CJR ELECTRICAL Rewire of the shocking installation flat !!!

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Welcome back to the shocking installation flat. Shall we rewire it?
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[@Cjrelectrical]

To save all the comments kitchen is now on a 32amp ring-main.

[@greencrystal89]

CJR ELECTRICAL 😂 sorry mate, my comment was questioning why it wouldnt trip and wondering what your calculations were, more than saying what your doing is wrong! Hope that makes sense Keep up your good work i enjoy watching your videos and learning new tips and tricks 😊

[@johndufton9686]

I often put a couple of radials in kitchens and never have any problems.

[@johndufton9686]

Is it lightbulbs or lamps lol.@@codenamenel

[@rogerbean393]

@@codenamenel Really ,come on !

[@Cjrelectrical]

You liked your own comment 😂

[@justinw.7407]

I'm by no means an electrician at all, but it was extremely satisfying to see you go through the video in detail and see how you thought of things. Thank you for the great video sir!

[@andyhill242]

I feel so sorry for the woman who owns this flat, she has been well and truly shafted!

[@CJ-M43]

It's so nice to see your profession pride, keep up the good work

[@Lyndalewinder]

Great video again - I'm amazed at how you are turning this cowboy job into a proper one - keep the videos coming!

[@ufo551]

Great video once again you can tell you take pride in your work and job by the way you reacted in the last vid and the way you did the job in this vid!👍👍

[@Mr-SuperPants]

Big job to take on, hope the client is paying you properly for this one!

[@GadgetAddict]

It's a lot of work to do things the right way. Good job 👍

[@oozedat3964]

It’s a lot easier before the referb..

[@elliotttodd7073]

just finishing a rewire in a small house never seen so many jb’s and taped up live ends scary how many houses are left like this for years ( great job dude enjoying watching through your content) 👍

[@James_scott86]

Hat off to you Chris that job looks a nightmare, you made a decent job of it aswel!!

[@colinblackwell5059]

well done CJR ELECTRICAL i love our videos keep up the good work up and hope to see more soon but dont rush the videos

[@Cjrelectrical]

Can’t win more more more but don’t rush 🤣

[@kangtheconqueror]

Kudos to you Chris. You are a man that takes pride in your work. Would that more people were as conscientious as you. I haven't done a job as big as this refit yet as I'm still relatively new to the industry, but rest assured I shall be following your lead and example when I do. To the cowboy that did this... you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself. Better that you had no knowledge of electrical installations at all, than a little knowledge. Because you've no doubt walked away from the job thinking it was 'okay', because things 'worked'. It was fortuitous that no-one was injured, or worse. A big 👍🏻from me Chris.

[@kangtheconqueror]

@@rickybeans8504 true... he may well do... but he'll have to forget everything he thinks he knows now... and he'll always have that nagging small voice in his head, 'Do you know... that job I did was awful. I hope no-one's been injured, or worse'.

[@adamjones2025]

Bloody hell i saw the first video, I have been doing Electronics for years plus i have bit of knowledge with 220v/240v this is shocking work who ever did the first job was a complete cowboy!!

[@bored-old-man]

I've got a headache now... :-) I'm surprised you accepted this job. You're a nice bloke!

[@lewisporter6506]

Watched literally all your vids mate very helpful and great to learn from, I'm 17 and doing an apprenticeship to be a electrician on my first year well close to finishing my first year of my course now and it's amazing to have other help from people like you on the internet! Keep up the great stuff mate👍🏼

[@lordsummerisle87]

An electrocution? The word is electromagician!

[@lewisporter6506]

My mad meant electrician

[@ShadowzGSD]

I can't see why people bodge things so badly when with very little effort they can do at least a half decent job of it.

[@sheargill3029]

I actually find it harder to bodge a job than do it properly. How can you possibly get a sense of satisfaction from it, if you bodge! it! A good many of us thankfully, do the job properly.

[@Tylonfoxx]

@@sheargill3029 Source of satisfaction: "it works! It might be a fire trap, but it works!". Seriously, though, i'm all with you.... it takes a certain kind of idiot to bodge electrics that badly... even though I don't work in the field, i've seen bodge jobs much worse than that.... at least the flat renovation crew didn't use paper masking tape to connect wires...

