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I wired my Dad's garage when I was 18. Ten years on it still works perfectly and has passed inspection. This video should be titled "Why do incompetent people think it's ok to wire up a garage or shed?"

Because people are sick of being ripped off by so called tradesmen. They just don’t trust them anymore. Then good tradesman loose out.

Last video: ‘I charge 90 odd quid an hour’ This video: ‘I can’t understand why people do their own electrics’ Not trolling, just thought it was funny.

I guess I did mine because I watch lots of these videos and enjoyed doing it. Learned new skills, saved some money and did the job exactly the way I wanted, I put a larger consumer unit thanI needed, I put a ring circuit in and some loops for additional sockets to easily expand. I ran cat 6a in as well for WiFi AP and security cameras. DIY doesn't mean a dodgy job anymore. Plenty of vids online, pocket handbook from amazon. Finally it's MY fuking shed and I take pride in my space. THAT's why it's OK!

Had to laugh that Jordan put a compression gland on the outside socket and left the T&E exposed to sunlight rather than extending the conduit Next time he turns up at the same property he will look at that socket and ask why DIYers think it’s ok not to protect all the cable from the elements

I avoid having ANY tradesmen in my house. I have learned how to do things for myself over the years. Unfortunately there are too many tradesmen who treat customers like cash cows.

For every bad DIY'er there is a bad trades person. I love your vids but trust me not every DIY'er is bad. I have done a lot of remedial work in my house, plus wiring up my workshop. Trust me, it is nothing like what you have found. I have even invested in an IR tester, know how to use a multi-meter for testing and have even invested in the Napit on site solutions book and have studied what I need to know to do the work correctly. Why don't I get an electrician out? First the cost, but actually more importantly I make it my business to know how stuff works in my house, and I set high standards for work that I only really trust myself to do. My day job (IT consultant) requires this and is in my nature. You have also got to realise that electricians putting out videos on KZfaq also encourages people to try for themselves. In the main this is good because you set a high standard, but some people wont or can't translate that into the work they do.

Why constantly bash the DIY'ers, i've seen a lot of "professional" installations done worse than that!

One very good reason for the DIY approach is the serious dearth of tradesmen actually willing to do 'small' jobs. I have a small unit it my garage, 1 x 16a + 1 x 6a MCB, supposedly installed by a qualified electrician. It dangles from the armoured cable and randomly trips out when I use the mitre saw or table saw and the cabling is an absolute disgrace. I couldn't even get an electrician to come out and quote . Different matter when it came to needing a new consumer unit and some major rewiring for the house. While they were out to look at that I had them look at the garage and asked for a quote to include installing the main unit, the rewiring and additional sockets associated with a new kitchen installation AND improving the garage set up. I was given a price, which I double-checked included all the above which they said it did. Received a call saying they had some capacity the following morning and out they came to install the new mains unit. That was all they did, no rewiring, no additional sockets and, beyond a refresher of what needed doing, nothing in the garage, which they said they would do when they came to wire up the kitchen but could I pay them now for the job? In cash? With such short notice, I didn't have the full amount readily available but emptied my wallet to pay them something 'on account'. Few weeks later, another call with notice of sudden availability and back they came. Despite detailed print outs of the proposed kitchen layout taped to the walls of an otherwise empty room, they cut an ugly channel in the wrong place that required so much plaster that it took three weeks to dry out, they've installed some sockets so high that they'll end up behind the wall cabinets and they left with sockets hanging off the wall, no lights and the garage still to be looked at. They were due back nearly four weeks ago to 'finish off' but still haven't shown up. Qualified and Professional are NOT the same thing by any means.

Another DIY bashing video. I suppose you get contractors in to do all your non-electrical work. Instead of having a dig all the time what about providing some education. You have an opportunity here to guide the future DIYs down the right path.

Same reason they fix their own car, cut their own logs or own a ladder. There are trade lobbyists wanting to ban those things too. The conflict between making people responsible for their own wealth and then banning them from living without it is unsustainable. As wealth inequality grows, laws must be relaxed and the poor must take risks, because they will anyway when they run out of choices.

