Helping Out A Female DIY Builder | Electrician in London Vlog

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  • @kennethhepke3264
    @kennethhepke3264 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like this fella, he is my type of sparks. Practical and polite.

  • @waynebailey5812
    @waynebailey5812 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just what you want to hear when you go to a job... " Oh my friend has done a course in electrics, they gave me a hand" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @nickryan3417
    @nickryan3417 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Self adhesive trunking is great. Mostly because the damn trunking stays in place while one drills hole through it to attach it securely. Most trunking self adhesive is not really meant for permanent fixing, although with a properly prepared surface and time for the adhesive to cure before bearing weight a good quality adhesive should last a long time.

  • @aaronmunden3069
    @aaronmunden3069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Trunking on plasterboard wall, fly a curly wurly straight through the trunking into the wall job done. Only need a screw for a fire clip here and there

  • @walker1054
    @walker1054 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    She did a good job with the wall. Can't tell at all that she added a few layers of soundproofing to it. It just looks like a normal wall. She could be doing it for others lol

  • @WooShell
    @WooShell ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You're right, adhesive cable guides only tend to last a few years by my experience. Screwing it on will save a lot of rework effort later.

  • @sdm3447
    @sdm3447 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have some news for anyone who is thinking of using D-shaped "decorative" trunking: it ain't decorative. What's better - rectangular trunking fitted in continuous lengths, with the correct stop-ends and angle pieces, in straight lines, and painted to match the wall, or a load of short-length D-line with joins in it? Hmmm, let me think.
    Trunking is what it is, and if cables cannot be buried in walls (for whatever reason) a decent trunking job is the next best thing. Of course, it's not often we see all that good a job at trunking, but it can be done. More recently I've used 16mm x 38mm trunking as opposed to the usual 16 x 25, as it covers the knockouts in accessory boxes much better, so no gaps or holes showing, plus it's easy to get cables into it. The completed visual effect of the use of trunking is frequently so bad that it's no wonder I've heard people say they don't want it - I don't know why those who install it think it's OK to leave it looking so rough.
    For what it's worth Delroy, I have never seen anyone use a coupler to finish the trunking to the accessory, even though it's something I always, always do for neatness, but then I'm not an electrician, I am a DIYer who has to sit looking at the end result in his home. The finished job here is as good as it can possibly be.

  • @danielfreer29
    @danielfreer29 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first trunking is D-Line and is made in 3m lengths. I'm not sure why they had such short lengths.

  • @gogee8510
    @gogee8510 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the video, love the work.

  • @garrymca8336
    @garrymca8336 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I dont understand why she paid an electrician to put up some conduit? Surely if she's done the whole wall herself she's more than capable of putting some conduit up? Personally I'd have ran the conduit down vertically to under the floorboards - but some planning as they were doing the wall would've been invaluable.

  • @JorgeAMG187
    @JorgeAMG187 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great job as usual Delroy. Did the best you could for that Lady

  • @tonywatson1412
    @tonywatson1412 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Floorboard up, drill the joists

  • @wizard3z868
    @wizard3z868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol I've tried using tht type of trunking in the states some was pvc so pvc cement was a plus (never wanted to snap in place for to long) and the other type super glue. And where I cldnt secure the trunking with screws I painted conduit clips and used those lol

  • @joparish1037
    @joparish1037 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Isn’t the left-hand socket just a spur? Why the extra cables? And if it’s being boxed in with built in furniture does it need skirting? And as they’re surface boxes, couldn’t the trunking be run from the side straight across to the other box? So many questions!?! 😀

    • @sdm3447
      @sdm3447 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, I was thinking one continuous strip from left to right would have no impact at all on the aesthetics, if anything I think it would have looked better, especially if painted out. As it stands, the eye is now drawn to the vertical lengths as well as the horizontal.

  • @b1scu1t69
    @b1scu1t69 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great DIY job! 😂❤

  • @isaacjohnson1734
    @isaacjohnson1734 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why not replace the singles and why not run a twin + cpc under the floorboard?