[@087fpv]

I generally find it might take half an hour extra to do the job to a “tradesman like standard” not that seems to mean much these days to some. It is nice to be able to stand back from a job and know it works, meets standards and looks good as well.

[@locustbay7594]

Sadly, not everyone knows what a good job is - the thing about idiots is they don't know they are idiots

[@aaronbegon2092]

People have the mindset that if you cant see it and it's working just fine at that exact moment, they could care less

[@richardwash6678]

You do come across some crap work fella, but you're the man! Keep up with the good work. 👍

[@TheStevieb143]

I’ve been watching you for a while. The standard of these dodgy installs is so much higher than the standard where I currently live in the Middle East.

[@Ragnar8504]

Same is probably true for Russia. I've been watching a lot of electrical videos from there recently... shocking! Older wiring isn't earthed at all, aluminium wire all over the place, combined meter enclosure/CU that obviously never had any covers, bare terminals all over the place where Joe Average has to reset the tripped MCB. Apparently they've got a bit of an issue with power quality too since almost every new CU contains some quirky automatic over/under-voltage cutout.

[@Azlehria]

@@Ragnar8504 Al wire isn't inherently bad - it's widely used for large-gauge service and transmission lines - it just requires more care. Sadly, "more care" is rather the opposite of what you get from those who try to save a bit on the material bill by using Al instead of Cu.

[@Ragnar8504]

@@Azlehria Exactly, especially in those videos. Most of the time the wires are just twisted and taped together (appears to have been the method of choice in Hungary too, I've never seen a pre-1990s installation that didn't have twisted and taped splices). Besides, from what I've read 2.5 mm2 Al has the nasty habit of breaking at the slightest bend, at least the alloys commonly used behind the Iron Curtain and during WWII. On the plus side, the Hungarians did earth everything pretty much from the 1950s onwards, PME supplies. Most other countries under Soviet influence either didn't earth at all or used TN-C throughout, i.e. PEN in all final circuits and jumpers between neutral and earth at every socket and light. That gets pretty nasty if the PEN breaks. To be fair, that system was pretty common in Western Germany, Austria and Switzerland too.

[@RobertSzasz]

That extractor just sitting there exhausting into the cabinet...

[@paxmowa]

And the outside wall is right there... Thank god someone got the idea to ask a proffesional.

[@AirsickHydra]

I know someone who had the extractor go into the wall, but there was no exit! It was literally blowing into the wall cavity :D

[@patrickkelley3408]

I know you did this in 2019. Saw this vid and the other one before it. I'm so glad you were able to fix this place. Very nice.

[@tedvanmatje]

'kin hell man! The state of the wiring before you started was absolutely shocking (no pun intended). Had if stayed like that, the flat warming party would've been quite hot. Anyways....job done! Nice one :)

[@1bigsyd]

What a job m8...and all on your own... well done

[@colemichael7409]

Just watched the first part of this video and I’d like to say you know your stuff I’d gladly hire you if I were in the area you take great care in what you do

[@samwhitby6003]

Imagine watching this back thinking... fuck that’s my job lol

[@markplumber3635]

Mental ! Even as a plumber you can see what a brodge this was . Cowboys laughing all the way to the bank .. Good work and good Vids 😁

[@llljustcallhimdave]

I hope the "builders" that left the flat in that state didn't get paid for that mess.

[@firsteerr]

i bet they did and i bet the home owner now scrutinizes his bill !!! and asks why he has charged so much or why did they need new consumer unit etc

[@dglcomputers1498]

As for cutting off the plug on devices, most manuals I have seen for products with a hard wired plugs state that if the plug is incorrect for your country/outlet then an appropriate one should be fitted, some of the time it even includes a wiring diagram.

[@DonGerico]

Amazing. Thank God she finally got someone who knew their shit to do it correctly as it should of been done to start with.

[@asamitchell7948]

@cjrelectrical try a tenby rapid earth bond clamp for the main water bond brilliant as you can attach the cable and clip them on in tight spaces and tighten them with one hand.

