Crews got caught in hanging cables apparently, all surface mounted pvc trunking.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35516051
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35516051
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The pictures don't look good,,,, but why wasn't that mentioned in the article??
No idea, it was on the local news this evening.
Lessons were learnt post the Shirley towers job though, so cutting away is now practiced...........even so it must be in the back of every crew members mind when they get a tower job.
Lessons were learnt post the Shirley towers job though, so cutting away is now practiced...........even so it must be in the back of every crew members mind when they get a tower job.
Was it a dodgy 3 phase mcb on the shower? :slap
Just because they change the rules doesn't make the problem go away!
They need some of these:
Just because they change the rules doesn't make the problem go away!
They need some of these:
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This highlights a major problem with flats like that. No access to any ceiling void, so any rewire or addition can only reasonably be done with surface trunking or conduit.
How long before the next amendment says you have to change the CU for a metal one before you can do any alterations?
How long before the next amendment says you have to change the CU for a metal one before you can do any alterations?
Wasn't far wrong... 
...was just remembering the whole estate where the supplies were re done in SWA by chimps: round the door frames and along the wall all on the suface/ plastic clips.
Although they probably wouldn't move it looked rough as a badgers ....
...was just remembering the whole estate where the supplies were re done in SWA by chimps: round the door frames and along the wall all on the suface/ plastic clips.
Although they probably wouldn't move it looked rough as a badgers ....
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