Aren't kitchen fitters great!
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Kitchen fitting normally equals quick fit pre-set price and time scale. So no allowance for good workmanship. Or any anomilies.Doc H.
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Are you sure the fitter hasn't considered this and cut the right hand screw head off and Araldited it onto the face plate? :coat
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Angle grinder or Fein........... :coat
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If there was a sparky involved then i would 50% blame hime for not double checking the placements
its not rocket science
its not rocket science
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The switch has been there years, no electrics touched during refit, just new style of units and upgrade of appliances. No the screw is still holding it to back box and no access to screw. The electrician, my mate, was only called in after to look at addition of LED lighting.
Actually it's not as bad as it looks, the lower trim under the cupboard should only be held by a couple of screws down through the unit.
Undo those and that trim will come off exposing the whole of the screw.
Undo those and that trim will come off exposing the whole of the screw.
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Your too trusting of kitchen fitters everything is made better with extra grab adhesive is mosts motto
hang on a minute here,
maybe the kitchen was fitted by an electrician,
he might have his partP, so that MUST make him an electrician,!
lots of people think having done a short course and having a partP 'qualification' makes them a spark. :slap
maybe the kitchen was fitted by an electrician,
he might have his partP, so that MUST make him an electrician,!
lots of people think having done a short course and having a partP 'qualification' makes them a spark. :slap
maybe its just me, but whenever it comes to kitchens.. if electrics are being altered, the cabinet positions should be worked out.. then electrics planned around those positions so that the cables dont interfere with cabinet fixings and the accessories are the correct distances from hobs and sinks and put into place before any cabinets are even fixed into place.
if electrics arent being altered then surely cabinets should be planned around existing electrics? so this kind of thing doesnt happen.. a narrower cabinet would of been better, and if this is the kind of thing going on, whats to say that accessories are ending up too close to sinks and hobs?
electrics should really come first when planning, if they arent being altered.. if they are altered then electrics should be planned and installed after cabinet planning but before installation surely that makes sense?
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Kitchen replacements are also a good time to upgrade the bonding to the water pipe if required (where located in kitchen as often is), but ive seen in the past this goes completely ignored also yet its the only sensible and easy way of doing it in this situation where an isolating valve is located in the kitchen.
not just kitchen fitters though that do this.. I have also seen a fitted bedroom built over the top of a light switch located next to the doorframe.
if electrics arent being altered then surely cabinets should be planned around existing electrics? so this kind of thing doesnt happen.. a narrower cabinet would of been better, and if this is the kind of thing going on, whats to say that accessories are ending up too close to sinks and hobs?
electrics should really come first when planning, if they arent being altered.. if they are altered then electrics should be planned and installed after cabinet planning but before installation surely that makes sense?
---------- Post Auto-Merged at 18:29 ---------- Previous post was made at 18:24 ----------
Kitchen replacements are also a good time to upgrade the bonding to the water pipe if required (where located in kitchen as often is), but ive seen in the past this goes completely ignored also yet its the only sensible and easy way of doing it in this situation where an isolating valve is located in the kitchen.
not just kitchen fitters though that do this.. I have also seen a fitted bedroom built over the top of a light switch located next to the doorframe.
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"a narrower cabinet would of been better"
No need, he could have just fitted the wall unit 2" higher
No need, he could have just fitted the wall unit 2" higher
they could have, but depends on if they was following any guidelines... cabinet heights have guideline heights set by the manufacturer you are "supposed to follow" to account for different height people.
like cooker hoods.. most people fit them at any height, but building regulations specify a height above the worktop for them.
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like cooker hoods.. most people fit them at any height, but building regulations specify a height above the worktop for them.
Part F Ventillation
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