@thomas Nagy little tip, that ceiling that the client wanted spotlights in, think it was the loft that you said you couldn't get access to. Put a spirit level up on the ceiling and clamp it in place with two plasterboard pole lifters, screwfix do them. get a multi tool and multi tool the plasterboard around the spirit level, I usually duct tape the hoover up to the multi tool to stop shit going everywhere. Then realise the poles and the level and you have a 2 inch wide 1.8m long neatly cut ceiling that you can then access the joists and drill through to run a cable through to do spotlights, I've done this loads and its super easy mate. I came up with it by accident. Then once your done and you got all your cabling in place plasterboard screw the bit you took down again and put some filler over the top, 90% of the time the board can be filled in one hit so you never even know it has come down. When your cutting the plasterboard just make sure your start and end points are at joists obviously. Anyway hope thats useful...................................
Honestly, if you feel tired when sleeping 6.5h then sleep 7 and be fine and dont stress yourself. A bit of wiggle room is always fine and if you wake up early use it. OR: if you can sleep fast hit a 30 minute sleep after dinner, when blood is off your brain / you have your weak spot anyways. I can go with 4 to 6 hours for a few days if a project needs it, but if i need creativity for problem solving and full brain power i have to get over 9 hours. Better to get half an hour more sleep with less stress then driving into something because you were too tired or get sick. Currently i have no problem getting up at 5:00 after going to sleep at 01:30 but thats not healthy or good or enough but because i dislocated my shoulder = pain when not moving for some time. (Had to get a part of the bone fixed after 7 weeks because it did not settle right and now im looking forward to another 3 months.) Glad to see you have fun at work, thats the only way to stay motivated. Money doesn't really work that way over longer periods. Side Story for Sparks: Had to replace one of 3 fuse holders (3 Phase 3x35Amps 400/380V) because it literally burnt up and exploded. Not because it got overcurrent but because of bad contact plate in the fuse holder (removable part / screw housing). Original fuseholder from 1960, the fuse on that phase blew one or two years ago for no reason, no overload. Did not change it myself back then so did not check the surroundings. Now the replaced fuse completely exploded last week because of overheating/bad contact on the holder. I suppose the contact was already bad on first tripping, the tech only replaced the fuse and did not check/clean the surfaces. Now this time there were only small parts of the metal left, everything else was welded, carbon/oxidized or disappeared. Bad Contact Resistance => Heat buildup over time even with low load => more carbon buildup/heat/resistance => fuse blew out. Ceramic/Metal screw-in, so nothing else was damaged luckily.
Hole in lift wall probably used to pass wood joists through during construction. Used especially when joists longer than the width of the roof for turning .
@@sparx2391 had mine for a couple of years now, work really well - go through batteries at a rate of knots but otherwise well worth it ( super rods set - used primarily for data installs )
Haven't watched your video's in a while and it's the first one with Naomi I've seen but I love the banter between you. Really add's production value to your videos. Keep it up
On the subject of linked Victorian lofts, my partner was once preparing a house ready for some refugees who were moving in the next day. Upon checking the loft, he discovered that the previous residents had built a cannabis farm that extended across all the houses in the terrace.
In my loft, there's no partition wall at all between next door (it was a guest house and was split into two 4 bed houses). There's one going up soon though (fire regs)
I honestly would love to learn more about how you determine the necessary sizes of incoming wire beyond just the Regulations. When you say 6 mil is that supposed to be the inside diameter of the wiring or is that SWG? I'm used to AWG as being Canadian but I would like to learn how the sizes are determined by actual installers. (I have tried to make heads or tails of it from wikipedia but the idea still escapes me and it took me talking electrical with my father to figure out AWG sizing.)
My Megger clamp meter went tits up too ... i totally agree about leaving long tails , dont see what the fuss is over a pence worth of cable ... ive just noticed the rocket swears like a scaffolder
Yep, there have been some devastating blazes caused by pass-through gaps. I don't think building codes today allow any of that. If I was a tenant in that building and found out those were there I would probably move out.
Different time, there will be some very weird reasons for the whole in the wall. Many Victorian terraces were built by factory owners as housing for their growing workforce, and many streets would therefore house members of the same family, and certainly groups of workmates, who would knock these holes through in order to provide means of escape from rent collectors, Peelers, tallymen, bailiffs, whoever you didn't want to see. Sometimes they just started off life as one larger house.
