Still Working at half ten at night and STILL recording and setting up cameras. That is one committed man right there!

Nice nod to BigClive! 😆

I’ve been in electrician business for 15 years but still love watching your videos as every day is a school day theirs always something you can improve on . So thanks 👍 keep it up bud

I’ve really grown to love your videos. I do the job everyday but more commercial and industrial, have had enough by the time I’m home, and then I find myself 1 hour in to your videos. Keep up the vids dude 👍🏻

Hello Thomas Been watching your videos for a couple of months now and you remind me of myself 10 years ago. It’s good to see someone who does a quality job, and also someone who would prefer to walk away from a job rather than do half a job because the customer won’t pay for it. I was lucky to get out of the domestic game by taking over a company that we used to sub contract for, that had large commercial and industrial contracts. One tip mate, up you if you take it, I stopped using capping in my 20s, got fed up with smacking my fingers or time consuming drill and plug, and still running risk of damaging cables with the drill, I started using oval conduit and crampets, we used to bend the crampets over because they are designed for round conduit, drill a 5.5hole and use the bolster end in the SDS to hammer them in, I found it massively quicker, a better job, and only a little bit more expensive Keep up the good work Cheers Colin

Honestly the way you present and explain is awesome and clearly you love what you do

Yes ! We wanna watch another video Thomas !! No doubts !! Absolutely interesting stuff you've been telling and the blog itself !!!

Brilliant vlogs, the commitment to filming throughout a long day is commendable!

11pm finish on a Friday. The side people dont see to been self employed 👍

@TheChipmunk2008

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, worked till 11ish one night on a kitchen lighting install, because I didn't wanna come back the next day. (my choice, the customer was fine either way). His missus turned up at 10 and said 'working till this time and he ain't even Polish' LOL

@ChrisTheSparky

5 жыл бұрын

@@YGELLYPIKER 🤣

@johnnythomas8036

5 жыл бұрын

Does it matter what time you finish working as long as your earning £

Great videos love watching them and very informative, keep them coming.

Thanks for the update buddy realy Like your videos. Self just got in apprenticeship to become electrician here in Canada this most rewarding job you can have and having electricians like you is the best thing we can have and people like you showing others that not all electricians are assholes lol wish more electricians are like you to deliver the best job every time cheers

Keep up the good work Tom. Thanks also for the advice regarding socket placement under the corner cupboard.

Love this channel

Best intro yet!

Good video tom I love the start

You are just so entertaining. Keep up the good work

Great one Tom!

Good video Tom !

Enjoy your holiday, It sure is well deserved!! Keep up the good work :D

Recently discoverd this channel, very entertaining and high quality content keep it up!

Excellent video mate!

Great job

Haha! My two favourite channels, yours and Big Clive's!

I love it in the morning when your in the van talking 😂

That’s awesome to know!!! That trick for the concrete. Thank you

Try using tapcons! All you have to do is prettily your hole and drive them in, they work extremely well on all kinds of masonry, even brick and concrete slabs

I'm not an electrician, or anything to do with manual labouring, however, I love watching these vlogs! Keep it up Thomas!

Soo I'm not even an electrician (for about three months I was an apprentice though) but I do find your videos really enjoyable to watch. Plus I learn all kinds of new and useful stuff for when I do some stuff around the house (don't worry I do know what I'm doing xP)

Loved the intro as I do remember that video from bigclive I think it was last year. Fitting way for the end of these Easter bunnies

Good job quality work

Using a wall chaser and hoover is way much easier and virtually dust free. Also I use 20mm galv couplers and short reach brass bushes between boxes, looks neater after tiling and keeps multiple joined boxes level. Likibg the vids, gives a real insight into the work that goes in that is hidden that nobody sees after the finish 👍

Your best intro yet :-) Love your videos

Great video. Haven't you thought about getting a wall chaser? You can make 2 runs to get a wide channel, connect it to a dust extractor, much cleaner than a grinder.

One of your best Thomas. Cross cuts on the chasing - nice idea. It seems to give big lumps of rubble and quicker to clear up which seems to take too much of the day. Kitchen diagrams on the walls - again nice idea. Less chance of an error on those late nights. Takes some dedication to still set up for filming at 11o'clock. Enjoy Paris.

I rarely subscribe to channels but Thomas, I have to yours. Well filmed, well articulated, well presented and well done. The comments below are also very informative. Ta lad.

Mate such good videos many many thanks.

Impressive work ethic.

GREAT VIDEO

Good job, it always pays off.

Best start. Ever 😂😂

That was one long hard days work on your own fair play, love the videos

That fucking intro! I spat my tea on my keyboard and laughed so hard.

Kitchen fitters gonna love you with the conduit on the floor!

Yeah... this seems like my kind of channel. Looking forward learning all about the odd little differences between a UK sparky's work and the stuff that I do here in Australia. (Also subbed for the Big Clive shoutout). :)

U r the man nagz...

