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    Right....... wadj is in for a bit of an 'electric' shock !! Not physically lol !

    He has decided that this flat needs to be perfect, no corners cut. Even though it will be probably let out to asylum seekers on benefits !!

    The heating system will be electric..... fully remote control, 8 rads controlled individual from your phone/i'pad his choice.

    What he doesn't know is my plans !! & i won't tell him until it's done

    Under unit lighting..... pretty standard, plinth lighting, flashing multi color led's !! He wont be expecting that ! No stairs lighting as such.. as you step up... or down, each individual step will illuminate

    He wants 4 spot lights & 1 wall light in the lounge..... he's getting a center light & 4 wall lights !!

    Bed 2 upstairs will have standard lighting, but bed 1 !!!!
    60 LV led's to create a 'twinkling' effect lol !

    Brace yourself wadj

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    Explaining basic electrics to faheem is like explaining the hadron collider to a two year old !!

    They had a burst pipe in one of the flats upstairs over the weekend. Blew around 30% of the lighting + the floor sockets.

    I'm not there today....... man flu the live ring for the 16 floor boxes has been disconnected at the fuse board, whilst yesterday, it got the wet vac to suck up most of the water from the floor boxes (6 sockets in each )

    It's going to take a while to fully dry out!
    Now..... these floor boxes are metal, the sockets are metal, so i told everyone in the office to avoid them, walk around them.

    Faheem has just rung me saying, 'everytime i stand on one of those holes in the floor, it trips out?? ' no sh!t Sherlock !!!!

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    Well.... that's the first 2 bed flat 1st fixed! With a few extra's

    My job tomorrow is to rip out all the kitchen wiring & re-route/ rewire

    They've changed not just the layout, but moved it to the opposite wall !!!!!

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    Well..... the purpose measured staircase went in Friday, took the joiners all day... because it didn't fit !! & it's in the wrong place..... no room now for the bathroom upstairs
    If it stays where it is, then the occupant of bedroom 2 will have to go into bedroom 1 for a dump !!

    Also, the deranged, so called building inspector wants me to protect my cables with metal plates on the stud wall ?? The stud is 75mm x 50mm. My cables are safely behind the stud in the air gap / void.
    The screws for the plasterboard are 32mm !! Lev would need screws at least 100mm to get anywhere near my cables !!

    Completely pointless!

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    Well.... kitchen rewired to new location
    So tomorrows job is to rip the wiring out again as the kitchen is now going in what was the lounge area !!

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    My understanding is that if the cables are more than 50mm from the surface of the wall then you can run them in any direction with zero additional protection.

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    Correct Nick....... try telling that to wadjid & his building inspector !!

    Anyhow, maybe not necessary now as the insulation and extra visquene has been double layered.

    Negotiations tomorrow, but if i have to start again...... keeps me employed flat two next week.

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    Today's epilogue........

    The open plan living room/kitchen now has a wall dividing them !! Wadj's idea without telling anyone

    So now....... several switches .... wall lights.... heaters need moving, again !!

    Faheem has washed his hands of it !! Feckin tempted myself !

    I have 1 hour or so in the morning, & then maybe an hour in the afternoon ( meeting to go to ) to sort it all, or the joiners / builders will have nothing to do........... before they go back to Romania for Christmas !!

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    At last !! Detailed information from wadjid about flat 2

    He dragged me in & said.......... " we want a thingy..... innit " ??

    Trust me, that is more info than i'm used to !! Then his dad, Ali came in & changed the 'thingy' !!

    I will find out one day what he means lol

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    Anyone want to guess my job tomorrow??

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    My job was.......

    Rewiring flat 2 .... again !!

    Another layout change, the 3rd !! Lets hope that's it

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    Faheem has just bought.......


    A toilet !!

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    If these guys had any business sense they would be loaded!

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    True Nick !!

    The toilet block is outside highfield library...... boarded up for years. He paid £ 10k cash for it.
    Going to block one door off & open up the front to create a shop/ office to let......... keeps me going i suppose

    He has also bought for £ 50k an empty shop across the road for a re vamp & conversion to office with flats above..... again, more work for me!

    A bit more about www.Alison-law.co.uk

    Check out their superb website

    They do cash for claims, mostly rta's, but some hearing loss/ industrial injury etc.
    They do around 75/ 100 per month. Faheems 'short' term target is 250 per month !!

    the only visitors to his office are taxi drivers collecting cheques or cash.... & bailiffs wanting a word with faheem lol

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    Another delightful day in the head of wadjid Ali

    I'm at home, watching daytime TV...... not been since Tuesday because they have no money to pay me ...... or anyone !!!

    He's just rung me to tell him the layout of the kitchens, he wants to order the units. FFS wadj....... the kitchen is only in your head !!

    I told him what to buy, just to get them under way. I could not remember the final dimension to fit a unit in

    I did tell him i left him a sketch in the office....... he's lost it ! I also left him a shopping list for the second fix elec....... he's lost that too !!

    Good job i have a copy in my back pocket

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    Old thread.... With sad news: (

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    We may have had our differences but I had much respect for waj...... He died suddenly on Tuesday...aged just 32... Rip waj mate: _(

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    That's way too early. Not good. Hope you are okay D.

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    I talk to my boss(es) the way a parent speaks to an infant. Words of one syllable, enforcing positivity while at the same time making them feel like the only person on the planet.

    S**t, I need to change jobs.

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