I'm a DIY'er, I'd be offended at the pejorative use of the term, but it's entertaining watching crap work rants, and it educates viewers what not to do! I also think it has to be understood that those doing their own work vary from perfectly competent people to the downright stupid. The DIY work produced will span that range. The same as electricians will span the range from the conscientious to those cutting corners to make a profit or get to the pub. I'm sure many a cowboy spark has his/her work dismissed as that of a DIYer, and I'm sure many a decent DIYer is never identified as such because the work is of decent quality. Keep on ranting, as it's entertaining

I called out a ‘qualified professional’ to wire up my garden pond distribution board via a junction box terminating the SWA direct burial cable and to install the other end on the main distribution board. I watched him try and squeeze everything into a junction box that was clearly too small, he then terminated the distribution end onto another breaker. Advised me to go and buy my own 15A breaker and swap the cable over myself after I fitted the new breaker into the distribution board! Took the money and left. I was just glad to see the back of him. I fitted the breaker myself. Checked it! Went to the pond end opened the junction box he had fitted to test the earth and surprise surprise the earth was loose. Then you want to know why amateurs feel they can wire their own stuff up. Well I agree, botching the job is not acceptable, but this amateur did a far better job than the professional who took my money. I used all the correct glands for SWA, earthed everything, put it on it’s own circuit and tested everything. I now have peace of mind that the job is safe, unlike when the professional left it with a loose earth. Please, don’t tar every amateur with the same brush. Some of us are very safety conscious.

If people aren't expected to do their own electrics why can you walk into B&Q / Screwfix / Wilko and buy all the sockets, cables, MCB, and everything else they all sell ? Because nobody is going to pay you to come over and change a single light switch or fit a bulb in the loft unless they have money to burn.

Don’t assume that all people who DIY electrics don’t know what they are doing. I have worked as an electrical engineer for 40 years. I am not qualified to do domestic electrics. But I know my stuff. Don’t pigeon hole everybody. I have found many examples of dodgy electrics carried out by ‘Qualified Electricians’ in my own home than I care to think about.

This video feels like it was put up to hate on DIYers. Shoddy workmanship is not the sole domain of DIYers and implying it is is disingenuous in my onion. I usually like your vids Jordan but this one is disappointing.

Not all electricians are as scrupulous as you. I had to rectify THEIR work.

Am I alone in being slightly bemused that within seconds of hating on DIYers, you knock out the entry ports to the back box with pliers and do absolutely nothing e.g. with a file, to dress up the really jagged edges that result?

There's people out there that aren't what you call qualified electricians but know a damn sight more about electricity and electronics than what you do!!!!!!

I think what leads amateurs into doing small wiring works in sheds/garages is occasionally the frustration of trying to get a professional to quote/turn up to do what’s of a small low cost job. While there’s a scarcity of skilled tradesmen I can’t see this changing anytime soon.

I like how your sticking up for your staff by blaming the tools. I have a fluke and Kewtech and they are both great test meters. It’s ok to say “human error” Jordan.

Got a bit of mixed feelings on the “ridiculous gland and silicone” bodge on the switch and then seeing you installing that brittle shite box with the cables through the knockouts only.. 🥴

I agree with Neil Roberts review, it cost me £390 to have a 30amp Commando socket on the back wall of my house so I could run a welder and plasma cutter, the cable from the fuse box was no more than 10 foot and he wasn’t here more than 2 hours, as Neil said in your last video you told us you earned £90 an hour and then in this video you say you can’t understand why people think it’s ok to install there own power to there sheds and here’s me thinking your clever, one last thought, if I called you tomorrow and asked you to come and change a light switch would you turn up, I don’t think so because it obviously wouldn’t be worth it to you hence the reason why there will always be DIYers.

My dad told me that Electrician’s were failed ballet dancers ! But love the videos ! Brian

I personally would quickly run a small file around the back box holes to reduce the sharp edges. An extra minute for a more professional job.

