You can get plastic rawl plugs that only need a 5mm hole. They have a small hole in the middle that you hammer the cleat nail into. They enable you to cleat in the middle of the brick rather than struggling with cleating into the mortar. Seem to take longer but it's only a row of holes drilled in to the brick and then every cleat hammers in easily.
I always watch and upvote, your language is a little colourful but somehow always appropriate. You and Dave make a good team, hope you get your cameraman back soon.
Speed benefits on VDSL/ADSL wouldn't be immediately apparent after replacing the cable with CAT6 as the DSLAM on the other end has already "learnt" the limits of the line and built a profile. The provider can do something called a DLM reset (dynamic line management) which means it will then try and test the line and see if it can eek out more bandwidth from it.
So ADSL connections don't come from a DSLAM thats a VDSL technology, also its worth noting that unless your old bit of copper was subject to some kind of interference that cat 6 would stop then there isn't going to be much improvement, not a bad idea as using a better cable cant hurt. For VDSL the DSLAM is supplied with a certain bandwidth since its multiplexed so it might not even be possible to have a faster connection without external infrastructure upgrades.
@@xer0334 So the bit of new 2 core they installed when they installed the refurbished and relabeled (possibly relocated) black box was pointless. I didn't know that thanks.
Hi Tom, would have been nice to see some actual work, like the install of the Nest Thermostat, but I'll have to settle for the hitting rubber nails bit ;) your older content use to show you doing alot more of the job involved or maybe the bigger audience prefer the ramble. I have drilled holes before now and then inserted wood dowels and then nailed into the wooden dowel, does work but more time consuming.
Entered. Been watching your videos since I saw your van tour around a year ago. Really enjoy them and look forward to them. I just started my apprenticeship 4 weeks ago so it’s good to learn things from your videos. Best of luck. Thanks
I've been watching your videos for close to a year now and I love it. You know the trade really well & you make it easy for electrical apprentices, such as myself, follow along and learn. Thanks Tom! Enter me in the giveaway too!
And as you found out, Cat6 isn’t going to make a difference at those speeds. If you’re working with a gigabit network, Cat6 is necessary, especially for long runs. Still an interesting experiment though!
Given the test results (40/10, give or take), and that it was PlusNet, that will have been a VDSL line [sorry, pedants] and so I suspect it was only a 40/10 service that the customer was paying for, as you usually have to pay more for an 80/20 service and a lot of people don't think it's worth it. In that case, upgrading the cables when you're already getting the maximum speed is going to achieve sod all, as the ISP will be limiting you. Now if they were paying for a 80/20 service and were only getting 40/10 - or they just wanted to future-proof the line - then it'd be worth doing. For the past 5 years or so I've used 30cm shielded cat6-ish cables from my master socket to the modems (I have two lines) instead of just using a random 100-odd-cm phone cable, and that *does* definitely make a difference if you aren't already getting the top speed, but for a lot of people just positioning the router as close to the master socket as you possibly can will make a greater difference than running better cable. If the master socket isn't where you want your wifi to be strongest, just run an ethernet cable to a dedicated wifi access point; easy (or use a separate modem & router, and have the modem by the master socket, with the router+wifi wherever you want it - the ethernet cable from the modem to the router will do gigabit easily, so you won't see any slowdown from that). It's also worth noting that it can take up to a couple of weeks for a change like that to fully take effect. BT's DSL equipment (the DSLAMs) slowly increases or decreases the line sync speed according to whether it thinks the line is very stable and can probably handle more speed (so it'll increase it), or if it thinks that the line's being unstable (and it'll decrease it to try and increase stability). That process isn't instantaneous, so give it a while :) Finally, BT Wholesale (i.e. the division of BT Group that re-sells the physical lines to consumer-facing ISPs) have a "Broadband Availability Checker" here: www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome - that will give you a pretty good estimate of the various services available on your line without trying to sell you anything, although it can be a bit conservatie in some of its estimates! For my second line it estimates 16.7~20 Mbps upstream and 55~75.6 Mbps downstream - and in practice I get 20 Mbps up and 70.0 Mbps down (that's the modem sync speed, not the IP throughput, which in reality is often impacted by your wifi conditions or your ISP).
