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Silly Sausage
Give me one board change for £300 and 2x hours work rather than 2 @ £150 and x hours each any day!
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Dustydazzler
This isn't the issue thou , like you I would rather quality over quantity and not rush about like a mad man
But the £150 cash job fella , will pay no scam fee , no insurance , no expensive testers to buy and keep serviced , no notification fee , no tax , no NI , provide no warranty etc
He or she will just pocket the £150 cash and move on to the next victim.
If you could even knock out 2 of these a weekend that's a nice £300 in the skyrocket for beer money
But that's 2 less board changes for a legit fully scam reg sparks to do
Unless you get the job like the OP who will now be paid to put it right
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Toneyz
I think that is a bit unfair Pete a few good electricians on here get some of their materials from them (Lap stuff bottom of the quality threshold)
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Never said they didn't Ant, Remember I worked there for a while, like I have seen what goes on, show a few meaningless certificates and you're a member, Joe public can buy the same gear from Screwfix that is also provided by Electrifix next door. Yes of course it's a good outlet for early bird good sparkies.
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Afraid I agree with Pete. Screwedfix stuff is rubbish. BG and LAP is rubbish. Tool prices excessive and tool quality poor. All imho 
Ain’t saying the sparkies you refer to are not good.
I get better prices at proper wholesalers than screwedfix could ever offer.
Ain’t saying the sparkies you refer to are not good.
I get better prices at proper wholesalers than screwedfix could ever offer.
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Toneyz
It implied that buying from Screwfix you are a bodger which I don't think what you posted was what you wanted your post to say but I get the sentiment of it.
Quite special this, somebody has made there own bracket out of fixing band to hold the light fixture to the ceiling rose, wasn't a bad job to be honest apart from the earth not being attached.
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Just had a scroll through thread and it does make you think whats the point some times, for example using compression glands, gromits, proper containment etc when people seem to get away with complete rubbish throwing it in and probably charging the same price 
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Is that evidence of a wet pants that can read? It does say do not remove!
Here is one from the other day, nice EV charging point
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I've seen whole houses like this where the base of the pendants been tucked up because the home owner didn't know what to do with the wiring!
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Just opened up this CU on a garage conversion.
Sweet Jesus.
Whole thing wired in 1mm 3 core.
Into a b50.
Supplies sockets and a utility room...
More later.
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That there is a total abortion, @Marcus Vaughan
I can’t see one regulation that HAS been adhered to.
Is this a DIY bodge or a supposed electrician bodge?
I can’t see one regulation that HAS been adhered to.
Is this a DIY bodge or a supposed electrician bodge?
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Andy78
I'm going for option A.
"I just need someone to come and connect up and do a certificate. All the rest is done"
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Dustydazzler
That is terrible …...
I mean who in their right mind would install BG
I mean who in their right mind would install BG
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Bellendian
I think that is probably the worst effort I've ever seen!! In the age of youtube I can't understand how its possible to get it so incredibly wrong!
If that work was paid for then this surely has to be one for Building Control to actually pursue and take action?
If that work was paid for then this surely has to be one for Building Control to actually pursue and take action?
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Lucien Nunes
I've tried three times to write an appropriate comment but words are letting me down. You'll have to invent some colourful new vocabulary for your report... I don't think standard English is up to the job.
E2A sorry I can't stand the suspense. You have to tell us what the polarity of the 'submain' is, what with the brown wires all being connected to the case and that. Pleeeease say it's the neutral or show us the other end.
E2A sorry I can't stand the suspense. You have to tell us what the polarity of the 'submain' is, what with the brown wires all being connected to the case and that. Pleeeease say it's the neutral or show us the other end.
Marcus, I hope you’ve told your apprentice to have another go 
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Lucien Nunes
In reality you can't stop stuff like this, Part P or no Part P. If someone is that clueless, exactly how the trade is regulated is neither here nor there. They will ignore any and all regulations and cheerfully carry on.
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what's wrong with BG? never had any problems with loads of BG kit since the issue with tight screws being backed off and secured with loctite.
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GBDamo
By far and away 1st prize in the "Not having a effig clue" awards 2019.
Maybe even a lifetime underachievement award to boot.
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GBDamo
Not calling you a liar but you'd have to try pretty hard to do worse than that.
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Dustydazzler
Try a consumer unit under the stairs with no cover on it , the cover was broken and just left laying on the floor...
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I have seen worse where the tenant had used cat5 for basement lighting fed from a B50 mcb for some led fittings!
I have come across bell wire quite afew times in older properties where alterations and additions to the lighting have been made by the houseowner
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Nightmare.
Cannot find the other end (the supply) at all. Must be buried in a wall or a JB under a floor. Maybe I'll find it tomorrow. Floorboards up tomorrow.
Polarity?
The grey to the bottom of the MCB is permanent live. This then makes the neutral bar top right an....erm...ehhh...'live bar'?
Then you have the three circuits, grey live and brown neutral on each, all from 1.0mm three core with black snipped.
Oh - and one of those 3 cores feeds sockets, including a washer/drier (or at least it did).
Worse still, this 3 core supply seems to have been put 'in-line' with an older radial socket circuit on 15amp BS3036 which serves bedrooms upstairs. so when I disconnected at this new CU, the upstairs sockets went dead.
What a mess.
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Bellendian
Not entirely sure that the chimp that installed it did either?!
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Turn mcb on, twisted 3 core to top of mcb becomes live, as does the bar it connects into (normally a neutral bar). Hey presto. Everything works, until some meddling electrician comes along...
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