The flip side of the coin is when I needed an EICR the spark insisted on changing the CU and moving the light fittings. After all that messing around I had to fix his bodge ups myself and he'd somehow missed the one serious fault, a cable joint that you could hear arcing under the floorboards. So although I'll acknowledge when I'm out of my depth I'll do whatever I can by myself.

Well Jord, I dunno how oumch of this youve read but that video certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons!!! You've offeended all the DIYers who watch your channel!

People might be less inclined to do their own electrics if they didn't get extorted £96.00 an hour , try that for size

Cost is part of the answer, availability is also part of the answer. Obviously the counter argument is always safety etc. A lot of these things are organic, adding one spurred socket in a garage and then another one a couple of years later and so on. Trying to find tradespeople to do little jobs is hard, often near impossible, and the ones who will turn up for a £50 job are often either freshly qualified (nothing wrong with that!) or shoddy - often people would be safer finding a competent mate to do it!

It was not so long ago you did some plumbing are you a qualified plumber

Taking some licks on this one lad.

Your having a mare jord love your content mate but you slagging the back of diy then using a non pvc back box just going to crack again time after time 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

My interpretation of a professional is "I charge a lot and ain't too good." I've always done all my own electrics, plumbing AND gas. My friend called me recently to help a qualified electrician who couldn't find several faults that had been introduced by him. An inability to think in logical steps to find faults meant he couldn't track down the problems. I also have to help a plumber friend to sort out boiler problems. I find many "qualified" people are actually incompetent and downright dangerous. I'll continue to do my own stuff as it's cheaper and I know I can trust it. My young friend who I've been mentoring in mechanical repairs, build a shed with his dad. The lad wired up all the electrics and installed the 6mm armoured cabling. He got a qualified electrician to inspect it and the electrician said it was some of the best work he'd seen. The lad had never done it before but common sense prevailed. WHY do people think it's OK to wire up their own garage or shed?! Because we're not all as stupid as you imply!

I always used a junior hacksaw and a file on those surface mount pattress boxes, even the MK and Crabtree ones. Found that usually saved a trip back to the van.

So... I'm not qualified, I'm pure DIY. I do my own electrics and plumbing. Things I don't touch - Consumer Unit, I got a spark in to do that - but someone I know and trust, he had no issues with me installing a new circuit for my garage (20A radial) with the tails left for him to terminate in the new CU. He also understood my logic for leaving the old redundant Immersion circuit in place (I had already converted it to a socket) to allow expansion if we wanted a loft conversion in the future. On the plumbing side I don't touch Gas. Again I got a guy in that I know and trust to swap my boiler. So whilst being a DIY'er I label myself as a competent amateur. I've seen shoddy electrical work completed by professionals - next door had their garden landscaped the professional spark that came in to do the outside lights ran T&E along the TOP of the fence clipped direct. The professional spark that the bathroom fitters at my nans got in obviously saw the neat and tidy rewireable - original to the house, didn't have the required RCD protection for the replacement shower circuit and bathroom lighting circuit, so instead of splitting the supply and putting a sub board in he ripped out the old and installed a Denmans monstrosity with a knife and fork. No paperwork, no test certificate and a 32A breaker labeled as (?)..... It's ok though because he registered it with building regs under his CPS....

I helped a friend at the weekend who'd just moved in to a new house - apparently the previous owner had proudly showed off the wiring to the shed he did, which my friend recognised would need ripping out and starting again (T&E clipped the length of the fence fully exposed to UV etc). In ripping it out we discovered he'd managed to run it off the downstairs lighting circuit!

Wrong question. WHY, when people wire up their own garage or shed, don't they do it properly?

That type of exterior socket cover is very similar to what's called a "weatherproof while in use" cover in the US. That type of cover is required on new exterior sockets, either in newly-built houses or in retrofits for existing houses. Ones labeled "extra duty" have an extra-large bubble cover to handle transformers or loops of thick power cables.

Really like watching these videos. I moved into a house where some of the garden electrics used standard white junction boxes. No glands. Edges wrapped with normal electrical tape. Presumably to "waterproof" them 😆

The arrogance is staggering. You're an Electrician buddy, not a rocket scientist.