[@Revlemmon]

That looked like my blood pressure.... Fing terrible. Glad you were able to fix that house of horrors.

[@bentaylor2086]

That looks terrifying and I am a plasterer!!

[@russelsprout2155]

That lady is lucky she got a decent Sparkie such as yourself. 👍

[@giddaychief]

Thing of beauty mate. While your at it with those chases maybe chase that dodgy builder for some comp for the customer 😂. But good stuff mate, just cant understand how someone could have a clear conscience doing that shit.

[@kangtheconqueror]

The problem is Buddy, that they most likely DO have a clear conscience because they're simply ignorant of what is required and oblivious to the consequences. Either that, or they have had their conscience seared and, quite frankly, don't give a shit (pardon my French)! Whichever way you cut it... you've a disaster waiting to happen. She can thank the Lord she came across someone like Chris that was able to rectify that crock-pot and not another chancer that would bodge even more!

[@megazeus7972]

Got to say I'm kind of impressed with that 10mm 😂

[@fromthetoon1602]

Videos are good btw keep it up

[@stvpls]

so many things to remember, i didn't know the electrician job was so complex

[@travis4798]

When the plumber does the electrical.. lol! That is terrible.. No wait, a plumber would do a much better job on the conduit.

[@forevercomputing]

If you've got the qualifications, and can produce an appropriate certificate, the warranty should still be valid. Even mentioning it in receipt.

[@alexderpyracc4053]

Lol I seen a lose power outlet being used as extension cord so much lol at my work it was used for connecting a water heater to it was also laying loosely under the kitchen cabinets

[@lazylad9064]

Glad your doing a decent job. It might save someone life.👍👍👍

[@shilks8773]

Do you ever provide your customers with a cabling routing diagram (CU to rooms / sockets / lights) when you have done a rewire ? You've done a great job in getting the cables routed.

[@Cjrelectrical]

If they specifically want design then yes I can do that

[@philcollins6498]

Try the Legrand earth clamps if you haven’t already, quick twist on and tighten, done in seconds ( no tin bands to try and pull tight ) 👌👌

[@user-yw6qb9tt7t]

Great tip. Just looked them up. Why use normal earth clamps which are so fiddly and need like 3 tools to fit

[@johndufton9686]

When wiring smoke detectors I always run 3 core and earth from the board as It allows you to run in additional detectors at some future point as it allows you to interconnect in the board.

[@stevebrindley]

What do you do with the spare core in the board , just label it up and earth it ? Or wago it / connector ?

[@johndufton9686]

Terminate into a wago and label it as interconnector .@@stevebrindley

[@charliefarley5880]

@@johndufton9686 i took mine of the local lighting circuit 1 per floor 30 years ago now its.... and or ...i then met a woman and was with her 17 years and when the smoke alarms went off she would yake the batterys out and turn off at the board i worked nights ....i went mad kill someone else not me so off the local lighting circuit has its advantages im still here

[@POLARISFPV]

It really fascinates me how different electrical is in the uk. In North America we use 120v outlets so kitchen counter plugs all ways get 2) 20Amp plugs on 1 circuit max.

[@kevinbarnes7561]

Good job👍🏼

[@001Neal100]

I think with the fridge and appliances, I would keep the plug top and just make a large enough hole in the side of the cupboard to feed the plug through and have it in socket. Because in future someone will change the fridge and then they will have another plug and then they'll have the same issue again. Just my 2pennies worth.

[@Cjrelectrical]

This is exactly how I did it. Accessible and easy to change the appliance if needs be.👍

[@izools]

I thoroughly enjoy your backing track too man, good taste 😁👍👌

[@garyslatter9854]

Always nice to see what #sparkies do...

[@sambradshaw7640]

Brilliant

[@lossantoslols]

Top video 👍

[@fromthetoon1602]

Why didn’t you put a cooker switch and single socket combined for the oven and igniter? Would saved a bit of fiddley work getting the ring or radial up to a separate single

[@megazeus7972]

Easier to terminate into a double pattress as well 👍

[@albertsteptoe3710]

F.......k me that’s bad yin . 😫. Good job you sorted it 👍 good job.