Just had a safety meeting today, was told by safety that we have to tie off all ladders, even platform ladders. Then I see you two ! What is this world coming to! Not to mention that I am a JM Electrician/Winder/now a painter !
Hi great work and videos, Can you please tell me As to the perpas of testing RCDS at half times, one times and five times? As we are ony required to record the highest value? This seams to be a bit of a waste of time just my own opinion, also the prefent tripping other RCDS that may be down streem you can test line to neutral and probe the incoming neutral thay way only the RCD under test will trip
UT210E (VC-330) is great. You think you're buying a cheap AC clamp meter but you get so much more: DC clamp too, auto-ranges Voltage and Resistance, NCV saves you carrying a stick tester, and what I really love is it takes 2 AAAs (not expensive 9v). BTW Love Nom Nom; when are you going to ask her if she'll sit in the van with you on a Sunday morning?
Got to love re - wires, at least the attic is clear of random rubbish and insulation, think i'll pick up one of those wiha hammers, have a set of their screwdrivers and they are very nice !!
I had a client whose neighbor extended their loft conversion, over the master bedroom of my clients house! they did it when my client was on holiday. The wife thought they had rats and called rentokil..you cant make this stuff up!.
The holes in the attic are so the fire can jump from flat to flat. I am surprised that there isn't code requirement to have fire stop / fire walls between flats.
Great video, what a bit of luck that dave did a runner again, now you have such a fun apprentice, it's good to see woman come into the job, most girls would run a mile rather than get in a loft. That hole in the adjoining wall is so bat's can fly all the way through and get more exercise. 😂😂😂
I don't know how this applies to the UK but in the US there's a certain no go zones for drilling through boards and yeah if you drill to the edge of it probably shouldn't be doing that in an attic if you drill through the center like you're supposed to I think you're okay to and not affecting the structural Integrity of the wood.
This bit of kit has a back light plus : Tacklife HD60 Classic Laser Measure. The dust catcher looks like an old butter tub. I have the whole "It used to hold margarine" kitchen set, from Black Jeopardy.
Cutting down on sleep may give you more work hours but could well reduce your efficiency. You’re having much more fun at work now that Nom Nom is with you. She’s a keeper.
Used to be lots of thefts via lofts.... Coronation Street did a episode on it, the guy was living in their house well they went to work....still massive fire issue. Nothing wrong with drilling a joist so long as bang in the middle (neutral tension zone). Still think cable basket can be cheaper then 18th edition clips in loft (if enough cables) :)
One scam that use to go about with the loft issue you mentioned, was loft insulation companies. They would offer you a deal on loft insulation, lay the insulation and then do the same next door. Only difference would be they would take up the insulation from there last instal and push it all over to next doors roof space!
I have light in kitchen it's got three led bulbs gu10s the switch is a two way being able to turn on and off from opposite ends of kitchen ,when I turn light off it sometimes still glows slightly on one or two of the bulbs and occasionally flickers on one bulb also when off ,any ideas ? ,Do you think it's a switch problem leaking small amount of power through ,the switch is around 20 years old and is used alot ,I'd like to hear your views please
Could be a few things. LEDs light with very low power so your lighting cables could run next to other power cables and the small induced voltage could be enough to light them. Another issue could be quite worrying. The lights might be switched on the neutral rather than the line conductors. David Savery has done a vid on the issue and possible fixes.
Bought that exact model UNI-T tester off aliexpress, used it my entire apprentice never a problem. I often like to buy cheap tools, expecting to have to buy the more expensive variant when it either breaks or doesn't perform (e.g. fluke for tester) but more and more I'm surprised with the results I get, especially for the price. You should check out the Xiaomi laser distance finder, picked up one for $18 AUD and it's dead accurate, looks like a toy it's tiny but I swear by it.
Had a Xiaomi phone once, Battery was mint, Everything else was cancer, Screen crapped out. Constant harrassment to use their shitty apps. Couldn't delete their crap - Would have been 100x better with standard Droid.
