Silicon For Electical Trunking

[ahdon 0]

Hi guys, something that's bothering me and would like to get some advice on this.

The situation is that we have got a third party other than our contractor to paint our house. The electrical trunkings are all done and it's time for painting, but the silicon to the electrical trunkings are not done yet. So who is responsible for applying silicon to the electrical trunking?

a) the electrician who is under our main contractor (basically the contractor), or

b) the painter whom we sub-contracted to paint the flat (these guys are not under the main contractor)

Please share your experience, particular if you have seperate contractors for painting and/or eletrical works.

Thanks!!!

[Eurypylus 0]

Electrician with better skill normally cut the trunking with good fit and will not require silicon glue.

[neubie 2]

Electrician with better skill normally cut the trunking with good fit and will not require silicon glue.

i tink TS is referring to sealing the gaps between trunking and wall. u dun need glue to paste trunking.

not always true, as there will always be unevenness even after plastering.

For such cases of ala carte reno, such gray areas always exists. The electrician is not at any obligation to fill/putty the gaps between trunking n walls, cos it is beyond his jobscope, similarly for the plasterer/painter.

What TS can do is to ask the painter do, maybe with additional costs. Better still, puay n chamsiong with the main con to do it at no additional costs.

If all else fails, get a $3 caulking gun n tubes of silicon at approx $3 each n diy… can fill up until u shoik

Edited November 17, 2010 by neubie

[ahdon 0]

Thanks for clarifying and that's right, I meant the gaps between trunking and wall. The walls are not straight.

i tink TS is referring to sealing the gaps between trunking and wall. u dun need glue to paste trunking.

not always true, as there will always be unevenness even after plastering.

For such cases of ala carte reno, such gray areas always exists. The electrician is not at any obligation to fill/putty the gaps between trunking n walls, cos it is beyond his jobscope, similarly for the plasterer/painter.

What TS can do is to ask the painter do, maybe with additional costs. Better still, puay n chamsiong with the main con to do it at no additional costs.

If all else fails, get a $3 caulking gun n tubes of silicon at approx $3 each n diy… can fill up until u shoik

[Eurypylus 0]

For this case, you better off use plaster rather than silicon glue.

[ahdon 0]

For this case, you better off use plaster rather than silicon glue.

why use plaster over silicon?

[Eurypylus 0]

Silicon will stick with dust and turn dirty, there are rather impossible to clean.

[bundy 0]

but plaster will crack over the time, actually its all depend on where the trunking is, if at the ceiling, then plaster, otherwise, i think silicon will be better