[@peterpain6625]

Oh, cool. They let you rewire it. Smart choice. That was an accident waiting to happen before.

[@eddmcmahon7510]

That's right mate definitely 👍

[@patrickkelley3408]

Unfortunately I can relate. I've had a few of these jobs. Good vids.

[@thattoolguy9432]

Good video mate, nice to see it rewired.. personally i would have done a ring on the kitchen or separate radials for the appliances .. we all know what women are like.. stick every appliance on at once ... bloody multi taskers !!

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah kitchen now has a 32 amp ring main

[@garrymlewis]

Horrendous what was there before, good job fixing that mate

[@paulwoods4710]

Cracking video Chris, that flat is the stuff of nightmares. Maybe im missing something Chris, but where is your young apprentice James.?

[@gassafe9810]

Try a "Legrand Rapid Clamp 034385" for the bonding to the water, will be a lot easier than the banded clamps.

[@thorhbar1255]

Ps love the channel. You are an apprentice's dream. Shame i'm 33.

[@thorhbar1255]

Another question. You say you filled the dud backing box holes with foam. How were they finished? I'd have taken them out, filled them in with compound (maybe something like plasterboard adhesive) and then patch skimmed them.

[@lettsgetiton7787]

defo put kitchen on a ring, also I'd run a separate supply for boiler

[@Drift-fpv]

A lot of those extractors have a flat filter that goes in the gate for when you can’t vent them outside

[@johnwaby4321]

Plenty of fun and games

[@mattg.2774]

I'm not an electrician but I got interested after watching the previous video of the terrible work that was done. Although some thing were obvious why it was wrong and you did explain them, others mistakes were not so clear and wasn't explained. So I continued watching to see the difference and figure out what was wrong but your language is highly specialised for your field and geared toward other electricians or people with knowledge of it. Your channel is obviously attracting the general public and striking interest but excluding them as your audience will very quickly cause them to lose their interest. To grow your channel, consider not-electricians who might be watching.

[@stevechiswell1210]

Look up John Ward or Tresham College on YT if you want terminology explained.

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

18:22 In these cases it's pretty common practice in hungary to leave a box screwed on the wall or in a cabinet, add a screw type cable gland and leave a flex on it with a wander socket on it. Not sure about UK regs but maybe you could even get away with a 1.5 flex if you come out of a 10 or 13 amp fused spur? That would be a neat solution, because you could thread the cable through a 10mm hole, 8mm if you really want to make it tight by using YSLY-JB 3x1.5 but tell me if that's against something over there

[@iamyourfuture808]

Hope the owner can recover some of the re work cost from the shisters who did the original wiring.

[@Bladerunner4511]

Great video it shows the standard of work which is out there I've seen worse though they should come with a do not use sign on them it's so bad these days someone's paid a lot of money for these cowboys

[@user-wk7wv8rn8h]

Very good! Smart and informative

[@dsbelectricaldavidbetterid8448]

are you a fan of putting neutrals into the switches as per 559.5.1 p220 its a consideration to provision a neutral for future tech

[@trainsinkansas576]

Great job, way to analyze and fix the problems. Feel sorry for the owner. Does the owner have any recourse?

[@1waydago]

Electrical in the UK looks like a nightmare compared to North America

[@iGAGGA25]

Also compared to Germany

[@shaun1293]

Tbf most wiring in the UK was installed decades ago. My parents’ house still uses the old core colours before we switched to the EU core colours.

[@jovetj]

Looks to me more like a free-for-all.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Good job

[@David_11111]

just nice to someone who cares

[@TheDz1991]

I watched your previous video on this flat. I wondered if you will be reporting this to trading standards or even then HSE/HSI? I'm not an elec-chicken so I don't know if this is super unsafe or just bad practice. I work in an inspection role and most regulations state things should be reported, even if its just to the original supplier/manufacturer. - Great job.

