sockets

[ryanbrown]

If a customer has sockets attached and screwed into the wall,
do you need to ask them to remove the socket faces completely
or leave them on but just hanging, prior to tiling?

Do you tell the customer to deal with this in advance or do you unscrew all the sockets yourself (after switchin off the mains of course) before you tile?
ryan

 

[DHTiling]

Just loosen the face plates off and tile behind and screw back when dry..use longer screws if necessary....dave....

 

[devonmark]

i personally knock power off and remove....if you are not confident ask the customer to deal with them...it's upto you if you want them off completley or just hanging.

 

[ryanbrown]

i see, i suppose it depends to some degree how much of a problem the sockets are - by that i mean - how much it prevents you getting in there to apply adhesive at the right angle.

 

[DHTiling]

no probs..just knock power off and on as you require it to do electric cuts...dave...

 

[CJ]

I have never knocked the power off...........just loosen enuff to slide the tile behind. As long as your not daft enuff to stick fingers and the like behind? your not gonna get a zap.

It only makes your hair stand on end anyway..........unless your a slaphead


Also, I tend to carry 50mm screws as well. Even got a few 75mm for the laziest git sparkies

 

[ryanbrown]

lol thanks, i might go with my hair standing on end anyway - then if i do get a shock I won't draw attention to myself.

 

[DHTiling]

i dont knock power of either .. i was just making sure you were safe..as for hair..wots that.....dave...

 

[faithhealer]

Tradetiler do the longer screws at about a fiver per hundred, cheaper than the local DIY shops. Always check the wires aren't lurking behind the screw holes if the powers on though!

 

[ryanbrown]

best to always turn the power off i reckon, even if there is only a 0.00024% chance of instant death.