Would love to enter the giveaway. Good luck everyone. Also, as a networking guy - the benefits of upgrading to Cat6 won’t be seen by doing a Speedtest to the internet because Cat5 is more than enough for a 45mb/s connection anyway. The benefit is when you’re transferring files internally (streaming movies, sharing files etc) as it increases the bandwidth.
You're not going to get instant performance improvements on a fttc line by upgrading the cable. You need to wait for the DSLAM to reprofile the line to the better speed which happens between 12midnight and 5am and it can take several days OR you can call the ISP and ask them to reset the DSLAM so the line reprofiles straight away.
Not going to get into the CAT6/5e chat. But testing straight after swapping the cables wouldn’t do much, the DSLAM in the cabinet won’t have had time to notice the line has improved and to up the profile. When it notices errors it drops the line speed down until it’s stable that then determines the speed. Also testing from a phone probably isn’t the best but it’s what you had to hand. Plusnet actually is a great community and can give you line sync results if you ask for it, that would of been good to grab before the cable was changed and then have an up to date reading taken a week later. You can also increase the speed by using shielded RJ11 between the master socket and modem - again shorter the cable the better the increase. Love the vids though!
Also on the cat6 you won’t notice the difference at those speeds. Mainly matters between devices and switches where you want true 1g connectivity across a network. ISPs in the UK just aren’t there yet to meet these kind of speeds, unless you have the option of FTTH
Analog signal can get better and better (at least to some degree) but digital signal just works (error detection and correction works) or it doesn't (too many errors/too much noise/not enough signal strength).
no benefit to running CAT 6 instead of 1308 (phone wire ) - it's all down to the frequencies used, they're optimised for that style of cable. If you need to run near noise ( flourescents etc ) it can give a little boost. CAT6 is a ballache to install. Stick to 5e, more flexible, more cables per trunk etc, much nicer to work with. Very much doubt that cat6 is required in a home install ( or even many business installs tbh ) and this from a comms/IT installer/maintainer :D
It is possible but you would need the new line to go all the way back to the phone exchange box it’s just like in my street no other house has full fibre cables ran but I do and that’s cos I ran them back to the exchange box what is just up the street from me so I have my own line not like the rest
Mark Barratt. Thanks for the useful info mate. Its nice to hear fron I.T installer who knows his stuff. Have no experience on data cables so comes in handy. Thanks again buddy. David
I mean, if you're putting in network cable, it might as well be CAT 6, since affordable 10Gbps networking isn't far away. Also, WiFi to the Internet isn't much of a test for the network cable. Sending a file directly over the network cable directly would show it better, but even that can read slower than 1Gbps if one of the network cards isn't the best or whatnot.
Entered. Hi Tom, I'm a plumber, but I like watching your videos to see how the electrical trade operates and what kind of tools you guys use. You always have really great informative content and you make it look fun too. Cheers
Also not good to test using the internet. Cat5 cable can support 100mbps. Cat6 can go to 10Gbps. so you are testing the internet speed that can work on both. The true test is gigabit speeds on a local test. Pointless test
Fully agree with the cable clip problem! I sometimes find the brick is softer than the mortar. I have resorted to cable tie plugs in these cases before. Come in all sorts of sizes, and can look neat if done properly.
The nest is a brilliant piece of kit! Doddle to fit and set up and I fell it is better than the hive simply because it doesn't have one of those unsightly boxes you have to plug into a router.
Liked and entered :) thanks for taking the time out to film. I find it very interesting to watch! I’m not an electrician but I have learnt lots from you
Entered, great video as always, I wish I'd carried on my training to be an electrician when I was younger but life issues stopped it, just a maintenance person now.
