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Dam these electricians always stating that installs that have been working for years are unsafe...that and testing...theyre just making more work for themsleves...its only 3 wires not rocket science........
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Is the kitchen fitter by any chance working on behalf of one of the well known kitchen design and supply companies?Popped in my Sisters house earlier today to see how she was getting on having a new kitchen fitted.
First impressions were quite good, install of units so far seemed good, new floor was good, my sister then pointed out the new sockets that he had installed.
Sockets were loose ready for him to tile behind, had a quick look - radial feed from existing socket outlet feeding three doubles and the spur for the cooker extractor and earth sleeving in sight, cables run diagonally, so many errors in such a small job. Highlighted this to my sister, but she just wants kitchen finished for Christmas and doesn’t want it to cost her any more money as putting it right now means undoing quite a lot of work.
I’m not happy, but guess this guy will get away with it as he has many times before no doubt.
I know where he’s fed it all from, so I will fit a spur on the radial when he’s gone.
Oh.. his method for proving dead... a neon screwdriver!
Thing is, how do we stop these people doing this?
did spiderman install that mess?I seem to come across a lot of this sort of thing (like everyone else here I suspect). Sadly it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference whether they are part of a scheme or not as I see some atrocious work supposedly carried out by competent persons. Personally I don't think part P works at all and is just another pointless money ground. It certainly hasn't done much to drive poor workmanship out of domestic electrical work!
Most recent job was on a house that had been rewired around 5 years ago, homeowner had building control cert but hadn't been given an electrical installation certificate. Considering the quality of workmanship I wasn't surprised and they were supposedly a member of one of the more reputable schemes!
Considering it was modest 3 bedroom house that had been extended to include a fourth bedroom they had been left with 5 socket circuits and 4 lighting circuits, a new cooker cable that had been damaged when it was pulled in, hidden non maintenance free junction boxes all over the place, unsupported cables, undersized main earth and more. The image below shows the state that the service head etc. was left in.
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Oh.. his method for proving dead... a neon screwdriver!
Thing is, how do we stop these people doing this?
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