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OhmMyDog

Post subject: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:36 pm

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My house was wired, plumbed and extended by the previous owner. There are hundred of dodgy photos, here's a handful of his handiwork.

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File comment: Under the raised (tongue and groove on ply) floor was a mixture of surfaces at different heights, concrete, old garden patio (as per photo) and good old garden soil!

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File comment: The raised floor in the extension should have raised alarm bells...

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OhmMyDog

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:43 pm

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File comment: Yes, in the stud wall there's the old kitchen window - still in place - as was the door jam.

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File comment: The is the supply to the outbuilding, it is supplied by a long flex off the upstairs ring main, it runs through the ceiling,then down a wall under the raised floor with the joists and boards straight on top of it. there are two cables coming out of the switch, they go to two extension leads to supply power to a tumble dryer and sockets in the BATHROOM.

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File comment: What's this under the raised floor?

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File comment: Ah, a open drain (I wonder why there were rodent problems?) the top pipe exits through the wall out to the roof guttering! The other is the old bath drain.

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OhmMyDog

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:47 pm

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The 25m of cable to the outbuilding runs through the flower beds about an inch below soil height. Bare in mind there was no earth bonding at all in this house and all the rewireable fuses were fitted with 30amp fuse wire. The sockets in the living room were wired with 5 amp lighting cable.

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wine~o

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:50 pm

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OhmMyDog wrote:

What..I've always used paper clips in place of the fuse in those old fuse boards...if that failed replace with a nail..

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dave.m

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:53 pm

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Enjoy your work!

Keep us upto date with the jobs you are doing and, once you are on the 'getting it sorted' part of the job, start a new thread in the Showcase Gallery with some Before & After pictures.

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marc1106

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:30 pm

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maybe GAZB lived there! before you! :lol:

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royaloakcarpentry

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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:16 pm

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Marc1106.....f**k me thats exactly what I was thinking lol.

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ultimatehandyman

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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:21 pm

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Blimey, you really have your work cut out!

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marc1106

Post subject: Re: Some gems from my gaff.

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:23 pm

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royaloakcarpentry wrote:

Marc1106.....f**k me thats exactly what I was thinking lol.

Essex boys think alike! :huray:

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royaloakcarpentry

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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:52 pm

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Ha ha...yeah but I come from Kent originally. Only got here by accident.

My boys mum accidentally threw me out thinking I would go home after a few weeks, but I never did pmsl.

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al69

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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:53 pm

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Could be worse. could be my house!

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Laird

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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:48 pm

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And what did the surveyor say when you were buying the place?

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wine~o

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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:18 pm

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"it's 300 years old...so are the electrics???"

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prem

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:36 am

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which one is it;

it looks worse than it is :sad:

or
its worse than it looks :-)

keep us updated

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BenjaminS

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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:27 am

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I feel sorry for you, wouldn't it be better to rebuild the whole house? :scratch:

I do admire you for carrying the work out though. I look forward to seeing pics when you've redone it all. Makes me shudder, thinking people actually do this! (What the previous owner did!)

Good luck.

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