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Interesting. Thanks for the response. I'm on a sort of personal crusade against these methods here in Belize. It doesn't make me popular with building contractors. There is also a slightly more nefarious aspect to this insofar as I have been involved in many projects where the builder has covered up all the pipes and conduits in the wall so only he knows where they are. There is almost a rush to do this. This serves as an insurance policy against any customer scrutiny. The answer in my view is very simple and that is to treat all internal rooms in the same way you would fur out a basement in the US. The job becomes actually enjoyable then. No conduits, all services run in a drop ceiling and guess what? There's this new stuff called insulation that can then be used! The savings of not plastering the internal walls cover the materials and labor of furring out

Of course the whole thing is an act. Look at the cunt he made of himself on Piers Morgan's show.

I'm an electrical contractor living in Belize for the last 24 years. Electrical and Plumbing here is set inside the cinder block of walls. It is a bizarre thing to see a freshly built 6 inch block wall and the following day a plumber or electrician (usually the same guy) smashes it to pieces and sets in a bit of wiring or a shower manifold that is then concreted into place. This of course makes servicing or adapting any plumbing or wiring impossible in the future. It still drives me mad to this day. Did you find the same methods used on your development?