First comment on UA-cam in years. I guess I'm entering but the main thing I want to say is how much I love your channel. Who knew watching you do what I do every day would be so entertaining . Keep doing what your doing Tom 👍
For clipping into the mortar, if necessary we drill into it and inserted dowel (plastic anywhere if exposed to weather, wood everywhere else). Then stick the clip into them
Entered. Really enjoy your content. I am and electrical and electronic engineer and most of the hands on electrical stuff I’ve learned from your videos. Keep up the great work!
I don't know how you and what's his name manage to get the time to do this channel but it's appreciated. Christ knows I need a new drill mine has the torque of an egg whisk so entered
Entered! For the clipping into concrete and such we usaully use speciale clips made for that with plastic ankers on, were you first drill a hole then hammer it in.
Liked the video and I have to enter the prize draw because of my chronic TAS (Tool Acquisition Syndrome). After all, a man can never have too many tools
Entered, just applied to NICEIC for their Domestic Installer scheme, having a change in career later in life. Cracking channel by the way, I gleam a lot of information from you, please keep it up.
Some of those squares you can stick to hold a cable tie in place also have a handy hole in the middle, so you can rip off the sticky pad and put a screw in, which holds much better in certain applicantions.
50k subs mate congrats, really enjoy your channel, you're one of the reasons I took a chance on leaving retail to try electrical as a mature age. Cheers
Entered and liked. I’m also not keen on fitting the flat plates. They always show more imperfections and some models of the double gang sockets you will struggle to fit on a standard double gang metal back box.
I have liked the video :) have been following your videos for a while now. Currently in college doing electrical install along side an apprenticeship and hope one day to be working like you do. Great stuff keep it up.
Great presentation and nice style, you're like a tradesman you see on grand designs.. always wonder where the nice guys come from! count me in for the giveaway please.
I've got that dewalt kit, the impact driver is great can even handle bolting something like a fence post to masonry, the drill driver doesn't get used much I mainly use it for small pilot holes in timber. It's handy though if my 18v drills have a different bit in and I don't want to keep changing bits. Main plus point is how light they are.
If I come across the issue of a stubborn wall or prehistoric mortar I have a masonry 4.5 drill bit that I can quickly and easily drill perfect holes exactly where I want them and then hammer in the small yellow rawl plugs then clip into that as normal. Cheap as chips and fast too, never had any of them come loose yet 👍
Only just found your channel and I'm really enjoying it. I am looking to get into the trade next year. It is going to be interesting to see the differences between Aus and UK electrical practices.
You can get plastic rawl plugs that only need a 5mm hole. They have a small hole in the middle that you hammer the cleat nail into. They enable you to cleat in the middle of the brick rather than struggling with cleating into the mortar. Seem to take longer but it's only a row of holes drilled in to the brick and then every cleat hammers in easily.
cool, what are they called?
You can use dowling for indoor brickwork too.
Nail plugs are the way to go.
Tower pin plugs. I usually pick them up on eBay cheap as chips for a bulk buy
Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered a couple of hundred Profix nail plugs off ebay for 6 quid to try.
I always watch and upvote, your language is a little colourful but somehow always appropriate. You and Dave make a good team, hope you get your cameraman back soon.
Speed benefits on VDSL/ADSL wouldn't be immediately apparent after replacing the cable with CAT6 as the DSLAM on the other end has already "learnt" the limits of the line and built a profile. The provider can do something called a DLM reset (dynamic line management) which means it will then try and test the line and see if it can eek out more bandwidth from it.
Was thinking the same - although I was under the impression it would gradually "learn" about the additional bandwidth automatically after a few days.