[@Tylonfoxx]

Not an electrician either (IT guy, so I know the basics of how electricity works)... but the installation as it was, was unsafe as hell... for starters, when mounting sockets, no copper is allowed to show behind the socket... much less are you allowed to mount ground wires to pipes like that dangly thing in the cupboard, since that can make the pipe "live" in case of shorts etc. Another reason is that the ground is commonly fed back through safety breakers (here every house must have a certain type of relay installed that trips if the ground and 0 sends too much or too little power back, provided the breakers can't handle it). So anything that used the "pipe" ground would not protect against shorts, lightning or electrocution properly. If that pipe was the gas mains, the whole flat could have potentially gone kablooey at first sign of lightning or a failure of a device. The cooking fan install was complete crap... Not only wasn't the exhaust connected to the outside, but grease and crud could have accumulated in the cupboard + socket and given yet another fire hazard... Not to mention that the unstable power he got out of the living room sockets would probably have fried any device plugged in to those sockets... if they would work at all in the first place. The bathroom install was in itself a pure joke... that's the last place you make that kind of installation. As for much of the rest.... not directly unsafe, but very unprofessional work that can reduce the longevity of the installation a lot.

[@konamanstudio2447]

Wow trying to fix a cluster f do you have to have an inspector come in after check your work there are codes over there what they have to follow don't they I enjoy your work I used to build electrical control panels it's nice to see the other parts the trade oh the other thing do you have to be licensed to do the work you're doing thank you again and take care

[@thedrugdealer4541]

Glad to see you sort the mess out for the owner. Wondering how much it costs her?

[@delspark]

Nice vid 👍

[@ebdenelectrical9685]

When you install the kitchen power and switch rear entry from the next room, and not in prescribed zone, steel conduit should be installed in wall and earthed

[@Cjrelectrical]

Read the onsite guide.

[@ebdenelectrical9685]

The regs and osg are just are not law, they’re guidelines, I think would a customer hanging a picture on the wall consider what was on the other side, no they’d think, this pic of my dog would look nice here !!!

[@Cjrelectrical]

Fortunately in this instance it’s in the bathroom both chases are next to the towel rail . Not leaving much room to put said picture up of the dog. If it would have maybe been a bedroom on the back wall instead then I most likely would have told the client kitchen tiles will need to come off.

[@jfoxy23]

Does the cast iron waste require bonding ?

[@user-yw6qb9tt7t]

At 10.50 you can see how even the kitchen wall tiles are not all the same tone. I thought it might be an effect to mix colour tones but it can't be as the top rows are all the same tone. Seems like they used different batch numbers as all tiles are batched numbered so you use only one batch to ensure uniformity of colour tone

[@lorenz6593]

the carbon active filter is usually on the bottom side, not on top

[@TriMarko]

ye, on the one i just bought the bottom of the extractor pops open to swap filters

[@rustblade5021]

i bet that stub of "live" cable had a nice scorch mark on the end of it

[@CRSolarice]

Fridge and Dishwasher get their own dedicated circuit? (I'm good at fishing through walls but this job makes you the King of cable fishing, I'd like to see you fish a cable or two since they look to be some challenging tasks...)

[@thorhbar1255]

It's a joke that wiring. I've only ever done one full rewire. I got a copy of the regs, and a DIY guide which conformed to the regs and just followed it. It recently passed inspection and i've basically got no experience with electric, but managed to do it safely by following the law. How someone can be that shite can only be down to one thing - laziness. They thought they could get away with bodging it for an easy buck. Dreadful to think that poor owner had to pay out again, shocking. People don't give a fuck for others, they should be ashamed.

[@jamiedoble834]

Good work Chris, on the off chance did the client say how much she paid for the "electrical work" carried out by the last chap?

[@Cjrelectrical]

No and I’m still unsure who did it to.

[@jamiedunn7841]

This video is satisfying.

[@petertallowin6406]

To be fair the chances of ever being in the kitchen while a load is in the washing machine and last nights dishes are in the dishwasher sipping a brew from the freshly boiled kettle with chilled milk poured straight from the fridge with the heating on max as you cook beans on toast for dinner with the extractor on catching up on the weeks ironing are pretty slim. I guess it is your duty as an installer to think of every eventuality for the modern multi tasking human. What if they like music too? Then you are really screwed..... Super work as always dude. :)

[@britannic2000]

Peter Tallowin Peter did you see. that silicon they had spunked in the back of that conduit box lol 😂

[@KarlMcClelland]

Does the homeowner have any legal redress based on your evidence?

