Protecting meter tails in fabric of building or just bang them in the cavity? 

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Nice work, I wish other sparkies would run their cables in conduit like you do because it makes future replacement easy to do without hacking half the wall out again. I know burying cables in plaster is generally acceptable but it seems like a backward practice. Its lovely to see a "proper" job done rather than an "acceptable" one.

I just looked up Dewalt wall chasers and with batteries they are £700 approx so Metabo looks the best option if buying from scratch. Great video as usual Chris. I always learn something new!

Cheers for the upload. Cant beat the down to earth, real world content that isn't over produced!

Love our dewalt chaser. The metabo tripple blade fits in nice btw. Cuts the whole chase and doesnt clog up with the festool M class extractor. Good work guys

Great job, and excellent protection for meter tails.

Cracking job 😎👍 I guess the days of fixing oval conduit with galv nails have long gone 😂

A Dewalt chaser ??? That’s a clash of colour with the ‘go to’ tools 😀😀👍🏻

The triple blade on a wall chaser would save you chiselling out the chase afterwards. I have the a wall chaser and dust extraction, save so much time!

Nice work on 60k Subs Chris keep at it mate!!

Can you do a video demonstrating your make-shift temporary board seen when you're showing the battery banks at 1:22? Excellent content as usual.

Ok here goes nothing.. I commented on Bundy's channel who sent me in this direction as I believe you're local to me. Im an Electrical Engineer in industrial manufacturing and really want to get into house rewires and residential sparky. I'd love to get some experience and willing to work for free just to get some exposure and learn. If you don't ask you don't get I guess is the saying... But would love to learn off you, videos are great and aspire to one day have the skills to carry out the quality of work you produce. Videos are quality, keep up the good work 👍🏻

Another good video and a thorough job. But… Eye protection when drilling, especially the steel - please!!!

Storage heaters and an electric shower, blimey, it's the late 70's all over again....

Get yourself some metal countersinking bits! As for the tails, I'm not sure why they are running under the floor upstairs. As the house is stripped back and you have free rein, it would make sense to put the CU as close as possible to the intake. If I had to run the tails further than the DNO's limit of 2 or 3m before needing to fuse down, I would prefer to use 4c SWA and run the cable externally if possible.

what size oval conduit do you use Chris for the 2x2.5mm t+e?great vid👍

Chris the hex shank for quick change is not just for impact drivers, as you demonstrated not normal to use Impact for cutting metal with HSS!! Nice tip with the 10mm drill, Milwaukee not produce a counter sink bit?! Love the vids!!

Chris and James and don't forget Andy happy Christmas lads have a good one 👍🎄🎉

In a modern loft conversion it will be so well insulated a modern Rointe rad would be better as there so efficient and more flexible ( app or timer ) even on econ 7 day rate.Personaly I would not put storage heaters in these day.with so many neat/ efficient heaters about.

Are those ceiling joists going to take the weight of storage heaters in the loft conversion?

Regulation 522.6.204 provides a list of acceptable wiring systems that can be used. These are typically earthed metallic and can be trunking or conduit, steel wired armoured (SWA) or mechanical protection that is sufficient to prevent penetration by nails and screws.

Sound video Chris, the oval conduit looks the job in the chases have you found that easier than capping? I still rate the chasing set-up Nick Bundy is using.

For me this is one of, if not the best channels on RU-vid mate absolutely top notch content and quality work as always. Learnt plenty from you and carry it into my daily work and made me an all round better spark so for that I want to say thank you 👍🏻 Not long went out on my own and started my own channel and not too far away from 1k subs so fingers crossed I get there in the new year. P.S I need to upgrade my sock game though it’s seriously letting me down 😂 All the best Chris. Ryan - RSD Electrical

could you not just use the metabo blade in the dewalt chaser as it has slightly off set teeth to take out the chase, or is the spigot a different size?

The tails look long than 3m to me haha !! House bashing to a T, Brings back my days

Can’t believe people are still installing storage heaters and not just going for a heat pump and underfloor heating it mustn’t be much cost difference and so much more efficient.

Great video 😎

That’s the best workbench I’ve ever seen! Did you get it from Tesco? 😆

@CJR Electrical : I have been sparky for over 2 years , mainly working in new build flats, once worked in someone`s house and found it challenging. how to get jobs with another electrician doing private jobs like you do . As i have mastered 1st fix and 2nd fix in new build flats. I live in Romford, Essex

Where is the consumer unit for the off peek going

My OCD would explode with all those sprayed red crosses

Grand job.

I dont think anyone would but what about if someone tries to drill a hole from the outside into the house? Also although probably not required would earthing the plate be a good idea? If someone did decide to keep drilling least it should then create an earth to live path to blow the fuse? I think you have done all you can really, its difficult when needing to run tails..

Great video, just a question was the metal plate earthed if running single meter tails in a wall

Have you ever come across any asbestos in the walls like the plaster and plasterboard when you're doing a re-wire?

Which brand workbench are you using at 13:35? Looks like a vintage model, possibly Sainsbury's?