@@deanwild4971 it will but you can somewhat speed up that process by contacting your provider
So ADSL connections don't come from a DSLAM thats a VDSL technology, also its worth noting that unless your old bit of copper was subject to some kind of interference that cat 6 would stop then there isn't going to be much improvement, not a bad idea as using a better cable cant hurt. For VDSL the DSLAM is supplied with a certain bandwidth since its multiplexed so it might not even be possible to have a faster connection without external infrastructure upgrades.
@@xer0334 So the bit of new 2 core they installed when they installed the refurbished and relabeled (possibly relocated) black box was pointless. I didn't know that thanks.
Love watching you mess about with ladders and all the hundred other tools we all use and lose Keep it up
Love watching your vids we work in rural wales all we see are sheep and rain so your videos keep us entertained on long days
Just starting in the trade, Great vid again Tom,keep them coming
Entered 👍👍🙏
For clipping into brick etc you can buy white wall plugs, that you drill a hole for and they are the perfect size to fit a clip in.
white, interesting. i sometimes have to use a yellow forced into a 3mm hole.
Made by Schneider. TLC sell them or identical at www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/FXPP.html
Hi Tom, would have been nice to see some actual work, like the install of the Nest Thermostat, but I'll have to settle for the hitting rubber nails bit ;) your older content use to show you doing alot more of the job involved or maybe the bigger audience prefer the ramble. I have drilled holes before now and then inserted wood dowels and then nailed into the wooden dowel, does work but more time consuming.
Dave Morgan said this months ago, use to love his content.
Entered. Been watching your videos since I saw your van tour around a year ago. Really enjoy them and look forward to them. I just started my apprenticeship 4 weeks ago so it’s good to learn things from your videos. Best of luck. Thanks
I've been watching your videos for close to a year now and I love it. You know the trade really well & you make it easy for electrical apprentices, such as myself, follow along and learn. Thanks Tom! Enter me in the giveaway too!
And as you found out, Cat6 isn’t going to make a difference at those speeds. If you’re working with a gigabit network, Cat6 is necessary, especially for long runs. Still an interesting experiment though!
Actually cat5e can do gigabits too
Not at all, 5e is quite sufficient for gigabit. Gigabit is, frankly, slow.
May as well install cat6 if your doing it now. Pretty much the same price as 5e nowadays unless your going for like super expensive STP stuff.
What he said.. put CAT6 in now because 10gigE will be with us soon enough, and that will require it
Given the test results (40/10, give or take), and that it was PlusNet, that will have been a VDSL line [sorry, pedants] and so I suspect it was only a 40/10 service that the customer was paying for, as you usually have to pay more for an 80/20 service and a lot of people don't think it's worth it. In that case, upgrading the cables when you're already getting the maximum speed is going to achieve sod all, as the ISP will be limiting you. Now if they were paying for a 80/20 service and were only getting 40/10 - or they just wanted to future-proof the line - then it'd be worth doing.
For the past 5 years or so I've used 30cm shielded cat6-ish cables from my master socket to the modems (I have two lines) instead of just using a random 100-odd-cm phone cable, and that *does* definitely make a difference if you aren't already getting the top speed, but for a lot of people just positioning the router as close to the master socket as you possibly can will make a greater difference than running better cable. If the master socket isn't where you want your wifi to be strongest, just run an ethernet cable to a dedicated wifi access point; easy (or use a separate modem & router, and have the modem by the master socket, with the router+wifi wherever you want it - the ethernet cable from the modem to the router will do gigabit easily, so you won't see any slowdown from that).
It's also worth noting that it can take up to a couple of weeks for a change like that to fully take effect. BT's DSL equipment (the DSLAMs) slowly increases or decreases the line sync speed according to whether it thinks the line is very stable and can probably handle more speed (so it'll increase it), or if it thinks that the line's being unstable (and it'll decrease it to try and increase stability). That process isn't instantaneous, so give it a while :)
Finally, BT Wholesale (i.e. the division of BT Group that re-sells the physical lines to consumer-facing ISPs) have a "Broadband Availability Checker" here: www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome - that will give you a pretty good estimate of the various services available on your line without trying to sell you anything, although it can be a bit conservatie in some of its estimates! For my second line it estimates 16.7~20 Mbps upstream and 55~75.6 Mbps downstream - and in practice I get 20 Mbps up and 70.0 Mbps down (that's the modem sync speed, not the IP throughput, which in reality is often impacted by your wifi conditions or your ISP).