Jordan I hate to say it , but a lot of workmanship we s.ee in videos is done by presumably qualified electricians.

To be honest, while 90% of DIY electrics isn’t up to scratch and the people undertaking it it probably should not be doing it. There is also a small percentage of people who are competent and qualified who are quite capable and still not allowed because they don’t belong to one of the money making schemes...which prohibit them from doing odd job here and there within their own home and getting it signed off properly.

We think it is OK because is just isn't that hard. The key is knowing the codes, and following the rules.

they think it's okay because the parts are dirt cheap but labour costs are absolutely outrageous.

3:20 Or your tester isn’t working correctly? Need to get all four of you guys together and have your testers make a majority vote :-)

I wired my shed with light and power around 15 years ago. No problems

I’ve seen worse from electricians. I do not think your solution of a plastic back box for the SFU and feeding the cables through knock outs was overly impressive either.

My experience when trying to employ “professional” tradesmen is that they don’t answer emails or return phone calls. I prefer to construct an email with a summary of what needs done along with photos of the relevant areas and as much relevant info as possible and invite a visit. But if I send the same email to 3 tradesmen I’m lucky if I get a single response never mind a decent quote. Maybe they can tell from my email that I know what I’m talking about (I’m an electronics engineer), and prefer to deal with people who are more naive, but the net result is that I tend to just do most things myself. I’ve been maintaining and repairing my own vehicles for 35 years and honestly don’t see why competent DIY car maintenance is okay but competent DIY electrical work isn’t. Is a 2 ton car travelling at 70MPH less dangerous than 230V mains? Speaking of which - on one of the few times that I got a “proper” garage to change a clutch for me, the mechanic didn’t tighten the bolts holding the brake calipers to the hub and handed the car over to my wife to drive home with our 3 young kids. When I got home that night my wife told me the car was making a funny clunking noise and when I looked at it I found the brake caliper hanging by a few threads of a single bolt, the other bolt having already fallen out. I actually went to the garage owner’s house that night and read him the riot act but I’ve never trusted anyone to work on a car of mine since. Any trade can be done so badly that it becomes a threat to life and in my view the person(s) with the greatest incentive to avoid such an outcome is the person(s) who live every day with that risk. Of course, you need to have the education and the equipment but assuming you have that, and you aren’t running against the clock trying to make a profit or get to your next client, isn’t it at least possible that a competent DIY’er can do a good job? A commercial electrician needs to be able to handle anything they might come across in domestic or commercial electrics but a DIY’er only needs so know their own house. Anyway, I know you can’t encourage DIY electrical work but I’m sure you also know that there are plenty of DIY’ers out there who can do a better job than many professional electricians. That said I have no doubt that the best time-served electrician will always be better than the best DIY electrician but it all depends on whether they can be bothered replying to your quote request!

People there's two categories of DIY. 1# General DIY with some idea what they want to accomplish. Lacking tools, know-how and not using proper materials. 2# DIY enthusiast who will do planning, research of tools/materials/knowhow... before starting any work and realising when to call in professional help. Same goes for trades: #1 comes in and slaps everything together leaving the mess behind. tries to charge for something that's not broken and doesn't need replacing. Sadly had to deal with some car mechanics, plumbers and gas engineers in this category. #2 is honest and does tidy work, makes suggestions and doesn't write off stuff (be it a CU or boiler) Yet to meet one like that. Hopefully that will be soon and won't let go of that person/company 😅

Not hating I promise like your work, but some DIYers are better certainly neater than some electricians also did you not do some plumbing recently? also do you get a decorator/plumber/car service / decking at every opportunity it comes to money my advice if your out of your depth hand over to a professional but a single socket new light sorry I am more than capable btw not hating you just asked the question 😀😀

most eletricians want a week pay for a days work thats why people do it themselfs, And other so called tradesman are all the same,

No need to stereotype. Some DIY people do it properly and check what needs to be done and how. I guess you rarely see/notice the good DIY jobs as they're indistinguishable from an electricians work (in appropriate cases ofc). What is inexcusable is DIY done wrong, or fitters etc (who the owner implicitly trusts) doing a bad job

Super. Here it is totally legal to wire your own house, shed, pool, garage, outhouse, silo, and barn as long as you get a permit and have it inspected. 💙 T.E.N.

