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  1. M

    Customer doesnt want us to complete!

    Ok guys looking for some advice. Will be contacting my scheme provider and LABC tomorrow. basically builder starts wiring an extension and then calls me in to finish it and sign off. I told them i cant do that and it will need putting right as i cant even see their first fix due to plastering...
    • MTI
    • Thread
    • builder builders complete customer doesnt right works
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. G

    Builders :o

    went to job today to wire a utility room within converted garage , this part was fine . house 3year old builder gives me a shout saying hall lights and stair lights plus living room lights not working :S all i have done at this point is mount boxes builder proceeds to tell me the moved 2 light...
    • glasgospark
    • Thread
    • boxes builder builders cables lights point question
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. B

    Corrie and Electrical fire by builder

    "So ive been told" after the ginger bird nearly getting killed with gas now there is to be a fire after the builder fixes the Electrics.. Im waiting for the phone ringing off the hook tommorro
  4. B

    Builders electrics

    Why do builders think they know everything about our job? "we don't need a spark ----- knows all about electrics"
    • BillyH
    • Thread
    • builder builders electric electrical electrics
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. S

    underfloor heating

    Evening guys Got a job tomorrow to sort an electric underfloor heating apparently the under floor heating starts to get warm then trips the rcd The builder disconnected the thermostat an tried again the floor got warm then tripped the rcd again Any pointers would be apreciated Thanks
    • spurs1980
    • Thread
    • again builder element floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. E

    Underflloor heating has only a L-N-E to connect. Should there be a probe?

    I have been asked to wire a thermostat to and underfloor heating system on an extension I am wiring, the builder installed it and tiled the floor and threw the box and instructions away!!!! There is only L-N-E in the box to connect so obviously I cannot wire a thermostat. Is this correct or...
  7. A

    Builders' or permanent supply

    Hi everyone, I'm building a new house and am at plastering stage - first fix electrics are finished. Western Power have brought a supply to the house into a white box on the wall, and fitted a fuse. nPower should be supplying the meter but they tell me they can't install the permanent meter...
    • Arthur
    • Thread
    • builder builders electrician meter permanent supply
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. P

    Informing building control

    I've just come to the end of a large domestic re-wire and I'm using it for my NAPIT inspection. The problem I have is that the builders I am working for need it signed off 'NOW'! by building control, but my inspection isn't for a couple of weeks yet. Is it acceptable to complete the Electrical...
  9. A

    builder needs advice on what minimum requirements required

    I have a guy thats just started with us who used to work for a father and son electrical firm. The father and son were part p trained and they would get this guy to carry out a lot of the work and then test it themselves etc and issue the certificate. He has now come to work for me. He is more...
  10. A

    hmm.. builder needs help!

    Hi Forum, I have a question and my electrician is on his hols, wondered if anyone here could help. We need to ventilate an enclosed space within a kitchen island and I have chosen a small and extremely quiet 12v PC cooling fan as the ideal product to do the job, due to its low db rating. It...
    • adomakin
    • Thread
    • builder help! needs power supply transformer wattage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. S

    PIR alternative to part p??

    Hi guys, means you dont need to register with a part p scheme to carry out PIR's, could this be used as an alternative to part p? As you could carry out work (notifable) and then pir on the property, confirming its safe?
    • sima24
    • Thread
    • alternative asked builder carry part part p people pir
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. K

    dicon smoke alarms: PROBLEMS!!!

    hi all, was asked to do 2nd fix on a loft conversion for a builder. the builder had done the 1st fix, so before all the work i had checked the cables and the quality of the work tested each circuit it seemed in good order. There are 3 dicon smoke alarms in the property which the builder supplied...
  13. F

    certificates for builders and landlords

    I have been approached by a builder and asked to sign off work he has already done .I have niceic domestic installer status.Can I legally do it for him? Also I have been asked to do a lanlords certificate for someone, is this just a periodic certificate ? And can I legally do this?thanks
  14. J

    website builder

    Does anyone know of or used any decent web builder sites.
  15. S

    PV on a builders supply

    As many of you know, I'm not an electrician so please go easy on me. Do a PV on a new build etc. Customer told me the electrical connection was going in so we were good to go. Turned up yesterday and all he has is a builders supply and wants us to tee into that. The is a consumer unit up but...
  16. i=p/u

    ignorance of builders

    doing work for builders , i had booked myself out few days to other guy and builder seems to think he can just ring me and drop everything for him. he puts no planning into jobs and is just a nutter. ps when i saaid no on phone for 3rd time he just ripped them out . and then he said he got it...
  17. La Poste

    Cowboy builders

    New measures designed to protect the public from incompetent "cowboy" builders were announced by the government on Wednesday and given a cautious welcome by MPs. Tradesmen who operate self-check schemes, which allow them to assess their own work, will be required to meet higher standards, the...
  18. swparksey

    Builders

    Been away for a week, before I went I arranged a builder from Rated people to lay some slabs in my garden. I was then adding some recessed lighting. Well I can't wait until he gets here tomorrow, the first part is like a donkeys hind leg, and finishes at the same hight as the DPM whist also...
  19. L

    Testing Certification

    Hi there Just had some new electrical installation done for an extension i have had built and am led to beleive that i will need a certificate of installation etc for a building regs completion certificate to be issued. The builder has told me that the electrician he uses is experiencing...
    • leitrim99
    • Thread
    • becsa builder certification competent completion cps person registration scheme testing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. N

    Builders vans

    I keep seeing builders with 24hr callout on the van. Do people really wake up at 3am and decide they need an urgent extension.
    • needasparks
    • Thread
    • attach builder builders electricians vans van vans vehicle weeks
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Electrician Talk

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