Would love to enter the giveaway. Good luck everyone.
Also, as a networking guy - the benefits of upgrading to Cat6 won’t be seen by doing a Speedtest to the internet because Cat5 is more than enough for a 45mb/s connection anyway. The benefit is when you’re transferring files internally (streaming movies, sharing files etc) as it increases the bandwidth.
You're not going to get instant performance improvements on a fttc line by upgrading the cable. You need to wait for the DSLAM to reprofile the line to the better speed which happens between 12midnight and 5am and it can take several days OR you can call the ISP and ask them to reset the DSLAM so the line reprofiles straight away.
Average UK speed is 30Mbps. Cat5E supports up to 1000Mbps. Why bother with CAT6?
Can't you use the max data rate figures reported by the router as a real-time indication?
Your videos are always very helpful for an apprentice sparky like me
Sparky from NZ here. Love the vids good to see how its done in the UK.
Not going to get into the CAT6/5e chat. But testing straight after swapping the cables wouldn’t do much, the DSLAM in the cabinet won’t have had time to notice the line has improved and to up the profile.
When it notices errors it drops the line speed down until it’s stable that then determines the speed.
Also testing from a phone probably isn’t the best but it’s what you had to hand.
Plusnet actually is a great community and can give you line sync results if you ask for it, that would of been good to grab before the cable was changed and then have an up to date reading taken a week later.
You can also increase the speed by using shielded RJ11 between the master socket and modem - again shorter the cable the better the increase.
Love the vids though!
Also on the cat6 you won’t notice the difference at those speeds. Mainly matters between devices and switches where you want true 1g connectivity across a network. ISPs in the UK just aren’t there yet to meet these kind of speeds, unless you have the option of FTTH
Analog signal can get better and better (at least to some degree) but digital signal just works (error detection and correction works) or it doesn't (too many errors/too much noise/not enough signal strength).
Was he replacing actual telephone cabling with CAT6 though?
But if you are paying to have it installed might as well future proof
Outside lights clipping, I would go for metal p clips
Very nice kit from ITS. Looks like they are very useful on the team. Love the videos!
Oh yes please Mr Tom! Those tools would help my new reno project!
no benefit to running CAT 6 instead of 1308 (phone wire ) - it's all down to the frequencies used, they're optimised for that style of cable. If you need to run near noise ( flourescents etc ) it can give a little boost. CAT6 is a ballache to install. Stick to 5e, more flexible, more cables per trunk etc, much nicer to work with. Very much doubt that cat6 is required in a home install ( or even many business installs tbh ) and this from a comms/IT installer/maintainer :D
Proper copper BT CW1308-spec four-core cable seems to be 2-pair Cat5 these days if the stuff I've got here is anything to go by.
It is possible but you would need the new line to go all the way back to the phone exchange box it’s just like in my street no other house has full fibre cables ran but I do and that’s cos I ran them back to the exchange box what is just up the street from me so I have my own line not like the rest
Mark Barratt. Thanks for the useful info mate. Its nice to hear fron I.T installer who knows his stuff. Have no experience on data cables so comes in handy. Thanks again buddy. David
Also, the cable he replaced wasn't 1308... It was an very old piece of BT No.7 cable.
I mean, if you're putting in network cable, it might as well be CAT 6, since affordable 10Gbps networking isn't far away. Also, WiFi to the Internet isn't much of a test for the network cable. Sending a file directly over the network cable directly would show it better, but even that can read slower than 1Gbps if one of the network cards isn't the best or whatnot.
Yo yo. How are you boss.
