Plastering in new home...

[stevemonty]

Hi
Not a plasterer here, (or builder of any sort). Just bought a brand new home, took off one of the faceplates to check insulation, ended up checking the electrics too. Anyways, ended up here because some said that the builder had plastered over the faceplate. Is this normal? or regulation? or is it more to do with general poor workmanship? Finding so many issues in the home, especially with plastering. One area seems to be bowing outwards. Most of the lines are more like waves than straight lines. Anything saying that cant be done, or is it just their terrible plasterers?

 

[Kinkyboy]

Junction boxes=safe

 

[Fatarm]

Looks like a TV coax cable?

 

[Ftp321]

It's coaxial cable TV aerial point not electrical

 

[Monkey Boy]

Did they mean “painted” over the face plate?

 

[Bartholomew]

Cant even undertand the question...if it had a plate how has it been plastered over? Its co ax no power in it

 

[ChrispyUK]

 

[stevemonty]

I dont really know what to tell you, a separate forum suggested that the plastering had been done whilst the back box was already in. They then suggest that this is basically being used as a junction box, connecting to a socket about 1m away. I assume the coax was cut short somehow or the first box was in the wrong place, so they connected them like that and ran it to the correct place. there lots of issues with wonky lines of plaster and bowing walls in the house as a whole. Question is why the plaster would bow and whether the finishing on this face plate would be considered appropriate? Thanks!

 

[Cockney]

Hi
Not a plasterer here, (or builder of any sort). Just bought a brand new home, took off one of the faceplates to check insulation, ended up checking the electrics too. Anyways, ended up here because some said that the builder had plastered over the faceplate. Is this normal? or regulation? or is it more to do with general poor workmanship? Finding so many issues in the home, especially with plastering. One area seems to be bowing outwards. Most of the lines are more like waves than straight lines. Anything saying that cant be done, or is it just their terrible plasterers?

@algeeman

 

[algeeman]

@algeeman

she got face plates because my plastering around sockets was ....


let's say "fed up"

 

[themucky1]

What was his car door already open before he jumped in it at the end

 

[Easterlow080708]

I’d be more worried about the foam holding back box in and the s**t job on the tv Ariel tbh mate

 

[ChrispyUK]

What was his car door already open before he jumped in it at the end