I've got a couple of UNI-T meters - a clamp jobbie and a mid-range multimeter. I've had them for over 10 years, they've been battered in tool bags, been forgotten about and driven 100s of miles in a car's engine bay (oops), etc and they've never missed a beat. I normally don't cheap out on tools, especially those I use often, but these UNI-T meters are fantastic.
I have a customer that i do work for and my mate thinks I'm giving her 1 but we just have great banter and a right laugh, yeah she has a nice body too lol
Tom's definitely getting in trouble with the Mrs for this one lol
Will you be able to vlog the tribunal?
You so know these 2 are getting it on !!! there is no denying it Tom. Defo a real 'SPARK' between you both
damm my ears ... can Naomi not yel sooooo loud pfff .. or lower the gain of her mic :p
I'm sure there is stuff that changes the gain automatically to prevent this
@thomas Nagy little tip, that ceiling that the client wanted spotlights in, think it was the loft that you said you couldn't get access to. Put a spirit level up on the ceiling and clamp it in place with two plasterboard pole lifters, screwfix do them. get a multi tool and multi tool the plasterboard around the spirit level, I usually duct tape the hoover up to the multi tool to stop shit going everywhere. Then realise the poles and the level and you have a 2 inch wide 1.8m long neatly cut ceiling that you can then access the joists and drill through to run a cable through to do spotlights, I've done this loads and its super easy mate. I came up with it by accident. Then once your done and you got all your cabling in place plasterboard screw the bit you took down again and put some filler over the top, 90% of the time the board can be filled in one hit so you never even know it has come down. When your cutting the plasterboard just make sure your start and end points are at joists obviously. Anyway hope thats useful...................................
Make a video on it so we can see it visually
Become more of a comedy channel since the intro of Nom Nom. Still great content and fun to watch / learn.
Going to have to stop watching this is starting to get embarrasing🤣
I thought that myself.
Jordan Taylor She’s gonna rinse him good and proper!!! Haha
You two make a really funny couple! Don’t remember laughing this much at one of your episodes before 😂
Throughly enjoying these videos, and great to see you are having great banter in these difficult times. Keep up the excellent work and videos.
Honestly, if you feel tired when sleeping 6.5h then sleep 7 and be fine and dont stress yourself. A bit of wiggle room is always fine and if you wake up early use it.
OR: if you can sleep fast hit a 30 minute sleep after dinner, when blood is off your brain / you have your weak spot anyways.
I can go with 4 to 6 hours for a few days if a project needs it, but if i need creativity for problem solving and full brain power i have to get over 9 hours.
Better to get half an hour more sleep with less stress then driving into something because you were too tired or get sick.
Currently i have no problem getting up at 5:00 after going to sleep at 01:30 but thats not healthy or good or enough
but because i dislocated my shoulder = pain when not moving for some time.
(Had to get a part of the bone fixed after 7 weeks because it did not settle right and now im looking forward to another 3 months.)
Glad to see you have fun at work, thats the only way to stay motivated. Money doesn't really work that way over longer periods.
Side Story for Sparks:
Had to replace one of 3 fuse holders (3 Phase 3x35Amps 400/380V) because it literally burnt up and exploded.
Not because it got overcurrent but because of bad contact plate in the fuse holder (removable part / screw housing).
Original fuseholder from 1960, the fuse on that phase blew one or two years ago for no reason, no overload.
Did not change it myself back then so did not check the surroundings.
Now the replaced fuse completely exploded last week because of overheating/bad contact on the holder.
I suppose the contact was already bad on first tripping, the tech only replaced the fuse and did not check/clean the surfaces.
Now this time there were only small parts of the metal left, everything else was welded, carbon/oxidized or disappeared.
Bad Contact Resistance => Heat buildup over time even with low load => more carbon buildup/heat/resistance => fuse blew out.
Ceramic/Metal screw-in, so nothing else was damaged luckily.
Tom seems so happy at the moment. Nom seems like a right laugh
It’s great fun to watch now 😀 way better than TV ever can be!
Hole in lift wall probably used to pass wood joists through during construction. Used especially when joists longer than the width of the roof for turning .
Great teamwork. All three of you.
The best bit funny content I've seen in some time, what a shelted life I live. Keep up the good work.
