Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

[DPG]

£100 per hour + vat

I think in this instance as much as a like Del , he went about this job all wrong

He could have spend a few hours there , fitted a temp consumer unit with rcd protection , wacked a coupel doubles on the a bit of wood for customer to use and ripped out the old board and some of the easy to get to wiring for the client

All this easily be done in half a day

Certainly not the work of a professional electrician. This was supposed to be left safe for building work. What happens when the guy's wife (for example only, not being sexist) plugs a dodgy extension cable into the non RCD socket.

 

[goasis]

Just watched this video. Remind me how much this guy is charging again?

Despite being told all the old wiring is going to be ripped out, he left it connected to the consumer unit. Also, both the sockets should have been RCD protected, especially bearing in mind the amount of heavy work that is going to be done while refurbing the place.

What do you mean? He clearly told the customer which socket to use for power tools!!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Should have swapped the old double for the new rcd double

 

[DPG]

Should have swapped the old double for the new rcd double

Indeed. I just don't understand how he thought it was acceptable to leave non RCD protected sockets in this situation.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Indeed. I just don't understand how he thought it was acceptable to leave non RCD protected sockets in this situation.

In all honestly , I suspect Del was just trying to save the customer a couple quid by not changing the old socket , but at £100.00 per hour he could have changed both and still made a tidy profit on the job

 

[UNG]

Beginning to think this could all be a ploy by Delroy to increase the number of views on his youtube channel to make even more money. For all we know he could be doing the work perfectly after the video has been made and edited for youtube but doing the job perfectly on a video probably wouldn't generate the number of views he is getting and give him the infamy this thread has bestowed on him

 

[Dustydazzler]

Check out this lady trying to cut some live cable

Should have given Del a call

 

[nicebutdim]

Feel as though I should watch this latest video from Del

 

[DPG]

Feel as though I should watch this latest video from Del

Be interested to hear your thoughts

 

[nicebutdim]

Be interested to hear your thoughts

Never seem to have the time to watch anything these days, but will try to have a look later

 

[nicebutdim]

The job was about as complicated as questions posed to a 1st year college class and I'd question the cost saving when a 4 way DB with RCD would have only been a few pounds more expensive that an RCD socket.

It's not a great day when a customer's simple request is better thought out than the solution offered by a professional. It certainly wasn't the worst work anyone has ever seen, but forthe sake of a few extra ££ it could have been compliant with regulations.

 

[mainline]

Beginning to think this could all be a ploy by Delroy to increase the number of views on his youtube channel to make even more money. For all we know he could be doing the work perfectly after the video has been made and edited for youtube but doing the job perfectly on a video probably wouldn't generate the number of views he is getting and give him the infamy this thread has bestowed on him

NO WAY, NO WAY DEL WOULD DO THAT, I CAN'T SEE IT...

 

[mainline]

Check out this lady trying to cut some live cable

Should have given Del a call

Forget Del, give me a call, i'll do it for free

 

[mainline]

The job was about as complicated as questions posed to a 1st year college class and I'd question the cost saving when a 4 way DB with RCD would have only been a few pounds more expensive that an RCD socket.

It's not a great day when a customer's simple request is better thought out than the solution offered by a professional. It certainly wasn't the worst work anyone has ever seen, but forthe sake of a few extra ££ it could have been compliant with regulations.

Ahh, but he would have had to either risk death (which in his case would be very risky) or remove the Main fuse.
And he's obviously not going to do that, being a proper sparks.

 

[DPG]

Ahh, but he would have had to either risk death (which in his case would be very risky) or remove the Main fuse.
And he's obviously not going to do that, being a proper sparks.

He could still have disconnected the customer's final circuits from the consumer unit though eh.

 

[mainline]

He could still have disconnected the customer's final circuits from the consumer unit though eh.

But if he did that it would have meant that the job would have been a touch more up to scratch, and that's just not Delboy.

 

[nicebutdim]

He could still have disconnected the customer's final circuits from the consumer unit though eh.

I'm pretty sure he did toward the end.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I can't wait for Dels next installment , the tension is palpable

 

[DPG]

I'm pretty sure he did toward the end.

Ah sorry if I missed that. I'll have another look when I get chance.

 

[pc1966]

Check out this lady trying to cut some live cable

Bizzare. I know most folks doing DIY decoration won't have any sort of sparky's kit, but really not even a Lidl-special combination pliers?