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I take it all with a pinch of salt, it'll all be editted and inevitably missing bits that has people amrchair sparking "why did he do this etc etc", I like that he tries to educate (in a fashion) clients as to why he does things a certain way but, as with every other spark on socials (media, not housing) there is always something to take away; good or bad. Either watch them as an example/good practices to follow or which pitfalls to avoid.
I dunno why I just watched his latest, its an attempt at an advert for schneider, but if you're going to title a video, "how to change a consumer unit" but spend more time talking about the nice stickers, and making an absolute meal of screwing two bits of wood together, and then fail to mention safe isolation, torque settings or testing of any kind, I feel like you've left yourself open to some criticism.
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Dustydazzler
When you are billing by the 1/4 of an hour the longer and more complex you can make the job the more profitable the job becomes
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Dustydazzler
How to you know how to price a job when customer rings you at 9.30pm saying 'My electrics keep tripping and all my lights and sockets are off....'
It could be 15mins to just to pop round and reset their rcd or 4 - 5 hours trying to work out what exactly keeps banging out the rcd
Fault diagnostics is nearly always on the hour or part hour shirley ?
True DD true, but just say £100 an hr x7 = £700 My point is some sparks are quick and good, on the other hand you could get some old plodder take twice as long hence twice the money.
Ok maybe ask what their day rate is before starting, and if somebody quoted me £700 bye, no sparky is charging out that amount of money up here.
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Dustydazzler
Delroy is in London and much like my area of North Surrey his 'rate' is about standard £100-150 per hour
He seems pretty genuine and if the job takes him 4 hours then it takes him 4 hours , I know some who would string it out for a full day and slap the customer with a £900 bill
But Del seems very genuine and if can be in and out quickly then he only charges for exactly how long it took , if that makes sense
Don't call him Shirley, his names Dave!
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Dustydazzler
I honestly don't see the issue with Delroys work
He uses a combi drill , i often use my 18v combi to drill holes for red plugs
Okay , the galv box is possibly OTT and he could have taken the Swa straight into the socket
As far as wiring up 2 outdoor plug sockets goes I can't see anything wrong with it
He uses a combi drill , i often use my 18v combi to drill holes for red plugs
Okay , the galv box is possibly OTT and he could have taken the Swa straight into the socket
As far as wiring up 2 outdoor plug sockets goes I can't see anything wrong with it
I have said already, he started in 1973 and still going, you dont last that long in this game if your rubbish.
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Dustydazzler
I gracefully disagree , I have watched most of my videos as I can't see much wrong with any of his workmanship
He is neat , tidy and often takes on awkward jobs that aren't easy to make look perfect
He could things faster sometimes but at 65? he does okay imo and I love the way he talks through what he is doing and explains why he is doing it that way
He is neat , tidy and often takes on awkward jobs that aren't easy to make look perfect
He could things faster sometimes but at 65? he does okay imo and I love the way he talks through what he is doing and explains why he is doing it that way
I don't think I've watched Delroy before, I'll give it a watch.
The thing that annoys me with the youtube electricians is a few of them slag off others work and spend more time posing or using big words they just googled than doing the work safely. It concerns me that apprentices might use their work as a guide.
Artisan are my current least favourite taking over from CJR, they posted a video a few weeks back fitting a car charger (not that that will narrow it down) and a live cable from the ring was floating around in the DB. They didn't even stick it in some choc block and continued to drill through the back of it. It was followed by another video in the same property at a later date where he found the earth to the water cut through. I can't imagine they are a cheap contractor and they clearly hadn't carried out the basic inspections. The amount the client must be paying for them to fanny about also astounds me.
I like bundy and dss, anyone else that you would recommend?
The thing that annoys me with the youtube electricians is a few of them slag off others work and spend more time posing or using big words they just googled than doing the work safely. It concerns me that apprentices might use their work as a guide.
Artisan are my current least favourite taking over from CJR, they posted a video a few weeks back fitting a car charger (not that that will narrow it down) and a live cable from the ring was floating around in the DB. They didn't even stick it in some choc block and continued to drill through the back of it. It was followed by another video in the same property at a later date where he found the earth to the water cut through. I can't imagine they are a cheap contractor and they clearly hadn't carried out the basic inspections. The amount the client must be paying for them to fanny about also astounds me.
I like bundy and dss, anyone else that you would recommend?
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nicebutdim
Bundy seems like a thoroughly decent bloke, but I find him hard to watch. DSS were in the same boat, but been trying to make time to keep up with his house extension videos - far more enjoyable than his electrical stuff.
David Savery would be the one Youtube spark I always find time to watch (eventually).
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BiddeldyBwah
He's 65? Wow he's aged well, thought he was about 50.
I think this is the very fact why most don't like him, all the newer generation, nothing wrong with old school methods .
His name is Delroy
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