How To Repair Oversize Installation Box Wall Damage
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2024
- How To Repair Oversize Installation Box Wall Damage
Thinking they should have used a deeper installation box.
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Customers cat? Gorgeous animal 😍
I wish you boys would just invest in a Mirka or festool set up. With the knowledge you have and skills, adding the Mirka would speed you up so much. Any how great you
Lovely work indeed...I ve not tried it myself, but I have seen a Kitchen Fitter using a second metal back box as a filling "form" to temporarily cover and seal the existing back box in the wall..
He had removed the lugs and drilled two holes in the back of it so he could screw through it, and into the existing back box. As the second back box protruded above the level of the existing plaster finish, he simply filled up around it until nearly flush with what looked like undercoat plaster and leave it half set...Once the plaster had gone off a little, he released the screws, tapped the top box and carefully removed it..
The guy had a couple of these modified single and double back boxes , so once he had filled around one, he was sorting the next out while the plaster the first went off...I wasn't around when he did the final fill and finish, but it results looked great...
Obviously like the Op, somebody who took pride in his work...
Hoover out, PVA/guardz, pack it out with bonding and fill over the top, no need to waste all that filler.
So satisfying to watch. Finished to perfection 👌 👍
Hahaha, the cat. Superb.
Love your new assistant
Lovely job usual,nice to see you useing a small tool for the first fill.
Love the Cat. bless.
cracking job bro
👍👍👍.Thank you
Do you have one for covering big holes from installation of ceiling spotlights as sparkies also do that
I'm a Spark by trade and sometimes the hardest part of the job is making good and finishing around a chase or a back box, its so time consuming. top draw nice crisp finish around the back box too 😉👍
That’s why you boys tend to leave that part brother 😂👊🏻
Jwsus, what did they use to chase out the cabling? Just drill ?
Class B facing brick 5 or 6:1 mix as not severely exposed brickwork. 2-1 too strong (might be ok as a hard brick but chance of spalling. It’s worth mixing a few small batches of mortar to get the colour match as close as, trial and error but worth it to get that grey finish could even go with 2 parts fine sharp with 3 or 4 soft and tone down with black mortar dye. Washing up liquid should never be used in mortar. Detergent and salts will likely cause efflorescence and weaken the joints and blow especially if that mortars not packed in fully under the toothings. Dish soap was used back in the day as plasticiser wasn’t available. Seen plenty of brickwork suffer from crumbling joints using squeezy if the frost gets hold.
Love the cat! 😂
No cable grommets in those back boxes, not your fault I know. Looks like a diy install. Nice finish though as always.
Also cable out of zone!
@Raysnature yes, I agree. This is how people end up drilling through cables.
@@welldoneboysgoodprocess The vertical drop to the right of the two higher singles going down to the 'right turn' is not within the bounds of a device (socket, switch etc) that we can see, neither is it within 150mm of the corner of a wall. Assuming all there is is what we see. Then for sure here in the UK that run is not in zone.
Also worth noting that I'm not the only or first one to point it out.
Personally i would have done a first fill with bonding ( undercoat plaster) then finished with a thin fill of toupret tx110.
Job looked good though.
Hi, what would be the benefit of doing it that way?
@@IAINoodle if you have a number of chases to fill or deep damadge then bonding is cheaper, sets harder, quicker and has less slump.
The finishing filler is down to choice, toupret, pollyfiller, easier fill etc all work but they mix up, work sand and set differently. I prefer toupret tx110.
@@paulf2529 Thanks, I appreciate the info 👍
Almost a CATastrophe of CATaclysmic proportions with your nosy CAT burglar and it's paws. PURRfect work under such distraction!
The reason we love electricians so much !!! 😉
Quick question. I saw you seal the surface before filling, but you didn't foam (to stabilize) before you filled and I'm wondering why. Also, your new four legged apprentice is very cute. Beautiful work as always. Thanks again for sharing
I think he did (you could see it on the horizontal section of the wiring to the backbox) just not round the actual backbox.. maybe something to do with risk of the foam being a fire hazard too close to the back box? Not sure. Would be good to know
@@ricky-shay Thank you for the reply. Looking at it again I can see you are spot on👍. Thanks again
Could you used foam filler on this then skim it with thin layer of filler?
Not great around cables as some brands of foam can attack the pvc insulation.
With the depth around that box, it would have been better to fill the lot with a bonding coat, then easi fill.
As paulf states, some foams are not cable friendly so that means doing some homework on a given product. Stick with bonding plaster for deep stuff.
Making a silk purse out of an electrician's .....skills to pay the bills 👍🏻
In fairness I think that's a DIY job. No grommets in the KO boxes and one of the cable runs is very sus for zoning, out of zone for me.
Maybe but seen some 'professional' sparks make just as big if not bigger mess. At least they left the fill to a man who can 😊
The spark needs naming and shaming . Terrible job . Great restoration with filler 👌👌
Thats got to be a DIY install all day!
Did you use the cat as a test light to see if the power was off lol😂
Good filling job but atrocious electrical work. No cable protection or back box grommets.
Thanks 👍
Did you miss a step? It looks like you used foam before filler..
Could that have foamed? The hole not the cat.
The person who done the electrical work was not a qualified electrician thers no grommets in back box a first year apprentice could have done better job
I'll be nice and call them contractors vs. c.h.ead. just moved into a rental where esthetically it's decent but the work is beyond shoddy.
That's not always the case...I have lived in or worked in various houses over the years, and missing grommets have been far too common...The sad fact is that many so called "qualified" trades people don't give a crap about the standard of their work, especially if it's out of sight....Standards wise, across the trades, Contractor built houses from around the 80's and 90' seem to be the worst, and with council houses built in the 1930's seem to be the best, although not up today's codes....
Was it a sparky who did that job, doesn’t look like it.
Looked better before! Lol 😁
How’s the feline apprentice coming on ?? 🤣