.
Just remember though when you're drilling those large hole's through the beams bellow a notch, that you're not creating a breakpoint and weakening the beams.
Cory, been hoping this would come soon since watching your last video:
Looking to do one of these as well soon as they look great and have used conduit for AV for years, but moving more in to domestic electrical.
Got to carve up the time to watch the full episode….!! 😍❤️🥰
Thanks Simon!
@@corymac Ah how frustrating, trying to send a reply with some links but the comment keeps disappearing!
I live in Poland in an apartment building from mid-90s and all wires and heating pipes have been installed in elastic conduits here. My previous apartment had wires embedded straight in walls though (70s). My grandma's apartment is older (60s?) and uses steel conduits for wires. It's interesting to see how the trends change in different times and parts of the world.
Top notch mate loved it 👏👏😎
Thanks Neil!
Fair play man your an inspiration to all! Hard working and unbelievably professional for your age!
Thanks mate!
In Sweden we always have conduits inside the walls and ceiling. Very fun to see you do it !👏🏽🙏🏽
Thanks mate!
In Denmark, regs specify a minimum distance between bathroom and cables/conduits, so we don't put them under a bathroom floor except far past a thick floor or for electrical floor heating of the bathroom itself .