    • @curtisj2165
      @curtisj2165 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More work? However that wall will be a wardrobe so it won't be seen anyway

  • @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse
    @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have been tempted to run them own under the floorboards to make it a neater finish but at least its a safer installation now. Though I did wonder why there are so many cores in the left hand spured socket or have they extended the original cables inside the old wall box?.

    • @falsernet
      @falsernet 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looks like they extended the ring main across, so it passes through both sockets the same way, rather than spurring with one set of conductors. If you spurred, each terminal on the original socket would have three wires stuffed in it, and it would complicate the circuit unnecessarily.

  • @TheCod3r
    @TheCod3r ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I don't undersrand why she had to call out an electrician just to run trunking

    • @socialscene6361
      @socialscene6361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The wires had to be disconnected then reconnected at the socket outlets followed by a Zs and RCD test - which will reassure the customer that all is good. The customer ordinarily wouldn't have the knowledge or the test kit - hence the electrician being used/needed.

    • @tjeulink
      @tjeulink ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To make sure its safe. Wrongly connected socket can cause a fire. Wrongly build wall can't.

    • @Vii7aL
      @Vii7aL ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@socialscene6361they didn't need to be disconnected to put the trunking on

  • @martinburgess2322
    @martinburgess2322 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice neat and tidy job as always delroy 👌👍👍😎

  • @Vii7aL
    @Vii7aL ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didnt she say the socket on the left hand side was a spur? If so why are there 2 cable runing between the points

  • @pikricky
    @pikricky ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why so many cores for a double socket spur and would it not have been easier just to run new twin and cpc cable

    • @TheAlek033
      @TheAlek033 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the brits in their in finite wisdom still run their circuits in ring so you need to run a pair of each color out to the socket. You're thinking radial circuits.

    • @shankurrim5540
      @shankurrim5540 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheAlek033as an electrician, I think you’ll find that your statement does not add up mate. The initial statement was right, he could have just run twin and earth. Nothing to do with radial or ring circuits. If I had to do this I would have changed the back boxes, put a knock out on the side, and just run it straight horizontal purely for cleaner aesthetics.

  • @brettuk
    @brettuk ปีที่แล้ว +7

    see if you can blag an old laser level from Artisan :)

  • @mungrus
    @mungrus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That soundproofing is a nest job.

  • @normanj1975
    @normanj1975 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can get that curved trunking in longer lengths 2Mts.

  • @_chrisr_
    @_chrisr_ ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice neat job but, unless I am missing something, the use of singles inside trunking isn't compliant with regulations since trunking is designed to be opened without a tool thus exposing the single insulated conductors. Conduit would have been more appropriate since that prevents access to the conductors.

    • @ashleybignell2366
      @ashleybignell2366 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Totally understand your questioning with singles in trunking. Had this conversation myself with my electrical assessor & its perfectly acceptable. There's no access to live parts. The trunking is acting as mechanical protection & provides encloser to the singles. But IP ratings must comply with the trunking. You could always glue the lid on if you felt the need.

  • @jakeii9
    @jakeii9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seems strange to have surface mount and conduit after having redone the wall!

    • @walker1054
      @walker1054 ปีที่แล้ว

      She didn't redo the original wall, that was left untouched. She added a couple of layers of soundproofing materials over the top of it which is a lot easier and doesn't damage/effect the original wall and it can be removed easy. She could have done a channel in the soundproofing sheets I suppose but that adds a lot to her work and it'll impact the effectiveness of the soundproofing in those areas I suppose. And since she's gonna build nice fitted DIY cabinets to cover the bottom it doens't matter. I think she did a good job, it just looks like an original unmodified wall, I'd pay her to do mine If i wasn't able to. Honestly tempted to add soundproofing to one of my walls now, it makes the room like 4 inches smaller but it's worth it.

    • @cglees
      @cglees ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No mechanical protection on the single strand cable so it must be contained in conduit or trunking.

  • @socialscene6361
    @socialscene6361 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A laser level would have made it a lot easier Delroy.