[@jovetj]

In the States she could just sue them.

[@AmirKhan-qx2lr]

why not use a 3 core and earth from the ceiling back to the switch so you can use a smart switch that feeds off the neutral (that use use the spare core for from the ceiling). Sorry if this sounds crazy but it seems like a good to power smart switches that need neutral at the switch?

[@Cjrelectrical]

They are not fitting smart switches they are renting it out. Good point but the client knows what they want.

[@YoutubeHero666]

You can now get smart switches that don't need the neutral now. Which is good!

[@arniewheeler4673]

top job. the other idiots need to named and shamed. i've seen some rough installs in my time but none quite as bad as this.

[@elfnetdesigns702]

You have it easy. in the states just about all residential wiring is stapled / fastened to the wall studs and most homes have a fire break in the walls so in order to rewire you have to open up walls unless you enjoy fighting a fishtape.. That dishwasher could you eliminate the wall socket pigtail and hard wire it into a junction box on it's own breaker, same for the vent fan above the cooktop or is that not allowed there?

[@Saaj2]

You could wire it that way, but it is extra work which isn't needed, it's more of a common practice in mainland Europe though.

[@elfnetdesigns702]

@@Saaj2 Here in the US it's common also unless you have one of those portable dish washers..

[@brandonkelly2965]

Your videos are great mate I'm only 15 still at school i think I'm leaving at the end of 5th year and wanting to be a electrian what's the best thing to do??

[@morgansheehan3189]

Finish School man you have more choices if electrician doesnt work out for you

[@JamesPalylyk]

The place is brick outside and in the interior walls? Such a shame wire channel (Canadian here) has to be run everywhere to bring the flat back up to code. Very thorough, it looks like to treat every place like it could be your mom's :)

[@kangtheconqueror]

It could be that the first installer did just as you said... 'treated it as if it was his Mom's.' Trouble is, he patently HATES his Mom!!

[@craftyhandyman9757]

Handyman special. See that shit work all the time where I live in the US

[@peterpain6625]

I've seen some reaaaly bad electrical installations in the us ;)

[@Killerspieler0815]

@CJR ELECTRICAL - "nice" spaghetti

[@andycrask3531]

Tools all over the customers quartz worktops nice...

[@Cjrelectrical]

Hard as nails

[@Dj2006]

Hey my flat is over 120 years old the extractor don’t have a fan but the thing that makes the air exit there’s a socket there and it’s yellow and sticky because of over 70 years of oul

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Good to see you using radials. Hopefully, ring finals will be soon be gone.

[@edcooper2396]

So you're running off of the one kitchen radial, a washing machine(or is it a dishwasher) a dryer, a boiler, a fridge and then a couple of double sockets with probably a toaster and kettle and who knows the occasional iron. Not sure I'd be happy with that! Id rather have the oven and fixed appliances on their own ring/radial and the sockets on their own.

[@Cjrelectrical]

That’s a fair point didn’t think about the iron. I will have a check tomorrow on loading and could still easily make it a 32 amp ring main if needs be.

[@edcooper2396]

Just seems a bit close to the line? I think you’re doing a fantastic job putting everything back together in a thorough and sane way for this person, I really wish their were some real consequences for the cowboys who did that awful work, hope the customer really appreciates your efforts!

[@joebristowtechnologicalbre2073]

if rewiring kitchen has to be 32amp, no excuse. Kettle and dishwasher on together is 25amps.

[@wirepuller8186]

I wasn't aware of that 100mm rule... i must have a look at that. I can't see how that would help to indicate that there are live cables in the bathroom wall though eh? i'd have ran them in metal conduit personally.

[@Ragnar8504]

I suppose the reasoning is with such a thin wall it doesn't really matter which side the wires are on, you could accidentally drill into them from either side. As long as the wires are not in the bathroom zones (within less than 60 cm from the bath or shower) I don't see much of an issue.