Mate I've just moved into a new place that needs loads of work. And I'm trying to do as much as possible myself to keep costs down. I've watched so many of your videos (and will refer back to them when i need to) and they're awesome. I like the fact that you don't gloss over things, you say it how it is and show us. I'm actually able to do a lot more than I thought and part of that is because of your instructional videos! Pouse, you're a legend! Thanks SO much!
Thanks for this. My 1960s house is rendered brick and they’ve run the cable diagonally down the wall and just clipped it to the masonry and plastered over it. Not even in a straight line either - all over the place.
Doing an evening course to be an electrician mate videos like these make me more confident on the actual practical side of it until i start work, thank you
After you use the multi tool its a hell of alot quicker using an SDS with a chisel bit on the end. Half the time specially when chasing the brick out for the back box.
Tidy, covered all the points. Another way to secure the oval capping is with ‘all round band’. Does mean more holes and plugs but it’s very solid and the plasterers like it.
Me and my pal had 4 bedroom town houses 3 floors on 800 quid a house. All chasing and all capping. Don't get me wrong those prices where miles out from where they should be, but can you imagine this guy chasing concrete block. It'd take him a week to box a house,but to be fair itd be very neat 👏
To be fair I'd take the grinder to concrete block on a renovation. I'm living in this house with a family, I wanted to keep dust to a minimum plus the old lime mortar is prone to popping so I had to be careful. I guess it's horses for courses! Thanks for the feedback 👍
Great video. I want to install two bedside lights. I have one socket under where I want the light to go. Would you recomend I fit a FCU off that socket then conect the wall light, then chase across the wall to the other light or fit a spur socket to the other side of the wall and fit another FCU to the other wall light? What would you do? Thanks
If it's in a bedroom, then you're wiring is likely to be in the floor, so if you can lift some floor boards you could add a spur or extend the ring up to another socket, then as you said two FCU switches to the lights on either side. That way both sides will be the same, with a socket, and an independent light switch. You shouldn't have more than one spur from a socket unless it is fused first. Hope that helps.
Could you have left the conduit exposed i.e not chased into the walls and have the light switch flushed into the wall(some chasing of wall to do) or have both the conduit and light fitting not flush to the wall(no chasing into the wall to do).
Yes, you can just use trunking but it looks a bit scruffy in a domestic property. That said it does the same job, makes less mess and if white plastic on the walls doesn't bother you then it's a sensible solution. It's also easier for repair and maintenence as it's not buried in the wall. Thanks for watching.
great video! I need to add Cat6 cable throughout my house, what would you recommend for the conduit to use, each network point will have 2 cables for redundancy.
Yes a cheap grinder will do. Titan from screwfix are cheap and good. Just use a good grinding disk, although a diamond disk is pretty cheap these days on amazon. As for stud detectors, if you have stud walls, then it'll just be plasterboard on timber which you can cut with a plasterboard saw, no need for a grinder. My wall was masonry in the video. Hope that helps.
I need to spur off from a cable which is in the wall. Coming from outside to the wire in interior wall. When I cut the existing t&e there won't be any slack to connect as you recommend with the wago connectors (3 blue in one 3 black in another etc) what can I do if the existing cable dose not reach wago? Thanks for your vids 🙏 subd
Thank you for this video. I am aiming to chase a small length of wiring into a concrete wall. I wondered if you could comment on an additional challenges of chasing into concrete (as opposed to plaster / brick). Is it the same, only requiring more muscle, or is it a different proposition altogether? With thanks.
I think that one was 20mm wide but I was using 3 core and earth cable. If using 1mm or 1.5mm 2 core and earth cable you could go smaller. Thanks for watching!
Yes, it's just an old grout or metal bit. Obviously this is old lime / black mortar on a victorian house. If you're going into masonry, better to use a diamond disk with a disk cutter as seen in the middle of the video. Hope that helps.
First thing you should do before you start to cut is turn off power to the existing switch and unscrew from wall just to check cables are not coming across or if coming down never take for granted they are coming down straight
I agree but firstly it was my house, bring lived in so I was trying to keep the mess down, secondly I have old mortar on the walls and go to hard and it will come away from the wall causing a much bigger job, and finally I did resort to the grinder as seen in the video. I guess the point of the video is there's more than one way to skin a cat! Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching 👍
Yes, scrim tape over join between old and new. I've actually filmed the prep but not edited or uploaded yet. I used two lengths of scrim one down each side of the chase over the bonding plaster which I used to fill the hole. Hope that helps. Best of luck.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Thanks pal, yet another gr8 vid from you, but none of the other tutorials are saying to use it which is strange, maybe it's not really necessary?
