Still Working at half ten at night and STILL recording and setting up cameras. That is one committed man right there!

Nice nod to BigClive! 😆

Hello Thomas Been watching your videos for a couple of months now and you remind me of myself 10 years ago. It’s good to see someone who does a quality job, and also someone who would prefer to walk away from a job rather than do half a job because the customer won’t pay for it. I was lucky to get out of the domestic game by taking over a company that we used to sub contract for, that had large commercial and industrial contracts. One tip mate, up you if you take it, I stopped using capping in my 20s, got fed up with smacking my fingers or time consuming drill and plug, and still running risk of damaging cables with the drill, I started using oval conduit and crampets, we used to bend the crampets over because they are designed for round conduit, drill a 5.5hole and use the bolster end in the SDS to hammer them in, I found it massively quicker, a better job, and only a little bit more expensive Keep up the good work Cheers Colin

I’ve really grown to love your videos. I do the job everyday but more commercial and industrial, have had enough by the time I’m home, and then I find myself 1 hour in to your videos. Keep up the vids dude 👍🏻

I’ve been in electrician business for 15 years but still love watching your videos as every day is a school day theirs always something you can improve on . So thanks 👍 keep it up bud

11pm finish on a Friday. The side people dont see to been self employed 👍

Honestly the way you present and explain is awesome and clearly you love what you do

Great video. Haven't you thought about getting a wall chaser? You can make 2 runs to get a wide channel, connect it to a dust extractor, much cleaner than a grinder.

Using a wall chaser and hoover is way much easier and virtually dust free. Also I use 20mm galv couplers and short reach brass bushes between boxes, looks neater after tiling and keeps multiple joined boxes level. Likibg the vids, gives a real insight into the work that goes in that is hidden that nobody sees after the finish 👍

Brilliant vlogs, the commitment to filming throughout a long day is commendable!

Yes ! We wanna watch another video Thomas !! No doubts !! Absolutely interesting stuff you've been telling and the blog itself !!!

Try using tapcons! All you have to do is prettily your hole and drive them in, they work extremely well on all kinds of masonry, even brick and concrete slabs

Thanks for the update buddy realy Like your videos. Self just got in apprenticeship to become electrician here in Canada this most rewarding job you can have and having electricians like you is the best thing we can have and people like you showing others that not all electricians are assholes lol wish more electricians are like you to deliver the best job every time cheers

Oh my god an electrician who tidys up after himself !!!

That fucking intro! I spat my tea on my keyboard and laughed so hard.

I'm not an electrician, or anything to do with manual labouring, however, I love watching these vlogs! Keep it up Thomas!

Great job

One of your best Thomas. Cross cuts on the chasing - nice idea. It seems to give big lumps of rubble and quicker to clear up which seems to take too much of the day. Kitchen diagrams on the walls - again nice idea. Less chance of an error on those late nights. Takes some dedication to still set up for filming at 11o'clock. Enjoy Paris.

Soo I'm not even an electrician (for about three months I was an apprentice though) but I do find your videos really enjoyable to watch. Plus I learn all kinds of new and useful stuff for when I do some stuff around the house (don't worry I do know what I'm doing xP)

Its always fun to watch building in other countries, heck even different areas with vastly different building codes. Here in Texas everything is wood stick frame, and easy to wire. Want a box here or there, no problem. There it seems you don't want the guy to come back and say well we need it 5" over to the left and up two inches. Lots of time to prep and remove the block to get a box where you need it.

I rarely subscribe to channels but Thomas, I have to yours. Well filmed, well articulated, well presented and well done. The comments below are also very informative. Ta lad.

Tommas you should invest in a chasing machine with the hoover to connect to it,well worth it no more dust and cuts the chases out perfectly and much quicker than a grinder.

Wall dogs or tap cons! Not to sure if they have them in the uk but well used over here in canada! They save a lot of time and hold tight on brick, block, concrete or whatever else!

Keep up the good work Tom. Thanks also for the advice regarding socket placement under the corner cupboard.

Love the nod to big Clive

You earned your money that day.... no changing light bulbs or swapping out fire extinguishers

U r the man nagz...

If you have a loose fixing and not biting sufficiently enough due to an enlarged hole when drilling with an sds still, perhaps try buying a few packs of Fischer ‘wet n fix’ plug fixings. Very handy and get you out the sh7t at times!

Haha! My two favourite channels, yours and Big Clive's!

