Helping Out A Female DIY Builder | Electrician in London Vlog

[@kennethhepke3264]

I like this fella, he is my type of sparks. Practical and polite.

[@Mainly_Electrical]

Extremely Polite but knows nothing

[@nickryan3417]

Self adhesive trunking is great. Mostly because the damn trunking stays in place while one drills hole through it to attach it securely. Most trunking self adhesive is not really meant for permanent fixing, although with a properly prepared surface and time for the adhesive to cure before bearing weight a good quality adhesive should last a long time.

[@waynebailey5812]

Just what you want to hear when you go to a job... " Oh my friend has done a course in electrics, they gave me a hand" 🤣🤣🤣

[@walker1054]

She did a good job with the wall. Can't tell at all that she added a few layers of soundproofing to it. It just looks like a normal wall. She could be doing it for others lol

[@aaronmunden3069]

Trunking on plasterboard wall, fly a curly wurly straight through the trunking into the wall job done. Only need a screw for a fire clip here and there

[@sdm3447]

I have some news for anyone who is thinking of using D-shaped "decorative" trunking: it ain't decorative. What's better - rectangular trunking fitted in continuous lengths, with the correct stop-ends and angle pieces, in straight lines, and painted to match the wall, or a load of short-length D-line with joins in it? Hmmm, let me think. Trunking is what it is, and if cables cannot be buried in walls (for whatever reason) a decent trunking job is the next best thing. Of course, it's not often we see all that good a job at trunking, but it can be done. More recently I've used 16mm x 38mm trunking as opposed to the usual 16 x 25, as it covers the knockouts in accessory boxes much better, so no gaps or holes showing, plus it's easy to get cables into it. The completed visual effect of the use of trunking is frequently so bad that it's no wonder I've heard people say they don't want it - I don't know why those who install it think it's OK to leave it looking so rough. For what it's worth Delroy, I have never seen anyone use a coupler to finish the trunking to the accessory, even though it's something I always, always do for neatness, but then I'm not an electrician, I am a DIYer who has to sit looking at the end result in his home. The finished job here is as good as it can possibly be.

[@WooShell]

You're right, adhesive cable guides only tend to last a few years by my experience. Screwing it on will save a lot of rework effort later.

[@garrymca8336]

I dont understand why she paid an electrician to put up some conduit? Surely if she's done the whole wall herself she's more than capable of putting some conduit up? Personally I'd have ran the conduit down vertically to under the floorboards - but some planning as they were doing the wall would've been invaluable.

[@TheCod3r]

I don't undersrand why she had to call out an electrician just to run trunking

[@socialscene6361]

The wires had to be disconnected then reconnected at the socket outlets followed by a Zs and RCD test - which will reassure the customer that all is good. The customer ordinarily wouldn't have the knowledge or the test kit - hence the electrician being used/needed.

[@tjeulink]

To make sure its safe. Wrongly connected socket can cause a fire. Wrongly build wall can't.

[@Vii7aL]

​@@socialscene6361they didn't need to be disconnected to put the trunking on

[@tonywatson1412]

Floorboard up, drill the joists

[@JorgeAMG187]

Great job as usual Delroy. Did the best you could for that Lady

[@danielfreer29]

The first trunking is D-Line and is made in 3m lengths. I'm not sure why they had such short lengths.

[@wizard3z868]

Lol I've tried using tht type of trunking in the states some was pvc so pvc cement was a plus (never wanted to snap in place for to long) and the other type super glue. And where I cldnt secure the trunking with screws I painted conduit clips and used those lol

[@gogee8510]

Love the video, love the work.

[@mungrus]

That soundproofing is a nest job.

[@martinburgess2322]

Nice neat and tidy job as always delroy 👌👍👍😎

[@joparish1037]

Isn’t the left-hand socket just a spur? Why the extra cables? And if it’s being boxed in with built in furniture does it need skirting? And as they’re surface boxes, couldn’t the trunking be run from the side straight across to the other box? So many questions!?! 😀

[@sdm3447]

Yes, I was thinking one continuous strip from left to right would have no impact at all on the aesthetics, if anything I think it would have looked better, especially if painted out. As it stands, the eye is now drawn to the vertical lengths as well as the horizontal.

[@brettuk]

see if you can blag an old laser level from Artisan :)

[@tilidie5272]

always enjoy your videos, short to the point and always learn a thing or 2. would you ever do like a tool video showing us what tools you like best?

[@Mainly_Electrical]

You learn off delroy ?

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

I have been tempted to run them own under the floorboards to make it a neater finish but at least its a safer installation now. Though I did wonder why there are so many cores in the left hand spured socket or have they extended the original cables inside the old wall box?.

[@falsernet]

Looks like they extended the ring main across, so it passes through both sockets the same way, rather than spurring with one set of conductors. If you spurred, each terminal on the original socket would have three wires stuffed in it, and it would complicate the circuit unnecessarily.

[@normanj1975]

You can get that curved trunking in longer lengths 2Mts.

[@isaacjohnson1734]

Why not replace the singles and why not run a twin + cpc under the floorboard?

[@curtisj2165]

More work? However that wall will be a wardrobe so it won't be seen anyway

[@Vii7aL]

Didnt she say the socket on the left hand side was a spur? If so why are there 2 cable runing between the points

[@jakeii9]

Seems strange to have surface mount and conduit after having redone the wall!

