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wiringgenius
After a comprehensive EICR at a 22 room 3 storey Victorian house in a little town, I found the wiring was around 50 years old and was full of lead covered cables and the ends all crumbling. The house needed a rewire basically so I gave a price which was accepted and more or less had a week before it was to start. The house was to be rented out and the new tenant had agreed that if the house was rewired he would be happy to move in.
I was called by an architect a few days before and he wanted to meet me on the job to discuss a few things that "hiss client" wanted. I didnt understand why he would be involved in a rewire but went to meet him anyway, I have never met such an --- hole in all my years, he had no clue about regulations, he said I should just patch it up and put in a new board???
The house was wired in crumbling lead, how it can be patched up is beyond me but he thinks it could be done. There was no earth at the lights, sockets and no main earth?? Not safe to move a family into, I mean some lights were on all the time(F+SW) making connection in the wall somewhere, if you hit the wall the light went off??? But the architect says its ok.
It turned out that the architect had been asked previously to draw up plans for this house for a refurb and that included the wiring which he had submitted a price for. I had came in lower than his rewire price and he wasnt happy.
I received an email from the owners telling me they had spoken to the architect and his electricians had advised that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the wiring in the property and it was totally safe???? This totally went against my report and he had obviously lied to the owner and told them I was talking rubbish because I then lost the job.
I submitted the damning report to the owner anyway and wished them good luck and expressed my feelings that the architect was wrong and hoped nothing happened to the new tenants in that house.
I think its pretty crap when us honest guys go out and report properly on the condition of a system then some liar of an architect comes along and over rules everything with lies so he can line his pockets and not even get his hands dirty.
Its pure Greed and this greedy little ignorant architect will get whats coming to him by putting peoples lives at risk.
I was called by an architect a few days before and he wanted to meet me on the job to discuss a few things that "hiss client" wanted. I didnt understand why he would be involved in a rewire but went to meet him anyway, I have never met such an --- hole in all my years, he had no clue about regulations, he said I should just patch it up and put in a new board???
The house was wired in crumbling lead, how it can be patched up is beyond me but he thinks it could be done. There was no earth at the lights, sockets and no main earth?? Not safe to move a family into, I mean some lights were on all the time(F+SW) making connection in the wall somewhere, if you hit the wall the light went off??? But the architect says its ok.
It turned out that the architect had been asked previously to draw up plans for this house for a refurb and that included the wiring which he had submitted a price for. I had came in lower than his rewire price and he wasnt happy.
I received an email from the owners telling me they had spoken to the architect and his electricians had advised that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the wiring in the property and it was totally safe???? This totally went against my report and he had obviously lied to the owner and told them I was talking rubbish because I then lost the job.
I submitted the damning report to the owner anyway and wished them good luck and expressed my feelings that the architect was wrong and hoped nothing happened to the new tenants in that house.
I think its pretty crap when us honest guys go out and report properly on the condition of a system then some liar of an architect comes along and over rules everything with lies so he can line his pockets and not even get his hands dirty.
Its pure Greed and this greedy little ignorant architect will get whats coming to him by putting peoples lives at risk.