Nice video, I am recently started and done a lot of work sort of start 8:00 , finish 21:30 and at the end Lanlord didn’t want to pay the full price, he said 300 a day is what you guys normally earn

Thomas you are great electrician and entertainer =] probably first in uk or on YT who is showing work ! Your channel will grow fast ! It is always nice to watch you . I appreciate your time here and to put this videos together. PS = Get yourself a grinder with vacuum attachment and vacuum the jobsite , you and video will be much cleaner =] Great work !

I like your channel. It shows me the practical side of C&G 2330, part 1, I was unable to follow up. Big Clive is good. Long live the explosion containment pie dish. Both of you bring order out of disorder.

Loved the intro as I do remember that video from bigclive I think it was last year. Fitting way for the end of these Easter bunnies

Just seen you on city road, in joy watching your videos,

Kitchen fitters gonna love you with the conduit on the floor!

You are just so entertaining. Keep up the good work

Thumbs up just for the intro 👌😂

If only we had used grinders back when I was on work experience in 2000. All we had was chasing chisels, we did have a "chasing machine" but that was very noisy and a pain to use so was rarely ever used on a job. Seeing you use a grinder and an SDS drill makes it look sooooo much easier.....and faster to chase.

Haha, at first I thought I had loaded a Big Clive video by mistake, especially since he uploaded one like 20 minutes before you.

That’s awesome to know!!! That trick for the concrete. Thank you

It's a bit different from over here on the mainland. We use PVC-conduit (usually 16 or 19mm), bend it and route in through the wall. Then we install all the required (seperate) wires, L(1,2,3), N, PE, light switch wire etc.

Great videos love watching them and very informative, keep them coming.

Hey tom love your videos maybe a little suggestion as I've done it myself over the last year. offer to fit one 3 or 6 way grid switch for appliances saves alot of time on 1st fix and 2nd fix plus you can charge a little extra and looks nicer tucked up in a cupboard also use 25mm oval conduit instead of capping a screw either site holds it in place plus less chance damaging a cable great vid 👍

The way I do it capping no screws or nails just bond them in one u done the chase no messing round injuries to u self

For stuff that isn't getting touched much and plastered I hit it with a tiny masonry bit and fire a large gauge screw in, deep threads and something smaller than the threads but bigger than the shank. It's still drilling but means put it on, drill screw rather than marking out for plugs. It's a solid enough job but won't take knocks as well as plugged holes do.

Top work again Shame more sparks don't work like your self

That was one long hard days work on your own fair play, love the videos

Good job, it always pays off.

I only found you from BigClive and I'm hooked.love your channel.. Which reminds me I love your channel. Sorry could help myself.

Capping nails and screws each have their place with capping. We don't use capping much any more, because cutting slightly deeper for a 20mm pvc conduit run is easier... and you can use crampets to hold it back. Plus you gain 'easy rewire in 40 yrs time' (which doesn't bother US, but the clients usually like the attention to detail)

Sounds like you have got a cold coming on Tom. Have a great break. See on the next one

Impressive work ethic.

Chases for sockets! Mate get yourself a Matabo wall chaser and hoover. 25mm oval conduit in wall hold it in place with a couple of screws with penny washers.. a lot less work a dust

I love it in the morning when your in the van talking 😂

Good job quality work

Nagy i like you’re videos definitely different than in the states where we go by the National Electrical Code

Tapcon screws work excellent. Drill a hole and they screw directly into the concrete, and you don’t have to use the read shield

Recently discoverd this channel, very entertaining and high quality content keep it up!

Nice video showing the downside of working for yourself and the messy side of the trade. Interested to know how you mark out the levels for points beforehand? I was taught to take 2 points, preferably corners and then use a chalk line to mark across the wall to get a level line to use for backboxes that is even around the room, its rare you can simply measure up as the floor will always be uneven somewhere, with laser levels its easier now but you still need a accurate base point to measure from.

that intro gets my like ;)

Best intro yet!

Enjoy your holiday, It sure is well deserved!! Keep up the good work :D

also, get all your boxes cut out, and stick em in level and true with one coat plaster. The next day you can plug and screw them, super simple.

enjoying the videos and i have nothing but admiration for the way you cope with city parking.. one critique though, you should seriously consider using grid switches instead of a whole family of fused spurs taking up half the kitchen wall.. i actually use your vids to show my employees how professional a tidy van and neat appearance comes across.. gary

Finally got a new light yay

Get masonry nails for your capping, or the pins of cable clips are really good as well

Try 20 or 25mm oval conduit with a wall chaser and vacuum extraction.... Neater, quicker, easier, less dust.... Only ever used capping with dot n dab not with chased finished existing walls. Keep up the good work

Good to see the proper PPE in use. You need to protect your health every way you can. Silicosis can be a bitch.