[@walker1054]

She didn't redo the original wall, that was left untouched. She added a couple of layers of soundproofing materials over the top of it which is a lot easier and doesn't damage/effect the original wall and it can be removed easy. She could have done a channel in the soundproofing sheets I suppose but that adds a lot to her work and it'll impact the effectiveness of the soundproofing in those areas I suppose. And since she's gonna build nice fitted DIY cabinets to cover the bottom it doens't matter. I think she did a good job, it just looks like an original unmodified wall, I'd pay her to do mine If i wasn't able to. Honestly tempted to add soundproofing to one of my walls now, it makes the room like 4 inches smaller but it's worth it.

[@cglees]

No mechanical protection on the single strand cable so it must be contained in conduit or trunking.

[@pikricky]

Why so many cores for a double socket spur and would it not have been easier just to run new twin and cpc cable

[@TheAlek033]

Because the brits in their in finite wisdom still run their circuits in ring so you need to run a pair of each color out to the socket. You're thinking radial circuits.

[@shankurrim5540]

@@TheAlek033as an electrician, I think you’ll find that your statement does not add up mate. The initial statement was right, he could have just run twin and earth. Nothing to do with radial or ring circuits. If I had to do this I would have changed the back boxes, put a knock out on the side, and just run it straight horizontal purely for cleaner aesthetics.

[@socialscene6361]

A laser level would have made it a lot easier Delroy.

[@_chrisr_]

Nice neat job but, unless I am missing something, the use of singles inside trunking isn't compliant with regulations since trunking is designed to be opened without a tool thus exposing the single insulated conductors. Conduit would have been more appropriate since that prevents access to the conductors.

[@ashleybignell2366]

Totally understand your questioning with singles in trunking. Had this conversation myself with my electrical assessor & its perfectly acceptable. There's no access to live parts. The trunking is acting as mechanical protection & provides encloser to the singles. But IP ratings must comply with the trunking. You could always glue the lid on if you felt the need.

[@ThePa1ch]

Should have given her more options. She doesn't know what's possible. She probably wanted the cable under the floor and could have done this herself.

[@iankelly4272]

Don't them corners add a couple of mil

[@michaeljrgensen7071]

trunking is just sad to look at tbh

[@smellproofpirate1859]

I agree it's such an eye sore

[@curtisj2165]

Depressing 😢

[@royhorn9412]

Did you twist the earths together?

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

Nice jobas always. You sem to be getting quite a bit of noise down your microphone this is the only fault I can comment on. Well done Del.

[@goffyglos5675]

5m30secs ghost ball things?

[@gavinwallbank7570]

Maybe invest in a laser level

[@seano174]

Nice fella , but stuck in a time warp . Things have moved on .

[@ImranKhan-cf8gs]

Should of just buried in wall plasterboard back boxes chased cables in conduit

[@RyanJ_]

Should have*

[@TheCod3r]

​@RyanJ_ don't be that guy

[@RyanJ_]

@@TheCod3r too late

[@TheCod3r]

@@RyanJ_ you impress no one by correcting them

[@RyanJ_]

@@TheCod3r that's fine, I'm not here to impress

[@Kalus_Saxon]

So she put up a new sound proofing plasterboard wall but didn’t run the wires behind the wall and then brought network cable tidies for trunking 😂

[@sdm3447]

This is what I can't understand.

[@Kalus_Saxon]

@@sdm3447 strong independent woman…. Without a clue..😂

[@sdm3447]

To be fair, I don't think it's down to sex or gender, I've seen a biological male who identifies as such, who fitted a black flex to a window ledge and then painted it white. If only white flex was made and sold. Oh, hang on... @@Kalus_Saxon

[@lilseezy8123]

No way she needed help putting cables in pvc KEK

[@sam.p12345]

It would have been neater without the trunking if anything.

[@HenryOCarmichaelSmith]

rough

[@Mainly_Electrical]

😂

[@HenryOCarmichaelSmith]

@@Mainly_Electrical lol

[@Mainly_Electrical]

@@HenryOCarmichaelSmith 👍💪⚡️

[@theforgottengamer128]

mate don't you have a pencil ?! watched some of your videos and you don't have a SDS/impact?! just using a combi drill 🤨

[@Capandoveralls]

A combi drill will do every job if I was parked 10-15 minutes from the van I'd take my combi drill too

[@tilidie5272]

sds or impact for drilling a one inch hole in wall?? what world are you living in

[@1992jamo]

@@tilidie5272 What do you mean? Try drilling an engineering brick without SDS

[@tilidie5272]

use the hammer setting on a drill? its a flimsy bit of trunking you dont need an sds @@1992jamo

[@1992jamo]

@@tilidie5272 Yeah I agree, hammer setting on drill is fine for this type of stuff. But if you did need to go through engineering brick, you'd be there for an hour with melted drill bits. I love my SDS drill, but it's only used when I actually need it.

[@grahampayne8376]

I’ve seen worse nice readings

[@lawrencer25]

Funny to watch . Reminded me of the Dark ages or the stone age 😂😂😂😂 She can build a wall , but cant put a silly bit of trunking up 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ Hope you didn't charge her for this ? The job shouid have taken , no longer than 15 minutes and thats going slow 🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴😂