What's lurking behind the wallpaper

[jmcp]

Hi,

just a little update on this one I was stripping out some kitchen units to give the electrician access to all the walls for chasing in the cables etc... and found a double socket screwed into one of the units, it was concealed by 3 drawers and it was wired into the cooker ring, think it was also acting as the on/off switch for the cooker ring, anyway, electrician ripped everything out and rewired and chased everything in so that it is all legal etc... he did have a job chasing in the cables though as the walls are made of concrete/granite.


Cheers, John

[Colour Republic]

Was anything pluged into it? like the ignition for the hob?

[jmcp]

Hi,

nothing was plugged into it but my flicking the socket switch, it was switching the cooker circuit on/off, really mystifies me but the electrician that I used was pretty familiar with these houses and he had seen it all before.

Cheers, John

[conny]

Correct way to my knowledge for the incomer is;

Incoming cables>Boards main Cut Out, (Fuse)>Meter>Consumer Unit, (Fusebox).
Sometimes there is an Isolator between the Meter and Consumer Unit for safety when work is being carried out on the Consumer Unit.

[scot-canuck]

Apologies for dragging up an old thread but..
I might be wrong but those walls don't look like concrete, more like wet plaster (perhaps cement plaster...not sure exactly what sort of plaster it is) circa 1950s before widespread plasterboard usage, as those walls look identical to those in my parent's place, right down to the original yellow sealer.

[jmcp]

Hi,

they are circa late 40's early 50's, think they were build by German prisoners of war that were kept here for a while. they are supposed to be made of a precast/prefab granite concrete. Think they are pretty tough to work with because any chasing of cables that has been done has caused a right old mess, lumps of concrete breaking off in other rooms etc... I was especially concerned about the next door neighbours adjoining wall getting some damage when the electrician was in. I have had a lot of patching/filling to do to try and get the walls to some sort of decent shape now it has been rewired, hopefully finish it this weekend.

Cheers, John