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Job is in Leicester. I was gobsmacked at what he'd charged for half a job. Thinking of moving down there now. I'd be able to retire after a couple of years
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I like no 4 do not undertake any remedial work, all well and good but what if it's dangerous? as Tel said and I Chickened out of saying , Parasites I'm a member of such and such but don't come running to us if the work is sub standard, or sub par as the Americans would say.You may wish to read the notes at the bottom of the form.
Good pointsUnderstand your thoughts Pete, and having just paid my annual fee of £510 this morning, I somewhat agree.
However, think we should be a bit more restrained. It seems they have a policy, the OP's customer just needs to follow it.
If he/she has, then we can castigate Napit. IMO
Thanks for that. I'll pass it on. The customers daughter is dealing with it but I said I'd help out with the technical stuff as she knows nothing about electrics.OP why are you pursuing the complaint against Mr Pratt?
I understand the customer is elderly, could a family member not act on his/her behalf. Looking at Napits complaint procedure (thing all the schemes will be similar), the complaint must be work carried out under contract between the complainant & Napit member, and the member must be given suitable time & opportunity to rectify the work.
Has the complaint been registered in writing or email with Napit? I never feel a telephone call, is a suitable vehicle to use to raise such an issue. Email etc, receives a much more considered and audited response.
Apparently, they have an on-line form that can be completed.
Edit: Here it be ;
member complaint form - https://www.napit.org.uk/home-owner/complaint.aspx
All they are interested in is the annual fee imo, they operate as a business, what does that tell you?Thanks for that. I'll pass it on. The customers daughter is dealing with it but I said I'd help out with the technical stuff as she knows nothing about electrics.
Also I've walked away from tens if not hundreds of jobs like this over the years with little more than a note in the comments box and a bit of advice to the customer on my way out. This lady was very nice while I was there and she deserved better from a guy she paid £600 to.
She made an official complaint to napit in the first place and was given a complaint number by them and told the guy would be given a chance to come back and put it right. He's now been back and responded as I said in the original post.
Hence my call to napit this morning who told me it wasn't serious and they had closed the case as the guy has been back and issued a cert.
I understand as some of the lads have mentioned that napit won't want to lose his membership fees but I can't believe it doesn't bother them that he left it in this condition in the first place, let alone that he hasn't put it right yet.
The customers daughter will be contacting napit again later in the week in writing to pursue this further
The customers daughter will be contacting napit again later in the week in writing to pursue this further
I am currently dealing with napit on behalf of a customer.
She had a new cu installed several months ago by a napit registered electrician. She was charged £600. When I arrived to carry out some minor works we found several problems. The new cu was full of holes. Not labelled up. Bus bar cover sat on top. No cert left. No bonding to water.
She told me the guy plugged his tester into 1 socket in the lounge at the end of the job and said her electrics were fine. He didn't go anywhere else in the house. Took him about an hour to do. We called napit and had him sent back. He has now issued a cert for the work but left all test results boxes blank. He has also marked water bond as being done in 10 mm. He has not bonded the water pipe.
I called him and he says he can't bond the water as the stop tap is leaking slightly and he can't do any other tests than the rcd test because he knows it will fail.
I have spoken to napit again this morning and asked them to send someone to check the work after explaining what he has done.They told me it would have to be a much more serious complaint before they do anything. I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do next.
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I doubt it's been notified at the time. He only filled out the cert last weekIt being a cu change its notifiable so a call to local building control might be worth a shout
They can tell you date of completion
Fair one just another possible avenueI doubt it's been notified at the time. He only filled out the cert last week
Problem is the one certification body can do what they like if there is no competition to them, if you don't like the scheme where else would you join?One Trade one certification body will sort this fiasco out, far to many fingers in the pie for it to be viable
I just see it as one body can charge and do what they like, Unless it's regulated By someoneIf there is one body then competition is irrelevant.
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