How did you fix the oval to the wall again? Might use it

Good video but the amount of shit everywhere was stressing me out.😂

I didn’t know James corden done electrics….

Real question.. do you do RAMS & method statements for your jobs ? Also what cert software do you use ? Do you do a cert for smoke detectors? Have u seen HOMEREWIRE SCOTLAND? They do full rewire including plaster etc in 1 day for your avg 2 bed place

16:10 I've got those pants !!! 😁😁😁

Do you remember Mighty White bread ? If so, did you have it for your work sarnies 🤔

Did you not earth bond your steel plate?

Instead of using regular washers in between your blades use a lock washer

At least your core holes are 300mm from Windows 👍👍

Metal plate earthed??

"it's going to be noisy"---no earplugs,no goggles and no gloves..

Mains tails from cut out to dis board can’t be longer than 3 meters , unless I am misunderstanding the video ? Also I prefer metal caping as oval pvc tubing is easier to drill or nail through , also with metal channeling you can use metal detector or a magnet to find out where you can’t nail or drill

Nice job as normal the only thing I would worry about is yes your tails and the socket below are in the safe zone put there in prime position for a curtain pole and possibly a curtain tie back below

Metabo wall chaser and vacuum for Xmas Chris 👍🎅🎅💪💪 if it's good enough for boy band bundy and 🔔🔔end nagy then it's good enough for you 😜😜😜

Hi, I think the metal plate needs to be earthed

Despite what the competent scam helpline said I would of earthed the plate, silly not to and the connection could have been kept available easily enough.

Hands out of your pockets James , makes you look like your doing nothing in front of your boss, at least go clean up. Hint when I was an apprentice I went and cleaned up when I had nothing to do and I got a couple of pay rises out of it 😉.

Borrow Bundys Metabo for chasing

please don't do that 5 blade thing again without correct sized spacers - you gave me the fear...

17:42 Delicious

I couldn't watch every time you drilled the plate - the metal swarf was going everywhere and you didn't have any eye protection on, that can go horribly wrong...

Love the mobile workbench and tool transporter. Is it Milwaukee or Tesco?🤣

"Looks a little bit dodge, that's because it is" 😂 love it. Might do it with the metabo that I won on insta 🤛👍

Just thought to let you know you can get 45 deg countersink bits instead of using larger drills. You'll get a more accurate and smoother counterbore. I'm an industrial electrical controls and PLC software engineer at the Vauxhall car plant in Ellesmere Port. Great to watch these uploads from yourself and others (JW, David Savery, Artisan & Thomas N) as it keeps us up to date as to what's available these days in the market. Would have liked to see you connect the tails in though. I know this is a grey area that you can't show too much of as it encourages rogue electricians and DIYers to mess about in a very dangerous area if a short was to occur. Great to see people who work to high standards and take pride in their work.

Out of curiousity, do you prefer ring circuits or radials ? Sorry if you've already done a video on the subject and I've not seen it

Prysmian is absolute rubbish I would always prefer toolstation cable I never tried Doncaster, but I suspect I would like it even more. Prysmian is much harder to remove insulation, then toolstation and it costs more.

Chris are using men or woman’s inches to millimetres to determine the width of that safe plate 😂

When fitting the metal cover plate are you screwing directly into brick (no plugs), if so what screws do you usefor that?

Sounds like someone needs to invest in a Matabo chaser... 😁👍 I hear is all the rage over there now a days! Keep up the good work sir.

That roof underlay looks exactly the same I have and my roof was put up in 1971. Beautiful quality.

Good to earth the plate and make it a good 6mm plate or more to "stop" thru drilling. Good job overall thou boys

In that scenario I'd have had a 3 pole mcb in the meter enclosure with a 16mm 4 core swa into one DB with a 3 pole main switch and had it all in one board ,

Hi .5 blades is making the motor do 2 and half times the work and ovbiously 2 and a half times the amount of dust you could find you will shorten the motor life . Good idea. tho. rgds Don

Will the supply be big enough to supply an EV charger and off peak tarrif heaters which will be on at the same time.

Absolutely love the shopping trolley work bench 🤣

"This will be the new staircase going up so then......." so then what??? I must know!

great video chris - 7in = 178mm - someone will still manage to drill through that plate in the future I reckon !

Nice to see that you didn't put a hole through the wall under the lintel for the extractor.

WHY NOT USE A WALL CHASER WITH TRIPLE BLADE AND SET DEPTH. Way easier and quicker than cut then chisel out

Deciding between the metabo or the dewalt, cordless is desirable obviously but is it man enough for lots of chases ? I don’t want to spend £500 on 54v battery’s to keep the dewalt going. Thoughts please Christopher

Could you put each tail in metal conduit as its only single phases?

I use Milwaukee wall chaser never have any problems dewalt have gone crap

Would you like some toast or any other toasted bread product?

Could you get the MILWAUKEE WCE30 chaser from Milwaukee to try it out?

Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

I like the bandy strap

Hi buddy

brill as always m8 can you explain how off peak works plz

love the new workbench Chris, where can you pick one of those up from?

I thought storage heaters were a thing of the past :((