Hello everyone,
Our electrical installation is now almost complete, and the plastering is about to begin. However, I find the workmanship to be extremely untidy.
For example, I have found four different versions of the wiring for the blinds and roller shutters in the house, and some walls have more cables than space to eventually hang a picture.
Additionally, the cables are being routed over the floor. What do you think? Is this standard practice, or does it look like very poor workmanship?
Best regards,
Christine
Our electrical installation is now almost complete, and the plastering is about to begin. However, I find the workmanship to be extremely untidy.
For example, I have found four different versions of the wiring for the blinds and roller shutters in the house, and some walls have more cables than space to eventually hang a picture.
Additionally, the cables are being routed over the floor. What do you think? Is this standard practice, or does it look like very poor workmanship?
Best regards,
Christine
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motorradsilke13 Apr 2023 10:32Winniefred schrieb:
Aren’t you usually the one who advises that amateurs shouldn’t touch electrical outlets? In this case, a professional company was hired to install proper and compliant electrical wiring, yet the person didn’t even use a spirit level, nor did they rely on a rough visual estimate. There are guidelines on how to route cables for a reason—after just 2-3 years, no one remembers where the cables are located, or the house changes owners. Then people want to know where the sockets are so they can safely hang pictures or mount shelves. Nobody expects the wiring in a new build to look like it was done by someone who had been at the fair the night before and didn’t get any sleep.
Today I was looking for our 6-year-old wiring inside the walls because we’re getting new interior plaster and I want to mark the cables for the plasterers. I’m glad most of it was installed properly with horizontal and vertical alignment, so I don’t have to search randomly through the walls—because after just a few years, I wouldn’t know exactly where anything is.I took photos when everything was installed.
If we had looked at the photos during the kitchen installation, we could have saved two hours of work.
Malle Zwabber13 Apr 2023 12:18I also believe that the electrician is definitely capable of quickly marking a line using a spirit level. This doesn’t take more than an hour in new construction. Especially in the kitchen area, otherwise the kitchen installer will have a hard time.
Winniefred13 Apr 2023 15:02motorradsilke schrieb:
I took photos while everything was being installed.
If we had looked at the photos during the kitchen installation, we could have saved ourselves 2 hours of work. Exactly. I also took photos, but they are on an external hard drive, which I didn’t want to dig out amid the renovation chaos. In any case, memory alone isn’t enough—I was wrong about several details more than once.
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motorradsilke13 Apr 2023 15:19Winniefred schrieb:
Exactly. I did take photos, but they are on an external hard drive, and I didn’t want to dig it out during the renovation chaos. In any case, memory alone isn’t enough; I was wrong about my recollections several times.I even had them on my phone. But for us, it was clear that the cables to the power outlet would come straight up from below. The fact that they come from a diagonal direction below hadn’t registered with me yet. We definitely won’t forget that going forward.X
xMisterDx13 Apr 2023 22:59Um, yes. You have to make a distinction here. Is someone working carelessly or making life-threatening mistakes because they are unaware and lack knowledge… or, in the worst case, are doing a complete botch job?
Let’s compare this to a car’s brake system. In this case, the brake caliper was scratched. It’s unfortunate because it was nicely painted red. But the brake still works.
In the cases I criticize, an amateur installs the brake, doesn’t check it, and says,
“Ah, come on, what could possibly go wrong?”
Let’s compare this to a car’s brake system. In this case, the brake caliper was scratched. It’s unfortunate because it was nicely painted red. But the brake still works.
In the cases I criticize, an amateur installs the brake, doesn’t check it, and says,
“Ah, come on, what could possibly go wrong?”