@@wassupjg I always scrim over joins between two surfaces prior to plastering over the joint. So this can be before bonding plaster, or before final skim. So in this example, I pva'd the chase, filled with bonding, let it dry, then scrimmed the joins and plastered over with multifinish. Personally I think it will crack if you don't. But it's up to you!
You're absolutely right. To be honest when I planned a did the wiring a while back I wasn't completely aware of that technology but it seems to be popular and affordable now. You live and learn! Thanks for watching.
When your house is made out of paper then Yeh this helps. But unfortunately most old houses are made out of bricks. I can take a full day to chase out one socket even with an angle grinder and drill with chisel. Fortunately this house is made from paper mache.
Oh dear....The first thing you should have done was remove the existing switch to make sure no cables were leaving the switch horizontally.....You cut straight into an Electrical safe zone without even looking, Another Boo Boo.....And don't reply saying Its my house and I know where the cables go blah blah blah.....Diy Dave's watching this don't even know what a safe zone is....Hopefully nobody gets hurt following your vids
OK Marky boy, if you say so. You'd be less internet angry if you tried doing something useful yourself. Too much screen time isn't good for you. Something physical is what you need. Best of luck.
Mate I've just moved into a new place that needs loads of work. And I'm trying to do as much as possible myself to keep costs down. I've watched so many of your videos (and will refer back to them when i need to) and they're awesome. I like the fact that you don't gloss over things, you say it how it is and show us. I'm actually able to do a lot more than I thought and part of that is because of your instructional videos! Pouse, you're a legend! Thanks SO much!
Thanks for the feedback, appreciate the kind words and glad to have helped you out. Best of luck with your project!
Just bought a new house and I need plug sockets on the short term until I get the place properly rewired next year. This video is so helpful
This has been incredibly informative, to the point, greatly helped me prep for the DIY work around my place; thank you!
Best instructionals on TH-cam! Cheers lad!
Appreciate the feedback.
Nothing like a bit of black lime in the mornings, lovely 😷!
and a good lung full at that!! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this. My 1960s house is rendered brick and they’ve run the cable diagonally down the wall and just clipped it to the masonry and plastered over it. Not even in a straight line either - all over the place.
I think it was common back in the day, probably why all the rules were implemented! Thanks for watching.
Your videos are the best Pouse!
It's nice that someone thinks so! Thanks again for watching.
Thanks
Doing an evening course to be an electrician mate videos like these make me more confident on the actual practical side of it until i start work, thank you
No problem and thanks for the donation. Best of luck with the evening course 👍
After you use the multi tool its a hell of alot quicker using an SDS with a chisel bit on the end. Half the time specially when chasing the brick out for the back box.
Brilliant video, done this a few times doing 1st fix for rewire, I use the grinder and sds chisel, good content. 👍
Thanks for the feedbackback and thanks for watching.
Tidy, covered all the points. Another way to secure the oval capping is with ‘all round band’. Does mean more holes and plugs but it’s very solid and the plasterers like it.
Me and my pal had 4 bedroom town houses 3 floors on 800 quid a house. All chasing and all capping. Don't get me wrong those prices where miles out from where they should be, but can you imagine this guy chasing concrete block. It'd take him a week to box a house,but to be fair itd be very neat 👏
To be fair I'd take the grinder to concrete block on a renovation. I'm living in this house with a family, I wanted to keep dust to a minimum plus the old lime mortar is prone to popping so I had to be careful. I guess it's horses for courses! Thanks for the feedback 👍
Great video. I want to install two bedside lights. I have one socket under where I want the light to go. Would you recomend I fit a FCU off that socket then conect the wall light, then chase across the wall to the other light or fit a spur socket to the other side of the wall and fit another FCU to the other wall light? What would you do? Thanks
If it's in a bedroom, then you're wiring is likely to be in the floor, so if you can lift some floor boards you could add a spur or extend the ring up to another socket, then as you said two FCU switches to the lights on either side. That way both sides will be the same, with a socket, and an independent light switch. You shouldn't have more than one spur from a socket unless it is fused first. Hope that helps.
Nice one fella. 👍🏾
Thanks for watching.
Could you have left the conduit exposed i.e not chased into the walls and have the light switch flushed into the wall(some chasing of wall to do) or have both the conduit and light fitting not flush to the wall(no chasing into the wall to do).
Yes, you can just use trunking but it looks a bit scruffy in a domestic property. That said it does the same job, makes less mess and if white plastic on the walls doesn't bother you then it's a sensible solution. It's also easier for repair and maintenence as it's not buried in the wall. Thanks for watching.
Appreciate the content!
Thanks for the feedback.
great video! I need to add Cat6 cable throughout my house, what would you recommend for the conduit to use, each network point will have 2 cables for redundancy.
Will the cheap 60 quid anglegrinder from argos do ?? Also would you also do a stud detector first ?