The Thomas Nagy Show is my favourite TH-cam channel, but this is unbelievably cringey now 😫
agreed couldn't watch it all
Mason carter She will rinse him! Watch this space
6:18 Get yourself a flashlight attachment for the fiberglass rods. It makes it much easier to find under floorboards and in the attic.
I've had 2 of the led lights for my super rod set, both lasted about a month before packing uo, wouldn't waste my money on another one.
@@sparx2391 had mine for a couple of years now, work really well - go through batteries at a rate of knots but otherwise well worth it ( super rods set - used primarily for data installs )
It makes you wonder how often that incoming was pushed hard. All the best and thanks Naomi for the banter.
#TeamNagyNom - you two just gel together with work & humour is epic 🤣 😂
Haven't watched your video's in a while and it's the first one with Naomi I've seen but I love the banter between you. Really add's production value to your videos. Keep it up
On the subject of linked Victorian lofts, my partner was once preparing a house ready for some refugees who were moving in the next day. Upon checking the loft, he discovered that the previous residents had built a cannabis farm that extended across all the houses in the terrace.
Very nice
If someone grabbed toms hand when he put it through the loft wall he would of crapped himself good and proper
That void mate in victorian house are where the bell wire used to go for the staff. The workings should be there if you can get you phone in
Covcarpenter What , how would that work ? There individual Houses , are you thinking of much bigger houses ?
What about when it was the size of a person to be able to go through? Just luck of the draw as to the size of the hole in the wall?
Covcarpenter That is not true!
In my loft, there's no partition wall at all between next door (it was a guest house and was split into two 4 bed houses). There's one going up soon though (fire regs)
I honestly would love to learn more about how you determine the necessary sizes of incoming wire beyond just the Regulations. When you say 6 mil is that supposed to be the inside diameter of the wiring or is that SWG? I'm used to AWG as being Canadian but I would like to learn how the sizes are determined by actual installers. (I have tried to make heads or tails of it from wikipedia but the idea still escapes me and it took me talking electrical with my father to figure out AWG sizing.)
The metric value of the cables (eg 6mm) refers to it's cross-sectional area.
I love you guys. great fun.
If she ever wants to retrain as a Gas Engineer 🤷♂️💪 Great to see ya having fun Tom all the best 👍
My Megger clamp meter went tits up too ... i totally agree about leaving long tails , dont see what the fuss is over a pence worth of cable ... ive just noticed the rocket swears like a scaffolder
I just love a vlog where the conversation is free and no fucks given.
Please never change to a scared apologizer 😉😜
Seems like a massive fire risk if there’s isn’t full compartmentation between houses.
It makes a house fire more of a community event , it brings people together!
Yep, there have been some devastating blazes caused by pass-through gaps. I don't think building codes today allow any of that. If I was a tenant in that building and found out those were there I would probably move out.
the roof would like to speak to you
Far too many properties failed fire regulations and that including mine 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Wasn't a consideration for Victorian builders
The romance between you and bigclive... 🤣
Side plot!
Have you seen Big Clive?! Brilliant bloke but not sexually alluring.
@@brian9731 he's a bear lol, great fellow and i'm sure there are plenty of people who love bears *coughcough Tom*
Brian Freeman
And camp as a row of tents
Different time, there will be some very weird reasons for the whole in the wall. Many Victorian terraces were built by factory owners as housing for their growing workforce, and many streets would therefore house members of the same family, and certainly groups of workmates, who would knock these holes through in order to provide means of escape from rent collectors, Peelers, tallymen, bailiffs, whoever you didn't want to see.
Sometimes they just started off life as one larger house.
Just had a safety meeting today, was told by safety that we have to tie off all ladders, even platform ladders. Then I see you two !
What is this world coming to! Not to mention that I am a JM Electrician/Winder/now a painter !
Fantastic video, but it needs an X rated cert.
Naomi Nagi...... got a certain “ring” to it lol.
Hi great work and videos,
Can you please tell me
As to the perpas of testing RCDS at half times, one times and five times? As we are ony required to record the highest value? This seams to be a bit of a waste of time just my own opinion, also the prefent tripping other RCDS that may be down streem you can test line to neutral and probe the incoming neutral thay way only the RCD under test will trip
Wiha make great tools.
