Kitchen Sockets (Splash Point) Page: 2

[DHTiling]

plz do ...can't wait for builders reasons..lol..

 

[IvegotsTILE]

sounds complete toss to me mate,bloody jobsworth.

 

[devonmark]

splash point to me would mean the sockets location ie: close to a sink maybe a cooker therefore it is not your responsability as to where the sockets have been located, it has to fall on whoever made up the specs...I may be wrong in what I would deem as "splash point".

 

[CON5933]

It would be interesting to know if the spark had used 'longer' screws?
if not, has the socket moved a bit exposing the profile of the cut tile??
just a thought..🙂

 

[Dan]

I used to teach for a tiling course firm(for a very short time)all that matters to them is money,and you learn very little unless its for 8 weeks which cost £££

What training centre was this at mate?

Sorry if i wasn`t clear. I removed face plates and tiled behind. I was pleased with how they looked, tidy and professional. No edges showed, the spark was there as i tiled behind and he screwed in place? I wasn`t sure exactly what was wrong, the builder who phoned me was also unclear. My understanding was that you should tile behind face plates, but it seems i was picked up for tiling to far behind and that there is some rule on how far behind face plate you should tile?
Hope this is clearer.

What they might want to see is the tile fitting the backing box so the adhesive which is holding moisture at the time of fixing and up to a couple of days afterwards at least is not going to intefere with the earthing the backing box provides, should it have been used as the earth. If you managed to cut two tiles to fit nd then another two didnt obscruct the fitting of the socket but did hang over the plate a little the inspector might be getting arsey about that.

Although I've never seen an inspector take off all the sockets on a job to check.

The location of the sockets would be more questionable as Dave's lad says. Near a cooker (heat) and near the sink (water) would cause problems reg-wise in some areas but the tile never has to be a neat job if you're fixing a bloody plate over it surely.

If this is the case then i've tiles around a few questionable sockets before now.

 

[Varley]

Load of tosh, inspector just being an arse!