Thumbs up just for the intro 👌😂

I like your channel. It shows me the practical side of C&G 2330, part 1, I was unable to follow up. Big Clive is good. Long live the explosion containment pie dish. Both of you bring order out of disorder.

Sounds like you have got a cold coming on Tom. Have a great break. See on the next one

Thomas you are great electrician and entertainer =] probably first in uk or on YT who is showing work ! Your channel will grow fast ! It is always nice to watch you . I appreciate your time here and to put this videos together. PS = Get yourself a grinder with vacuum attachment and vacuum the jobsite , you and video will be much cleaner =] Great work !

If only we had used grinders back when I was on work experience in 2000. All we had was chasing chisels, we did have a "chasing machine" but that was very noisy and a pain to use so was rarely ever used on a job. Seeing you use a grinder and an SDS drill makes it look sooooo much easier.....and faster to chase.

Just seen you on city road, in joy watching your videos,

Nagy i like you’re videos definitely different than in the states where we go by the National Electrical Code

Your work very well

also, get all your boxes cut out, and stick em in level and true with one coat plaster. The next day you can plug and screw them, super simple.

Top work again Shame more sparks don't work like your self

Oh my god an electrician who tidys up after himself !!!

@DerekHundik

5 жыл бұрын

I ocasionally do that too

Hah! This video came up in my list right after a BigClive video. I love it.

YESSS!! Good times..

good video to start the day.....

It's a bit different from over here on the mainland. We use PVC-conduit (usually 16 or 19mm), bend it and route in through the wall. Then we install all the required (seperate) wires, L(1,2,3), N, PE, light switch wire etc.

@Ragnar8504

6 жыл бұрын

Who still uses rigid conduit that needs to be bent inside walls? Most contries that do use conduit (pretty much everyone west of the Iron Curtain except Germany, the UK and Ireland) use rolls of flexible PVC conduit. Rigid is mostly used for exposed work in cellars, garages, lofts etc. but not completely closed, only as sleeving. Looks like garbage but really speeds up work, only one clip every metre (vertical) or 50 cm (horizontal), measure, drill for the clips, screw clips to the wall, cut conduit to length (about 10 cm short at each bend or device), pull cable and push conduit into the clips.

Looks great and thank you for sharing.. Interested to know if you have ever used a wall chaser, if not, why not? Thanks

that intro gets my like ;)

I only found you from BigClive and I'm hooked.love your channel.. Which reminds me I love your channel. Sorry could help myself.

Tapcon screws work excellent. Drill a hole and they screw directly into the concrete, and you don’t have to use the read shield

Nice job you've done can I ask what make cutting disc your using as I want to get one as I've got to cut into old brick to sink the wires in also what did you use to put over the wires is that better than tube? Thanks mark

Love the intro AHHAHA!

Get masonry nails for your capping, or the pins of cable clips are really good as well

Great watching the install! Pick up a dust extractor tho mate,save your lungs and the clean up time afterwards

Enjoy your holiday bro

Its always fun to watch building in other countries, heck even different areas with vastly different building codes. Here in Texas everything is wood stick frame, and easy to wire. Want a box here or there, no problem. There it seems you don't want the guy to come back and say well we need it 5" over to the left and up two inches. Lots of time to prep and remove the block to get a box where you need it.

Finally got a new light yay

Haha, at first I thought I had loaded a Big Clive video by mistake, especially since he uploaded one like 20 minutes before you.

Great video Tom, so what was the verdict on the new work light, any good...?

Nice video showing the downside of working for yourself and the messy side of the trade. Interested to know how you mark out the levels for points beforehand? I was taught to take 2 points, preferably corners and then use a chalk line to mark across the wall to get a level line to use for backboxes that is even around the room, its rare you can simply measure up as the floor will always be uneven somewhere, with laser levels its easier now but you still need a accurate base point to measure from.

Awesome intro 😆

that intro was awesome

For stuff that isn't getting touched much and plastered I hit it with a tiny masonry bit and fire a large gauge screw in, deep threads and something smaller than the threads but bigger than the shank. It's still drilling but means put it on, drill screw rather than marking out for plugs. It's a solid enough job but won't take knocks as well as plugged holes do.

Hello, can I ask where you get you capping from and what’s it called? Thanks starting a rewire soon and need to get some thanks

+1 for the big Clive reference (and you make awesome videos)

Hammer-in plugs work well, for dense bricks. You still have to drill the hole, but they still save a few steps.

when i do i rewire i use a chasing machine and use oval conduit/capping that fits snug and only needs a nail or 2 might be expensive to start but saves ur thumbs

@DerekHundik

5 жыл бұрын

Oval and foam to hold that to the wall. No saddles or screws. Clean quick and safe.

Wall dogs or tap cons! Not to sure if they have them in the uk but well used over here in canada! They save a lot of time and hold tight on brick, block, concrete or whatever else!

@stevegross4065

6 жыл бұрын

I remember the first job I came across wall dogs in Australia, these things are beautiful and could solve the conflict between the US and North Korea.