Their screwdrivers have some of the best tips out there.
UT210E (VC-330) is great. You think you're buying a cheap AC clamp meter but you get so much more: DC clamp too, auto-ranges Voltage and Resistance, NCV saves you carrying a stick tester, and what I really love is it takes 2 AAAs (not expensive 9v). BTW Love Nom Nom; when are you going to ask her if she'll sit in the van with you on a Sunday morning?
Fun at work! Great!
Keep up the good work
Got to do it Tom, give your clamp meter to big Clive!!!! Love his videos too, double whammy ✊✊✊😂😂😂
I have that exact same laser measurer they are superb.
Got to love re - wires, at least the attic is clear of random rubbish and insulation, think i'll pick up one of those wiha hammers, have a set of their screwdrivers and they are very nice !!
Man Naomi seems like such a fun person :D And she's cute!
Hi Tom, great video as per usual. I just have one question. Is the camera guy just the camera guy or an apprentice aswell?
He’s a camera guy only
I had a client whose neighbor extended their loft conversion, over the master bedroom of my clients house! they did it when my client was on holiday.
The wife thought they had rats and called rentokil..you cant make this stuff up!.
Classic
I can see a marriage approaching
I love my ut210e.
Cheap and works fine.
Better to lose/break three cheap tools than one expensive tool..
What’s the thing you put on your driving wheel?
The holes in the attic are so the fire can jump from flat to flat. I am surprised that there isn't code requirement to have fire stop / fire walls between flats.
Madness she’s putting it on u Tom 😂 can u pass me out pls Tom 😭 I can see it now
Great video, what a bit of luck that dave did a runner again, now you have such a fun apprentice, it's good to see woman come into the job, most girls would run a mile rather than get in a loft. That hole in the adjoining wall is so bat's can fly all the way through and get more exercise. 😂😂😂
I have my uniT one but even that failed on continuity
Anyone know what does that "silicon drilling holder" called?
You two crack me up 😂
How do her sun glasses stay on her head all the time. 🧐 🙂🇮🇪
Super glue I think!
Kudos to you employing a female spark Tom. In my experience they are fantastic workers and you don't need to pay them as much as you would a man.
And people think Tom repeats himself!
Alistair Pearson Watch it! You’ll have the police wanting to talk to you
Why you don't need to pay them as much as a man?
/s
@@auraispunk its the rules
I don't know how this applies to the UK but in the US there's a certain no go zones for drilling through boards and yeah if you drill to the edge of it probably shouldn't be doing that in an attic if you drill through the center like you're supposed to I think you're okay to and not affecting the structural Integrity of the wood.
i feel a mills and boom story unfolding
how much cable wasted on the downlights !
This bit of kit has a back light plus : Tacklife HD60 Classic Laser Measure. The dust catcher looks like an old butter tub. I have the whole "It used to hold margarine" kitchen set, from Black Jeopardy.
do you use safety boots
Will you be recording the works tribunal?
tonight on the thomas nagy comedy sketch show..... i got that uni t meter and love it for the 100a dc clamp feature. brilliant for the price
Just curious. Do they not use insulation in attics?
Cutting down on sleep may give you more work hours but could well reduce your efficiency.
You’re having much more fun at work now that Nom Nom is with you. She’s a keeper.
Best video ever!
With no walls I guess it was cost, with the 12" hole I assume it is ventilation to stop dry rot.
The sexual chemistry lmao
Used to be lots of thefts via lofts.... Coronation Street did a episode on it, the guy was living in their house well they went to work....still massive fire issue.
Nothing wrong with drilling a joist so long as bang in the middle (neutral tension zone).
Still think cable basket can be cheaper then 18th edition clips in loft (if enough cables) :)
One scam that use to go about with the loft issue you mentioned, was loft insulation companies. They would offer you a deal on loft insulation, lay the insulation and then do the same next door. Only difference would be they would take up the insulation from there last instal and push it all over to next doors roof space!