  • @iankelly4272
    @iankelly4272 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Don't them corners add a couple of mil

  • @tilidie5272
    @tilidie5272 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    always enjoy your videos, short to the point and always learn a thing or 2. would you ever do like a tool video showing us what tools you like best?

  • @royhorn9412
    @royhorn9412 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you twist the earths together?

  • @ThePa1ch
    @ThePa1ch ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Should have given her more options. She doesn't know what's possible. She probably wanted the cable under the floor and could have done this herself.

  • @goffyglos5675
    @goffyglos5675 ปีที่แล้ว

    5m30secs ghost ball things?

  • @michaeljrgensen7071
    @michaeljrgensen7071 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    trunking is just sad to look at tbh

  • @gavinwallbank7570
    @gavinwallbank7570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe invest in a laser level

  • @billsbasementworkshop1902
    @billsbasementworkshop1902 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice jobas always. You sem to be getting quite a bit of noise down your microphone
    this is the only fault I can comment on. Well done Del.

  • @seano174
    @seano174 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice fella , but stuck in a time warp . Things have moved on .

  • @lilseezy8123
    @lilseezy8123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No way she needed help putting cables in pvc KEK

    • @sam.p12345
      @sam.p12345 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would have been neater without the trunking if anything.

  • @Kalus_Saxon
    @Kalus_Saxon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So she put up a new sound proofing plasterboard wall but didn’t run the wires behind the wall and then brought network cable tidies for trunking 😂

    • @sdm3447
      @sdm3447 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is what I can't understand.

    • @Kalus_Saxon
      @Kalus_Saxon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sdm3447 strong independent woman….
      Without a clue..😂

    • @sdm3447
      @sdm3447 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To be fair, I don't think it's down to sex or gender, I've seen a biological male who identifies as such, who fitted a black flex to a window ledge and then painted it white. If only white flex was made and sold. Oh, hang on... @@Kalus_Saxon

  • @ImranKhan-cf8gs
    @ImranKhan-cf8gs ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should of just buried in wall plasterboard back boxes chased cables in conduit

    • @RyanJ_
      @RyanJ_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Should have*

    • @TheCod3r
      @TheCod3r ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@RyanJ_ don't be that guy

    • @RyanJ_
      @RyanJ_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheCod3r too late

    • @TheCod3r
      @TheCod3r ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RyanJ_ you impress no one by correcting them

    • @RyanJ_
      @RyanJ_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheCod3r that's fine, I'm not here to impress

  • @HenryOCarmichaelSmith
    @HenryOCarmichaelSmith ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rough

  • @theforgottengamer128
    @theforgottengamer128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    mate don't you have a pencil ?! watched some of your videos and you don't have a SDS/impact?! just using a combi drill 🤨

    • @Capandoveralls
      @Capandoveralls ปีที่แล้ว

      A combi drill will do every job if I was parked 10-15 minutes from the van I'd take my combi drill too

    • @tilidie5272
      @tilidie5272 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sds or impact for drilling a one inch hole in wall?? what world are you living in

    • @1992jamo
      @1992jamo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tilidie5272 What do you mean? Try drilling an engineering brick without SDS

    • @tilidie5272
      @tilidie5272 ปีที่แล้ว

      use the hammer setting on a drill? its a flimsy bit of trunking you dont need an sds @@1992jamo

    • @1992jamo
      @1992jamo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tilidie5272 Yeah I agree, hammer setting on drill is fine for this type of stuff. But if you did need to go through engineering brick, you'd be there for an hour with melted drill bits. I love my SDS drill, but it's only used when I actually need it.

  • @grahampayne8376
    @grahampayne8376 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve seen worse nice readings

  • @lawrencer25
    @lawrencer25 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny to watch .
    Reminded me of the Dark ages or the stone age 😂😂😂😂
    She can build a wall , but cant put a silly bit of trunking up 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
    Hope you didn't charge her for this ?
    The job shouid have taken , no longer than 15 minutes and thats going slow 🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴😂