Cowboy Builders have Part P qualified Electrician Inspecting dodgey work!

[mattmoo1974]

And its Sponsored by Myhammer!! LOL

 

[telectrix]

tell us more

 

[mattmoo1974]

Channel 5 now mate

 

[eskimo39]

It was an absolute joke mate. Get Tony Cable on the job!!!!!!!!

 

[mattmoo1974]

Tony Cable would move his hands around in "The Godfather Motion" YOU TALKING TO ME!

 

[Des 56]

The cable could touch a pipe and become live
What could that do ?
Kill you!

Urm,bit overdramatic or what


I did notice he blew the crap out of the face brick getting his cable outside




Lets not have Tony Cable on,he is an has been,there are sure to be some female sparks who can make a better presentation and also out look that regular bimbo presenter Mollie the massager or whoever she is

 

[accordfire]

The cable could touch a pipe and become live
What could that do ?
Kill you!

Urm,bit overdramatic or what


I did notice he blew the crap out of the face brick getting his cable outside




Lets not have Tony Cable on,he is an has been,there are sure to be some female sparks who can make a better presentation and also out look that regular bimbo presenter Mollie the massager or whoever she is

Um..................What's the damn bonding there for then? RCD? Can anyone say dumkoph?

Ah Well, that's entertainment.

Even when they're trying to make us look better, they make us look bad.

 

[mattmoo1974]

I did like the fact no one would go on camera because the guy was AGGRESIVE(He was about 96 and about 8 stone ---- wet threw)
You ve gotta love TV Hype

 

[Sav]

what programme was this ?? missed it !!
Sav

 

[Amp David]

Not another spark with the imaginary Part pee qualification!

 

[DaveyD]

what programme was this ?? missed it !!
Sav

Here you go Sav. Skip to after 30 mins. Never watched this before but interested by this discussion

Episode 2: Bolton | Cowboy Builders | Five

" .. how far from the sink, any regulations?"
"common sense ..."

No mention of 300mm (5.2.2)

 

[SKY]

What a silly man!

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Funny how he keeps mentioning it should be a Part P qualified electrician, then when he shows up he uses the words Part P registered.

This stuff has to stop.

 

[IQ Electrical]

"If the cable in the boxing makes contact with a pipe, it could make the sink a live conductor of a lethal charge of mains electricity"

Thank god they were there, this could have resulted in multiple deaths of a magnitude not seen since mass murderer Ivor Sparks installed non-rcd protected cables at a depth of only 20mm!

Seriously, it would have been better to show what they should have received from a contractor-a minor works certificate and eventually, a certificate of compliance!

 

[mogga]

that ones been shown Last year they are repeats while ch5 sorts its self out

 

[SirKit Breaker]

These idiots on the telly would be better off getting a proper working Electrician in to tell it how it is, instead of some ****wit who hasn't got a clue. I wouldn't say no to half an hour with Melinda Nutmassager though.

 

[accordfire]

These idiots on the telly would be better off getting a proper working Electrician in to tell it how it is, instead of some ****wit who hasn't got a clue. I wouldn't say no to half an hour with Melinda Nutmassager though.

And did you notice the gratuitous shots of her rear end and breastage area several times? What was the program about again?

 

[telectrix]

the cowboy tradesmen would have a problem there. there are no corners to cut , only curves

 

[SKY]

The bloke who did the install was a complete idiot and he has wrecked lots of peoples lives on his past jobs which is horrible.

BUT

I can't help thinking that so many home-owners want the cheapest price possible and its this want for a quick and cheap job that ends in disaster and a bloke like that getting work.
Cowboys/chancer's will always have work as long as people want a quick and cheap job.
Gone are the days when a homeowner would wait a few day for an electrician to fit a light they want it as soon as they pick up the phone.
I believe in a fair price for a very good job, I could never leave a patress box with a unused hole in the side (I just could not ever do it to my enemy).

I'm still on training but do a lot of commercial electrics in my job as an engineer I always try my best to use decent equipment like DP sockets and branded goods like MK, crabtree and sometimes BG.
I just feel that when I start out in a few years on my own that i will always get other cowboys pricing very very low to get the work and the homeowner gets a poor job.
If they would have paid the extra £20 they would have had a job that was fully functional, safe, tested, ascetically pleasing and compliant to the latest regulations.
I would only leave stuff in the way that I would expect in my own house.

 

[jaresquire]

My way too,Sky, but electrical is 10% of my business (electronic security/fire) and would not have kept me afloat these last few months. Cannot (knowingly) do crap work even if the client asks for a quick fix-as the saying goes, your name is your virtue.

 

[timo1]

I must admit I did see one episode where the customer paid £1500 for a re-wire. Her house looked like it was a large 3 bed and seemed surprised when the job was unfinished and shoddy, Im no expert but surely that is way too cheap. You only have to look at the bids on myhammer to see that people are doing jobs for hardly anything. One chap only had public liability as his qualifications!! It just should not be allowed, and frankly takes the you know what out of those that jump through all the hoops that current legislation requires, Im only part time but already have seen the look on peoples faces when you tell them that their wiring is unsafe and they need rcd protection etc...you just know they will either have a go themselves, or get a mate to tackle it...

 

[accordfire]

My way too,Sky, but electrical is 10% of my business (electronic security/fire) and would not have kept me afloat these last few months. Cannot (knowingly) do crap work even if the client asks for a quick fix-as the saying goes, your name is your virtue.

Well said! Diversity brings its own issues a la costs too, but the mantra has to be quality and compliance no matter what you do. It is for us too.

 

[jaresquire]

One chap only had public liability as his qualifications!!

I wonder if it was valid if he cannot prove his competence?

 

[Des 56]

You only have to look at the bids on my hammer to see that people are doing jobs for hardly anything...

Read your post,so out of curiosity I did

Now I'm not too sure how it works so I may be a little wrong
The figure on the job with no quotes is what the budget of the customer is,Yes?

There is a full rewire in Chorley (wherever that happens to be) the customer wants the full works and the chasing in plastered, for a whacking £ 700

I really cant understand why people have this sort of figure in mind
They then have prices to match and we all know they are crazy prices,its afterwards these customers find the error of their ways

Unfortunately,because its not a glamorous feature (the electrical installations are so far down that list) this perception is very widespread

 

[BLBelfast]

There is a full rewire in Chorley (wherever that happens to be) the customer wants the full works and the chasing in plastered, for a whacking £ 700

A full rewire of a shed?

 

[timo1]

Yes that's right. The customer puts in a price and prospective tradesman outbid each other to get the job a bit like ebay in reverse! I suppose you cant blame the customer as not many people would have a clue at what a rewire would cost and would go with whoever would be the cheapest.

 

[IQ Electrical]

Yes that's right. The customer puts in a price and prospective tradesman outbid each other to get the job a bit like ebay in reverse! I suppose you cant blame the customer as not many people would have a clue at what a rewire would cost and would go with whoever would be the cheapest.

I don't BLAME the customer but I have no sympathy when it all goes wrong!