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Experience and practise, after a few years you will want to slow down lolHello,
I am an apprentice electrician doing work mostly on domestic 3 bed house rewires (do flats and other houses as well but most are 3 bed houses) we normally do the rewires in 1 day (start about 8 and finish time varies between 2-3 (if lucky) and 4-6 most of the time)
The issue is that it the it takes me too long to do the upstairs (loft, fit lights and switches and chop, Capp and fit sockets then clean up) and it can take me all day to do this and some times the people I work with have to come up and fits some of the sockets as they have finished the downstairs.
How can I speed up?
Thanks.
Ah well so we're back to the "One day rewires- is it possible" thread. I thought we hadn't had one for a while.
Anyway, here's my experience of them.
A few years ago when out of work I got a call from an agency regarding domestic rewires for Mears, the rate was ok so I said I'd go. When I got there I was told it was what used to be known as a Sanatogen job - one a day, every day. The squad consisted of 4 sparks and about a thousand labourers, sparks were to pull cables and the labourers were to do all the donkey work of chasing, lifting boards etc.
One pair of sparks were given the RFCs to pull in, once that was done they went on to the single point stuff, cooker, smokes, shower etc, while the other pair pulled in the lights. Now with the job flooded with people it's really easy to get someone to stick a fishing rod up a hole then shout for them to pull it. I can assure you, dear reader, that a rewire in a day is easily achievable.
Where it falls down is quality. Chases are put in seemingly at random because not all of them were used all of the time, boxes not properly sunk or squared, holes in ceilings made with a hammer not a pad saw and (most damningly of all) short cuts taken on testing.
Jay, these monkeys would do a Ze and a global IR, if there was enough time(Lol) they'd test the RCD and that was it. The rest, they'd just make up, when I called them out over it they'd say "Well it's a rewire, you know it's all ok" I was bloody glad it wasn't my name going on the EICs
Ah, the old 'bang test'." if owt was wrong, the rcbo would trip within seconds"!!
Ah, the old 'bang test'.
Ah, the old 'bang test'.
and even then they`d be talking out of their botty holes....caus it would be mS...wouldn`t it....lol..Exactly what they said to me!!lol "Its a rewire, if owt was wrong, the rcbo would trip within seconds"!! If I found owt wrong when I did the full tests, the company would send them back to sort it out.
All I can say, is that at the time I was still wet behind the ears and I did what they said!!! It was only after a few months, I reallised what I was actually doing!!lol
and even then they`d be talking out of their botty holes....caus it would be mS...wouldn`t it....lol..
Ah, the old 'bang test'.
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