Your work very well

Yeah... this seems like my kind of channel. Looking forward learning all about the odd little differences between a UK sparky's work and the stuff that I do here in Australia. (Also subbed for the Big Clive shoutout). :)

Great one Tom!

Great watching the install! Pick up a dust extractor tho mate,save your lungs and the clean up time afterwards

Excellent video mate!

Hah! This video came up in my list right after a BigClive video. I love it.

Love this channel

Hammer-in plugs work well, for dense bricks. You still have to drill the hole, but they still save a few steps.

Metabo wall chaser-real quality bit of kit -matched with a Bosch Gas extractor = no dust.

Good video tom I love the start

Your best intro yet :-) Love your videos

You can't not like the legend that is Big Clive.

Re kitchen work top heights. As a cabinetmaker/cum handy man/time served industrial electrician.... I think about aesthetics and proportion. One of the most commonly proportioning ratios used is the Golden Mean. For an 8-foot ceiling (96"/2400mm), the golden mean is 3 and 5, which is why 36” (3’/915mm) cabs inc worktops look and feel right. Wall cabs mount at 60” (5’/1524mm) at their lowest height. Finished height of cabinet should be 34.25" (870mm) with 1.75" (45mm) worktops. The backsplash area is ideally 18" high and I mount my sockets on a 6"(150mm centre line - centre of box is 150mm from work top) centre line - this if you are lucky ties in with tiling as well. So if you bear these dimensions in mind, or better still make your self a story stick,,, you with a little help never come a cropper, honest, well at least not until you start to cut plaster, when miraculously all bets are off.

Save screws and money by using red plugs and clout nails. That's what I do when using steel capping. The clout nails slide easily into the red plugs and fix firmly. You can use yellow plugs, which are probably better, but I never have any yellow plugs :)

Hey thomas the big clive sent me this way and im sub now, just to let you know as you said in your vid a fridge or freezer should be on a 13amp supply not 5amp they have a high start up current and can blows fuses after a while all plug top on them will come with a 13amp hope that helps

I always work to size of tile 900 worktop plus size of tiles and either put bottom or middle of box on grout line

Good video Tom !

+1 for the big Clive reference (and you make awesome videos)

@ 6.53 just looking at the cables coming down from capping, which runs alone the top of the first Duel box and underneath second Duel box into right hand compartment, my preference is to run the cables through the first box then second box so you can get to those cables and there are not plastered into the fabric of the walls ....just in case

Drywall scews will bite really well into the cement joint! Saves so much time not having to drill for plugs for the capping. Give it a go ;)

10:56 Excellent choice in music... 👌👌👌👍👍👍

Watching a pixie wrangler is weirdly entertaining.

quick way too cap in a dense wall or clip a cable, works either way is to "borrow" some longer wider nails from the carpenters and drill your red plugs in and bang a nail into the plug it works very well! not much quicker but tends to be easier.

You should invest in a Makita wall chase and the dust extractor best thing we have bought for a while. You can chase with 0 dust. Not cheap but definitely good.

Best start. Ever 😂😂

More videos please. From Arizona

For christ's sake Thomas, get yourself a chase cutter, they're not very expensive, my Erbauer is fine. You can do several side by side vertical cuts in seconds to do the wider chases with very little dust. I would also suggest you get a decent rubber respirator, paper ones are never much good in my experience. Absolutely love your vids, always look forward to them. I'm a bathroom installer so I understand a lot of your trials and tribulations!! have a great break.

YESSS!! Good times..

good video to start the day.....

I'd recommend pan head Dewalt Walldogs for fixing boxes; ø4.0mm drill bit for soft, ø5.0mm for hard brick then wind 'em in. No need for a Rawl plug either so one less operation to perform and no need to keep removing things to drill holes

Rest in pieces, Mr Tibbles. May your chocolatey goodness be remembered, now that you have joined Mr Bun-Buns in Easter Bunny Heaven. Amen.

HILTI nail gun......powder actuated......shoots nails with washers (washer is there so that it stops the nail from going all the way into the base material) through steel sheet into brick/concrete/steel.