Entered. Hi Tom, I'm a plumber, but I like watching your videos to see how the electrical trade operates and what kind of tools you guys use. You always have really great informative content and you make it look fun too. Cheers
Entered, been watching the vids for a year now, really helps as an apprentice watching the work you do
Testing via WiFi isn't really good.
Yes. But these kind of little experiments makes people learn stuff.
SCWfan06 47 is also really close to the 52 max oft whatever old wifi standard. Don't know which one that was.
Also not good to test using the internet. Cat5 cable can support 100mbps. Cat6 can go to 10Gbps. so you are testing the internet speed that can work on both. The true test is gigabit speeds on a local test.
Pointless test
Fully agree with the cable clip problem! I sometimes find the brick is softer than the mortar. I have resorted to cable tie plugs in these cases before. Come in all sorts of sizes, and can look neat if done properly.
The nest is a brilliant piece of kit! Doddle to fit and set up and I fell it is better than the hive simply because it doesn't have one of those unsightly boxes you have to plug into a router.
Entered. It's my birthday on Saturday and desperately need tools. Great channel!
Entered, thanks, we used what we called nail plugs, smallest rawplugs you could get, yellow I think and worked a treat!!!
Liked and entered :) thanks for taking the time out to film. I find it very interesting to watch! I’m not an electrician but I have learnt lots from you
Entered and as a first year apprentice those would come in very handy keep up the vids learnt a lot👍🏻
Entered. Starting my journey in becoming an apprentice this summer after school learning a lot from your channel
The drill and impact driver would be so incredibly handy. Good video, mate!
Keen DIYer, I learn a lot from your channel! Awesome mate.
Great to watch another video. Liked to enter the competition.
Entered! I have just this week started to work as part as a rewire team and this would be perfect to start off my career.
Hey Tom that seems like it is a nice piece of kit and it would find a nice home in my tool box.
Hi tom liked and entered 2nd year apprentice would really help me out!! Keep up the good work with the videos all the lads in my college love them!
Entered GIVEAWAY! Really great watching Tom progress and the day to day working of a London trade.
Good to see you're keeping busy! The freebie bag would be very useful to my apprentice ;) !
And I've liked the video! ;)
Entering competition, Keep up the great vids tom.
Entered. Just started as an apprentice and these tools would really help.
Entered. Great videos Tom. Sometimes you don't realise How long small jobs actually take.
Subscribed and bell on haven't gotten a notification of a video in a month thought you had gone off the radar
Entered, great video as always, I wish I'd carried on my training to be an electrician when I was younger but life issues stopped it, just a maintenance person now.
Those tools would come in handy as I’m in the middle of renovating my home. Picked up a few good tips from you which has helped me out abit 👍🏻
First comment on UA-cam in years. I guess I'm entering but the main thing I want to say is how much I love your channel. Who knew watching you do what I do every day would be so entertaining . Keep doing what your doing Tom 👍
Entered! The best part of the videos are watchn g how you and Tom get on and work together :)
Entered! Really like your vlogs. Entertaining and nice to see how you are doing electrical in UK!
For clipping into the mortar, if necessary we drill into it and inserted dowel (plastic anywhere if exposed to weather, wood everywhere else). Then stick the clip into them
Entered. Really enjoy your content. I am and electrical and electronic engineer and most of the hands on electrical stuff I’ve learned from your videos. Keep up the great work!
I don't know how you and what's his name manage to get the time to do this channel but it's appreciated. Christ knows I need a new drill mine has the torque of an egg whisk so entered
Entered! For the clipping into concrete and such we usaully use speciale clips made for that with plastic ankers on, were you first drill a hole then hammer it in.
Liked the video and I have to enter the prize draw because of my chronic TAS (Tool Acquisition Syndrome). After all, a man can never have too many tools
For hard mortar get a small masonry drill bit and small plugs and bail the clip into the plug works wonders
Good vid as always, like the tool give aways and looking around the jobs. Keep busy dude!
can’t stop watching your videos entered
Liked & Entered. When I Am working with hard mortar I used a 2mm masonry drill bit to start the hole. Saves on wasting clips.