I’m no pro, but uuuurgh- knockouts on back boxes, I use a dremel for nice round and smooth entries.

I've had three different so called qualified electricians in my house to carry out work and each time i've asked for a full, not sampled, E.I.C.R to be completed. Each electrician criticised the previous electricians work and stated that an E.I.C.R could not have been completed correctly on the previous occasion. To make matters worse post all 3 visits i found loose cables in sockets, incorrect gauge wiring being used, earth wires in the lighting circuit disconnected or cut off, incorrect mcb used in the cooker circuit (when taking into account diversity) wires stretched diagonally across walls, without shielding, faulty 30mA RCD, socket cable tails cut too short, live bare copper protruding from the back of socket cable grips, no grommets used in metal back boxes. Heck the qualified electrician fitted a second consumer unit into the back of the first consumer unit, no Henley blocks used to split the feed etc. etc. A fool is a fool, so called qualified or not. Similarly I had a (notifiable change to building in the uk) new roof fitted by a master roofer, brilliant job completed. The man from the council turned up just as the job was completed, stood on the pavement (didn't even speak to the roofer) and said to me, as I was about to get in my car, "that looks okay" he then got into his car and drove off. I later received a £235 bill from the council for his inspection. All in all this competent person business is a scam, as are building control visits, neither guarantee good or competent workmanship. No I'm not an electrician, just a heck of a lot more competent than the so called qualifed certified ones that I've had the misfortuneto use, at least I bother to read the regulations.

Found this channel only recently, I'm currently trying to work out how my house is wired up. Currently all the lights upstairs are supposed to be on a radial circuit but are on a ring effectively but only only cable to the fuseboard. Only thing I've done is added loft lights by extending existing wiring. The circuit appears to have been installed as a complete circle instead of a radial.

Nice work as always Jordan, I do like your practicality. Kewtechs are pretty good, I still rate the fluke, Megger, metrel MFTs. Maybe the new tech just needs calibration. But it highlights the need to check tools for correct operational usage.

Keep the good work up, absolutely brilliant

It's perfectly OK to wire your own garage or shed if you are not a qualified electrician. People just need to educate themselves and do a proper job, following regulations. At least in countries where it's legal to do so because your installation is controlled by a qualified electrician or certification authority afterward. There are many resources online such as your channel to help do it right, there are books, trainings, explanations of the regulations, etc. I was out of France for a dozen years, and when I came back, I had some serious catching up with NF C 15-100 regulation to do, although its latest (fifth) amendment is quite old now, 2015. But yeah, this garage setup is horrible. In France, you'd have to use PVC-like rigid tubing for such external cables for extra protection. Cables with just the sleeve protection are not allowed, and cables with a flexible sheath are allowed only behind wallboards or in ceilings, for instance. I made my own consumer unit with cement and fiberglass so I could insert it into an internal wall, 2 hinges for the door, 1 x 1-meter long slotted DIN rail (€1.96) cut in 4 rails of 14 modules each fixed with a few screws and insulating washers, 1 x 15-connector green ground terminal block (€5.52), 2 x 7-connector blue and grey neutral and live terminal blocks (2x€3.00) that clip on a DIN rail, and a 2mm thick sheet of polycarbonate (€7.70) to let only the used modules accessible. Total cost: *€21* instead of €90 or €84 for a 4-row x 13-module Schneider or Legrand (I already had cement, screws, hinges, etc.). I used 2 other DIN rails for the communications panel, 1 for the clipsable RJ45 inputs from the television antenna and internet box, one below for the clipsable RJ45 outputs that go to the different room sockets. I did install a surge protector (Legrand, €84.55), as power outages are rather frequent here, although the local surge level does not make it mandatory. I plan on adding a battery and trickle charger to serve lighting, the computer, the Internet box, the NAS, USB chargers and the alarm system in case of a power outage, but I am not there yet.

