Awkward Cupboard Advice

[HONEST AL]

do you know who did the original wiring,or was it before you moved in

[Albannach]

Nothing too bad
1. Mechanical protection of the cables, that's why I suggested boxing them in seperately
2. Cable support
3. I can't be sure, but it doesn't appear you have main equipotential bonding to gas/ water mains

I had noticed the support thing, but the council spark assured me it was OK.

There is a Green earth wire connected to the main earth just to the right of the incomer fuses, that's connected to the water and gas pipework in various places. It appears to be common to the 4 houses too.

[Albannach]

do you know who did the original wiring,or was it before you moved in

The council rewired the place 7 years ago.

[HONEST AL]

Could you not ask them to fix/move or rectify,tell them you smelt smoke.

The council round here wouldnt rehouse you if your house was on fire

[Albannach]

Could you not ask them to fix/move or rectify,tell them you smelt smoke.

I asked them to do some plastering when we fixed the staircase. They sent someone with a catapult and a bucket of cement.

I wouldn't ask them into the house to fix anything; they're totally useless.

[soramad]

My initial thoughts on your cupboard. If you intend to stud the wall out and recess the tele into it, have you considered closing off the top part of the cupboard with short double doors , open up the bottom with shelves, then mount the television on an angle bracket so under normal circumstances the upper cupboard is hidden by the tele but can be moved out the way when access is required to the electrics,
the shelves can be used for holding dvd player, video player, games machine etc the extra space created by the studding could house all the cabling to create a neat finish. The drawback with this is the possibillity that the tele might be to high though it could be angled for comfortable viewing.

[western uk]

looks a lot better with the door shut. That sparky is well ruff, cables diagonally to boxes always looks pants.
just tidy , fill the holes and paint it.

Then shut the door !!!!!!!!

[Growler]

I asked them to do some plastering when we fixed the staircase. They sent someone with a catapult and a bucket of cement.

I wouldn't ask them into the house to fix anything; they're totally useless.

Sounds just like my Landlord, useless bunch of time wasters

[flounderbout]

Personally I would lose the door, recess the space all the way to the ceiling to match the other side of the chimney breast, and install low level cupboards on either side (one with the TV in). Fit a false back to the left hand shelves with the fuse box behind it (with an access panel) and then put shelving in the upper part of both the left and right hand side of the chimney breast. If you want to come over all changing rooms you could paint the chimney breast a contrasting colour to the rest of the room.
The shelving in the upper part will require glasses and and a selection of single malts.

[Apache]

We had a similar issue, though our box is at the bottom rather than the top. I'll photograph my solution when I get home.

[Paul1566]

I'll photograph my solution when I get home.

Yuk yuk and double yuk.....

I can't help, i been stareing at the walls in my house for 9 years and still not done bugger all to them..... atleast your fire is in the middle of the room
ours is offset to one end of a living/diner and makes the room a right #### to lay out.....

[Apache]

This is what I did. The chimney breast wall is built out too, to suit the plasma telly you see the edge of. The leccy box is bottom left. The cables are unsupported though.

[blackpoolsparks]

How very IKEA of you...

[gwh200]

It's got an ikea name

Fłædallbuttfüdger

[Maverick]

I'd go one of two ways with that.

Either hide the door, or copy Apache