This is my entry! Great videos.
Love your videos learn something every video i watch so thank you for taking the time to make them. Entered!
Entered, just applied to NICEIC for their Domestic Installer scheme, having a change in career later in life. Cracking channel by the way, I gleam a lot of information from you, please keep it up.
I love you Thomas Nagy, your videos are awesome! Keep up the good work.
Some of those squares you can stick to hold a cable tie in place also have a handy hole in the middle, so you can rip off the sticky pad and put a screw in, which holds much better in certain applicantions.
Just started Apprenticeship this would be excellent to have thank you
Entered the competition, love your videos btw.
The CAT 6 is future proofing, can handle hire speeds when available. Also has more insulation for less interference. Well worth it.
Entered the competition!
50k subs mate congrats, really enjoy your channel, you're one of the reasons I took a chance on leaving retail to try electrical as a mature age. Cheers
Entered and liked. I’m also not keen on fitting the flat plates. They always show more imperfections and some models of the double gang sockets you will struggle to fit on a standard double gang metal back box.
The black Friday deals seem to be pretty good on some of their stuff. Liked and entered for theatrical set building!
Entered the competition. 👨🏻🔧👨🏻🔧👨🏻🔧
That set would be awesome for my DIYing.
another great video once again keep them coming.
Go nicely in my shed. Good video. Keep it up.
Love your videos. Keep them coming.
Entered Tom, the kit would be very handy as I’m looking for my first start in the industry. Keep the videos coming guys.
I used to give extra good service to clients that left food for me. Saves a lot of time going out somewhere, especially when the weather was crap.
I have liked the video :) have been following your videos for a while now. Currently in college doing electrical install along side an apprenticeship and hope one day to be working like you do. Great stuff keep it up.
Entered the competition 🔌🔨🔧
This is my kind of entertainment. Keep up the good work!
Entered. I hate clipping into brick too! Enjoy the videos, thanks.
Awesome videos, keep up the great work and don't censor them!
Entered. We’ve just bought an 18th Century farmhouse that’s need of renovation and this would be a huge help.
Entered, love the vids Thomas, learning lots and helping me through the 2365 L2
Enjoy the videos Thomas keep it up 😀
Great presentation and nice style, you're like a tradesman you see on grand designs.. always wonder where the nice guys come from! count me in for the giveaway please.
Entered. For fitting clips I sometimes drill holes and fit wooden dowel then tap clip in.
Just as regards the Clipping into mortar you can get nail plugs basically little yellow rawlplugs for driving clips into
I've got that dewalt kit, the impact driver is great can even handle bolting something like a fence post to masonry, the drill driver doesn't get used much I mainly use it for small pilot holes in timber. It's handy though if my 18v drills have a different bit in and I don't want to keep changing bits. Main plus point is how light they are.
Liked and entered !! Been using a nest for over 2 years would be lost without it saving a good bit on heating aswell
Excellent Channel! Greetings from a Electrician from Denmark :-)
Enjoying the videos, keep up the good work!!
Nice piece in the elec professional mag as well tom
Super video mate unreal electricians
If I come across the issue of a stubborn wall or prehistoric mortar I have a masonry 4.5 drill bit that I can quickly and easily drill perfect holes exactly where I want them and then hammer in the small yellow rawl plugs then clip into that as normal.
Cheap as chips and fast too, never had any of them come loose yet 👍
Brilliant videos very good quality and exceptional work you do with “TOM”
Another great upload, Keep them coming :)
Only just found your channel and I'm really enjoying it. I am looking to get into the trade next year. It is going to be interesting to see the differences between Aus and UK electrical practices.
ENTERED, Great video as normal, I love watching them and always learn a lot. Keep it up Tom !