Great Job!! You found wiring not correct. You fixed it. Thumb up!! Cheer!!

I've just rewired my garage, and in the back of my mind I was thinking "Would Jordan approve of my work?"

Always enjoy your videos. There is always something new to learn . Cheers

I'm an American who does my own electrical work when it doesn't involve getting under a house, but this is absolutely ludicrous. The type of mistake you'll see me make will be something like not bending conduit perfectly, not using the wrong fittings (or no fittings) or leaving a conduit flapping in the breeze. If you can't DIY the job almost properly, don't do it. I'm also surprised you'd be allowed to have cable just stapled to the wall like that. Here, you'd have to put that into a conduit (without the outer sheath because code forbids that), or use armored cable.

£90 a hour to fit a crap brittle surface box like that in a shed. And also to put a stuffing gland in a outside socket.

Do you use the square compression glands specifically for twin and earth or just the normal standard glands?

It's very easy to criticize other people work,yet I find that I sleep better at night if i walk away from a job believing that it is safe. So what if it's not in the remit? So I've tested it,I know the faults and is it gong to cost me any time and money to spend those extra 10 15 minutes on a job to salve my conscience that what I've left is safe? I'd rather give away 2 saddles,2 rawl pugs and 2 screws than sit at home at night worry about the people in a house

Good stuff! I like the way you are always so cheerful.

When I built my workshop I did all of the wiring i.e. a ring main for the wall sockets, inside and outside lighting and 240V 16 amp sockets for machinery, myself. I connected it all up with an extension lead from the house and checked that all the sockets and lights worked. Every point where a cable passed through a stud was covered with a steel plate to minimise the chance of somebody drilling into a cable. The final connection of these circuits and the armoured cable to the workshop consumer unit was done by a qualified electrician, as was the connection of the armoured cable in the house, split off from the house consumer unit. The whole setup was then tested and certified. Lets face it, installing sockets, lighting and running cables isn't exactly rocket science. When I loosened a 13 amp socket in our new, professionally wired kitchen for tiling, there were no grommets in the back box and the earth lead wasn't connected. When I managed to short out a 13 amp socket in the house after re-plastering, I couldn't isolate the socket with the relevant circuit breaker. As I recall, the electrician had left an old wire in place that connected the downstairs main to the upstairs main. I'm no expert, but I think that's what happened.

Hi Jordan, that external socket which can fit a plug in transformer is a BG WP23L

Nice job and video like always

Hi Jordan I must admit we never used those hard plastic boxes, we much preferred the ones with knockouts so you could use a compression gland . Plus if you have to drill a hole in the hard type they tend to crack . Hope you’re ok and can weather yet another stupid lockdown . Best wishes and kind regards from Mike in the U.K. 👍

I just wired my new shed. First, i planned what protection to use, A 20 amp gfci. Second, read a bit and researched some codes. So, 12-2 ufb 100ft used about 75 ft. Second complete burial of cable in gray pvc 18 " min. Split main to 4 plugs in each direction off main power entering shed. 10 total is max. Pigtailed each outlet with a very tight twist and cut to accept wire ties very tight. Used 20 amp plugs on all outlets ( not necessary on multiple outlet per circuit). All romex secured min 8 in from outlet boxes. When i open breaker box someone before me unhooked a couple of breakers and left bare wire (from old circuits) just hanging there. Clipped ends and taped . Tested gfci and reaction time was .09 second at 4.7 milliamps. Ive seen people not understand wire gauge per amp rating, securing romex, burial, ect. The shed i replace the romex was only underground about 8 to 10 in and no pvc. I covered most basics. Im about to have breaker box updated but will leave that to the pros, alot of codes i may not know even though I've done alot of research. Be honest with your self and dont do more than your understanding. The more ive learned the more i understand the complexities of evolving codes. Im in the US.... Peace all

And at 5:39 - if that's in an area seeing moisture - go in with the cable from the underside and keep the top side sealed. That way it won't matter much if the grommet leaks since the humidity will come out.

Watched this after watching a video of the other lad blindly drilling into the consumer unit and then hacking the customers soffit to bits 😆

What socket tester do you recommend if you say the Kewtech is rubbish?

Generally, I would say that most tradesmen are on the whole not that much better than your competent D.I.Y bod. The prices they charge rarely justify the quality of work. They may have experience and knowledge but rarely put the two into practice. Those like yourself who take a pride in their work will want compensating handsomely for your diligence and nice work, sadly, in today's world most of the people who need jobs doing can rarely afford that luxury.

Trainee electrician hear i noticed where the tails enter the consumer unit there is no gland and there appears to be a large gap is that allowed? Im asking as to gain knowledge.

Do you know why people think it’s ok to wire their garages or outbuildings , electricians are to expensive plus it’s a piece of piss

Should the outside cable be in conduit up to the gland?

Why do you think it was a DIY’er

Ingenious, someone uses a correct socket with splash water protection but simply omits the correct cable gland. These "professionals" never die out... 🤣

Rcbo's faulty, classic way of ramping up the bill!

Qualified = competant. I'm qualified to set up traffic lights and redirect traffic, how many times have i needed to for my job in 2 years? Not once. Being qualified means nothing next to being expeirenced.

I'm a diy guy and there's no way Im using that type of back box in a garage/workshop. Metalclad all the way!

I've done my own (and will continue to do so) because the quality of your average sparky is pretty terrible and doesn't represent value for money. I've lost count of the amount of work I've re-done for them, not the other way around!

because it's electrics not deep maths. the question you meant to ask was 'why does anyone think it's okay to do dodgy electrical work'

Genuine question - is T&E an acceptable cable to be exposed to the outdoor elements? I heard somewhere that was a C2 and can’t be used for outdoor installations?

Twin and earth exposed outside no uv protection Then a standard compression gland or was it a fancy flat cable one??

Would you be tempted to use a shroud as well on outside stuffing glands to. As looks quite neat and just adds a bit more ingress protection to cable entry point. 😇.

That switch on the wall in the garage is fitted with a grommet because it comes in the box with the switch and the instructions tell you to use it.

What about a gland for the meter tails? Or at least a grommet?

how you Peel the cables. Please Show us and what tool do you use to peel the cables. specially 1.5 or 2.5 twin and earth flat cable.

With that back box in the garage that’s a bit rough just breaking out those knock outs. To make a neat job always pre cut with a junior hacksaw then break them out . Much neater and you can cut it the exact size of the cable

All I would say is that there is many so called professionals out there that are more dangerous than a decent DIYer. I nearly had my house burnt down by a consumer unit fitted by a “professional”. Looking at the way these KZfaq guys do a CU I can hand on heart say that the “professional” that done my CU was a complete bodger, I am gonna say this with complete confidence and say I could definitely do a better job than that guy that fitted my CU but nowhere near as good a job as the guys that really know what they are doing. How can there be so much difference between 2 professionals in the same industry with the same accreditation???

I took a spur off the rear of a socket inside the house to my shed 15 years ago. It seems to work fine to power a dryer and light bulb

I come across this a lot where items are recorded as faulty and after having them double checked on an audit they test out fine or are coded 2 when in fact they are a 3 all day long. Would be interesting to know what the outcome of your discussion was with your subbie.

To be honest I think charging 90 quid an hour to people who only earn 9 quid or less an hour before the taxman has his slice has a bit to do with it. And then there are the element in the trade who insist on being paid cash to rub salt in the wound.. That is if you can get anyone to actually pitch up to quote for minor works in the first place round our way. This is why we DIYers are on youtube watching electricians moaning about DIYers because we can't all afford 90 quid an hour, plus VAT..... 😬

You need to accept that the job you do isn't rocket science, you don't need years of school or experience to be a professional spark. It's quite easy for the person off the street to do a few sockets and lights properly. I've seen shocking work in my own home done by registered professionals. Still no excuse for shoddy work but let's not make blanket statements!

Sparkles sparkles sparkles. A funny bunch