If you have a loose fixing and not biting sufficiently enough due to an enlarged hole when drilling with an sds still, perhaps try buying a few packs of Fischer ‘wet n fix’ plug fixings. Very handy and get you out the sh7t at times!

Metabo wall chaser-real quality bit of kit -matched with a Bosch Gas extractor = no dust.

Love the nod to big Clive

Whats the Milwaukee drill you use? Ive always used a Makita impact driver, but that looks very light and could be a useful addition

Tommas you should invest in a chasing machine with the hoover to connect to it,well worth it no more dust and cuts the chases out perfectly and much quicker than a grinder.

@alvinashman6371

6 жыл бұрын

I got one from Screwfix a few years back for about £80, well worth the money.

@andydavies8232

6 жыл бұрын

I got myself the Erbauer chaser from screwfix. Use it with a shop vac with the auto start socket outlet on. Makes nice consistent channels with loads less dust. Also I like using oval conduit with the matching clips. Only need to drill and plug two holes in the wall for each length of conduit. Everyone has their own way of doing things, no absolute right or wrong way.

@stefanstefansson1047

6 жыл бұрын

Just taping the buissness end of a half decent vacuumcleaner along the grinder reduces the ammount of crap that can plaster your throat and lunges. It also keeps the owner and other workers on the job really happy not having to deal with everything being covered in dust.

@Mattja1

6 жыл бұрын

The Titan one? I think it was about £90 when I got that from screwfix about 2 years ago, paid for itself and more within a week.

@YGELLYPIKER

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm walk chasers eh ,fucking bollocks you still have to get out the grinder or watever to finish the chase at the top where the wall chaser can’t get into plus the added space the chaser hoover etc takes up in van.buying cheap shite ain’t gonna the way to go,hilti forever xxx

You earned your money that day.... no changing light bulbs or swapping out fire extinguishers

Nice one! Only recently found your channel and loving it.. Keep up the good work! Capping.. I always try a couple of tester drywall screws into the mortar.. using an impact driver slowly drive the drywall screw into the mortar until it bites.. doesnt always work, if not I revert to the red plugs and screws like yourself.

@thomasnagy

6 жыл бұрын

same way i do it. haven't tried with drywall screws though, they are alot sharper so will give it a go. drilling 12 holes for red plugs in a single length of capping is a right faff!

@snakelover09

6 жыл бұрын

thomas nagy Apprentice's job

@dg2908

6 жыл бұрын

I probably spend too much on screws- I use sharp woodscrews with my 10.8V makita combi drill and go straight through plastic capping into the mortar. Just have to be careful that self countersinking screws don't go straight through the plastic. I'd be interested to see your chasing method for when the plaster isn't deep enough... I don't do a lot of chasing but when I do it tends to be in occupied places so I've never used a grinder, stitch drill two lines then chisel down. In one house with shot plaster I did half the chasing with a stanley knife

You made my day with your rabbit intro

LMAO at the clive reference...

Thumbs up just for the intro. :D

Also Bosch do a good vacuum extractor for your 4 inch grinder, save you load of dust. cheers

You can't not like the legend that is Big Clive.

I can't speak for other joiners, but I have always made the finish height of the worktop 900mm. So if it's s 40mm worktop then the base units will finish at 860mm... and then I normally go 525mm up from the worktop to the underside of the wall units. But that's just how I do it, as I say I'm not sure about others?

@GretatheEvilGremlin

6 жыл бұрын

On first fix I simply run the cables to the area in between the wall unit and worktop space. When the worktops fitted and the client has decided on the tile size, I ask them to leave a sample tile, then I chop out the boxes to fall on the second row of tiles. Works like a charm for far less tile cutting, thus looks the dogs danglers, and it`s no real hardship chopping out the few accessories which are above worktop height. Nothing worse than measuring, marking out, wearing the bubble in the spirit level out, only to find something looks pissed when everything`s done.

@benjak02t

6 жыл бұрын

I do the same, 900mm from ffl to top of worktop at the middle of washing machine space and laser level around the room. Height of boxes depend on the tiles used but normally try to have it so the bottom of the box lines up with a grout line, 2 or 3 tiles up depending on the size. 525mm from worktop is a good height but I do usually adjust to finish with a full tile. The beauty of being a multitrader is that you can make everything easy for yourself.

More videos please. From Arizona

Drywall scews will bite really well into the cement joint! Saves so much time not having to drill for plugs for the capping. Give it a go ;)

Did you check the spec on the hob as many of the new induction appliances drawer as much power as an oven, unless it was a plug and play appliance you may have under powered this appliance.

@thomasnagy

6 жыл бұрын

Gas hob👍 Although there is the old 6mm cable still there which I’ll keep just in case

Nice video, I am recently started and done a lot of work sort of start 8:00 , finish 21:30 and at the end Lanlord didn’t want to pay the full price, he said 300 a day is what you guys normally earn

Hi, may I ask why you don't use a wall chaser? Wouldn't it be quicker for you?