If that’s true then... well I dunno!
they need to get a room
Bombay mix is the contents of a tandoori takeaways hoover bag
Great video Tom and I love how you and the pocket rocket get on funny as hell!!! 🤣🤣🤣
We leave same on downlights, rather be looking at it than looking for it
these two have gotta be getting it on, 😏😍🥰, I'm not sure if its a good thing working with your bird or not, good luck to them though 👍💘
I have light in kitchen it's got three led bulbs gu10s the switch is a two way being able to turn on and off from opposite ends of kitchen ,when I turn light off it sometimes still glows slightly on one or two of the bulbs and occasionally flickers on one bulb also when off ,any ideas ? ,Do you think it's a switch problem leaking small amount of power through ,the switch is around 20 years old and is used alot ,I'd like to hear your views please
Could be a few things. LEDs light with very low power so your lighting cables could run next to other power cables and the small induced voltage could be enough to light them.
Another issue could be quite worrying. The lights might be switched on the neutral rather than the line conductors.
David Savery has done a vid on the issue and possible fixes.
David Savery shead some 'light' on this problem on his youtube channel recently.
Watch David Savory channel it will explain how inductance works to cause l.E.D. lamps glow when turned off.
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️. Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Never wear earphones watching this video. When Naiomi laughs it’ll blow your F**King eardrums...
I hope there isn't a rain fall shower going in, gonna get a nice reflection on the ceiling lol
wait. who's holding the cam?
Nagasaurus strikes again....must say nom nom is a delightful bull in a china shop addition to these videos 😂
Well looks like my housemates are awake with all that screaming. Apart from that another great episode.
I have that clamp meter - really useful.
No one is no longer watching this for the sparks content.
Tom your a lot more chilled with Naomi Than with Dave Great video
What happen to Dave?
@@Lutzyy just moved on
Bought that exact model UNI-T tester off aliexpress, used it my entire apprentice never a problem. I often like to buy cheap tools, expecting to have to buy the more expensive variant when it either breaks or doesn't perform (e.g. fluke for tester) but more and more I'm surprised with the results I get, especially for the price.
You should check out the Xiaomi laser distance finder, picked up one for $18 AUD and it's dead accurate, looks like a toy it's tiny but I swear by it.
Is that the grey 40m one? I might try one.
Had a Xiaomi phone once, Battery was mint, Everything else was cancer, Screen crapped out. Constant harrassment to use their shitty apps.
Couldn't delete their crap - Would have been 100x better with standard Droid.
I've got a couple of UNI-T meters - a clamp jobbie and a mid-range multimeter. I've had them for over 10 years, they've been battered in tool bags, been forgotten about and driven 100s of miles in a car's engine bay (oops), etc and they've never missed a beat. I normally don't cheap out on tools, especially those I use often, but these UNI-T meters are fantastic.
720p?
I'd keep the pendant in the lounge, for a decorative fitting, add in some wall lights and some lamp sockets
Tom the holes in attic wall in the states are a fire code violation. Fire goes from attic to attic. Whole housing have been razed😀
The use of insulated tools in the Is really interesting compared to the us where we use very little
Get a room yous two😂 lovely couple you’s two 🥰🤣
Back of the Reno traffic will do 👌🏼
Dude i hope i have an aprentice that's as fun to work with as yours one day.. ok there might be a lag in work finishing times but it be a good laff.
The customer is never wrong but the are rarely right 😉🤷♂️
And you two really need to get a room 😏
Where is the other bloke that was working for him?
Think he got another job or something?
Dave moved on (for the second time) a while back.
He went to pastures new
Florian Riess Dave left but I do recall one episode with another bloke but he soon disappeared
Nom Nom and Tom Tom at it again !
Nice job and video
2:12 That could be asbestos cement shuttering (The plate that's keeping the bricks not collapsing the hole)
Very unlikely if it’s a Victorian house. Looks like a piece of slate or something doesn’t it?
Didn’t they do that in the film Shooting Fish? ... move between terraced houses using the lofts?
Sounded like Scott Brown linking track somewhere in there 😎😎
I can see you two getting it on very soon if you havent allready lol . ( Will they wont they stay tuned )
Doesn't he have an Austrian girlfriend?
100%
I thought 💭 Exactly the same thing 😂 😆 😝
Tom has a girlfriend, he wouldn't do that.
I have a customer that i do work for and my mate thinks I'm giving her 1 but we just have great banter and a right laugh, yeah she has a nice body too lol
I'm looking forward to Big Clive looking at that clamp meter.