Yes a cheap grinder will do. Titan from screwfix are cheap and good. Just use a good grinding disk, although a diamond disk is pretty cheap these days on amazon. As for stud detectors, if you have stud walls, then it'll just be plasterboard on timber which you can cut with a plasterboard saw, no need for a grinder. My wall was masonry in the video. Hope that helps.
I need to spur off from a cable which is in the wall. Coming from outside to the wire in interior wall. When I cut the existing t&e there won't be any slack to connect as you recommend with the wago connectors (3 blue in one 3 black in another etc) what can I do if the existing cable dose not reach wago? Thanks for your vids 🙏 subd
Brilliant video, given me the reassurance I needed before going ahead with this myself 👍 thank you.
Excellent!
Great video , thank you very much😊
Glad you liked it!
Very honestly done video. Thank you.
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video. I am aiming to chase a small length of wiring into a concrete wall. I wondered if you could comment on an additional challenges of chasing into concrete (as opposed to plaster / brick). Is it the same, only requiring more muscle, or is it a different proposition altogether? With thanks.
Tanx for the upload what size conduit did you use
I think that one was 20mm wide but I was using 3 core and earth cable. If using 1mm or 1.5mm 2 core and earth cable you could go smaller. Thanks for watching!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE 👍
Are you using a grout removing bit for the multi tool?
Yes, it's just an old grout or metal bit. Obviously this is old lime / black mortar on a victorian house. If you're going into masonry, better to use a diamond disk with a disk cutter as seen in the middle of the video. Hope that helps.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE thanks mate, appreciate the prompt reply.
First thing you should do before you start to cut is turn off power to the existing switch and unscrew from wall just to check cables are not coming across or if coming down never take for granted they are coming down straight
Fair point. I rewired the house a few years ago so I knew where they were. Thanks for watching 👍
What cutting blade did you use on the multitool please?
Thanks
It was just a cheap timber / metal blade that had already been worn out. Although you can buy diamond tip ones that will work well.
You should get Bradley Walsh round to do The Chase 😂😂
Not sure he'd find my house too exciting. Thanks for watching!
Very neat and tidy work mate but imagine you doing a house on price. Get the angle grinder out
I agree but firstly it was my house, bring lived in so I was trying to keep the mess down, secondly I have old mortar on the walls and go to hard and it will come away from the wall causing a much bigger job, and finally I did resort to the grinder as seen in the video. I guess the point of the video is there's more than one way to skin a cat! Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching 👍
Yo Pouse, when putting finishing plaster on top at the end, is mesh tape needed to prevent future cracking along the chase?
Yes, scrim tape over join between old and new. I've actually filmed the prep but not edited or uploaded yet. I used two lengths of scrim one down each side of the chase over the bonding plaster which I used to fill the hole. Hope that helps. Best of luck.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Thanks pal, yet another gr8 vid from you, but none of the other tutorials are saying to use it which is strange, maybe it's not really necessary?
@@wassupjg I always scrim over joins between two surfaces prior to plastering over the joint. So this can be before bonding plaster, or before final skim. So in this example, I pva'd the chase, filled with bonding, let it dry, then scrimmed the joins and plastered over with multifinish. Personally I think it will crack if you don't. But it's up to you!
Yo pouse, where is the next video about plastering as mention in the video please. Thanks
Somewhere on my to do list!! Thanks for the interest and thanks for watching.
What multi blade is this pal?
Good video, these days it's just as easy to use quinetic switches and receivers, saves all the mess.
You're absolutely right. To be honest when I planned a did the wiring a while back I wasn't completely aware of that technology but it seems to be popular and affordable now. You live and learn! Thanks for watching.
When your house is made out of paper then Yeh this helps. But unfortunately most old houses are made out of bricks. I can take a full day to chase out one socket even with an angle grinder and drill with chisel.
Fortunately this house is made from paper mache.
You obviously didn't notice the bricks behind the back box?
I just paid my electrician £140 to do this. Probably should've watched this video first
At least you stayed clean! Thanks for watching 👍
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Fucking Newport lad. useful as fuck these vids, sorted me a good few times. Wicked!
I like this video EXCEPT for the horrendous audio quality.
Apologies, camera had a bad microphone. I've upgraded my equipment since. Thanks for the feedback. 👍
Oh dear....The first thing you should have done was remove the existing switch to make sure no cables were leaving the switch horizontally.....You cut straight into an Electrical safe zone without even looking, Another Boo Boo.....And don't reply saying Its my house and I know where the cables go blah blah blah.....Diy Dave's watching this don't even know what a safe zone is....Hopefully nobody gets hurt following your vids
OK Marky boy, if you say so. You'd be less internet angry if you tried doing something useful yourself. Too much screen time isn't good for you. Something physical is what you need. Best of luck.
That's it....dont acknowledge that you should have checked first...just reply with some crap
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