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  1. Z

    Who are the electricians general builders use to sign off anything and everything?

    I've worked for a few builders over the years, and all of them seem to have a "go to" electrician they call upon when needed who'll seemingly sign anything off, regardless of who installed it, how they installed it, or whether or not it complies. I just can't get my head around how there are...
  2. T

    Incoming telephone cable been cut by builder

    :90: So i have been doing a rewire on a 1600s property. Lovely customers but the job is dragging on abit as they are also having building work done. Text of the builder asking if he can cut a redundant telephone cable in a bedroom to which i said yes. Text of the customer that night saying...
    • Tidy Max
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    • builder cable incoming phone telephone
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. E

    Builder looking to gain electrical quaifications

    Morning! I'm a 39 year old female who has been working in the building industry for 15 years running a small successful business with my Dad. We do extensions, loft conversions, kitchens, bathrooms etc. I have done plenty of first and second fix during that time and i am looking to expand my...
  4. T

    Website builder

    I've been looking into building a website to promote my business, had a read through some threads on here and seems like a lot of people have had the same idea. Just wondering what people use to build them, I have registered on wix and their website builder seems ok for what I need, but I also...
  5. H

    What would you do - dodgy builder

    Had a phone call from a regular customer telling me the builder who's doing her extension said there is no grommets on the existing sockets (which we fitted re wiring the place 18 months ago). At first I thought there's no way we hadn't put grommets on but further through the day I started to...
    • highspark
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    • builder dodgy first sockets
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. J

    Britain's got the builders in - BBC1

    Literally just got this trash on in the background and couldn't help this catching my eye... Sounds like it's something to do with a £50,000 bed with motorised drink cabinet?! In any case, as if putting two cables into one plug top wasn't bad enough, it looks like one of them is T+E! Looks...
  7. J

    Insulation/Builder sabotage

    Good evening everybody. I've often read through these forums but never had call until today to sign up and beg for some advice! Any help would be much appreciated! I have been working on a new domestic installation. First fix was completed before christmas. Today I returned - cut my downlight...
  8. Pete999

    Builder / Customers

    I'm just wondering if anyone, and I'm sure you do have any stories or downright misinformation from the description in the title? I helped a mate do a rewire on an ex council property, empty, and very little furniture left, easy you say, well yes it was apart from one annoying problem, the down...
  9. A

    British Gas APPROVED BUILDER

    So I was following a van to work today which said 'British Gas Approved Builder' Not something to brag about I thought. And what do British Gas know about building.
    • atm84
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    • approved british british gas builder builders gas today
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. A

    Ellectrical installation safety

    Hi there, I a new to this forum and I would greatly apppreciate any advice you can give. I bought a new home approximately 14 months ago, but unfortunately for me it has been an unmitigated disaster! I apologise for the long winded post, but you need to understand the full facts of my plight...
    • Alextheo01
    • Thread
    • builder building control electrical installation safety
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  11. Pete999

    Any daft builder's jobs you can remember

    I was helping out on o job this weekend, helping canerabloke really, anyway customer was having a log cabin style thingy put up in his garden, couldn't on Sat because it was raining, AWWWWW Bless, came in on Sunday sun shining 2 young lads barely out of School uniforms, (sorry they don't wear...
  12. Pete999

    Re Builder eh

    My post yesterday "Builders eh" went to start today, the customer had left a note "please see drawing on the plaster board" you can thread your cables behind the dot and dab board, yeah right, what a divvy, about an eight of an inch between the brick and the back of the board, it beggars belief...
  13. Pete999

    Builders eh

    Wr were going to start a rewire this weekend, empty house nice, you would think, we could get all the wiring done before they start, you would think, well no not really just had a phone call, oh we've boarded the walls can you come and put your wires in? easy, you would think, well I think I'm...
  14. HappyHippyDad

    building inspector not happy!!

    Afternoon all.. I have recently been asked if I would sign off a new installation (large new build house) that I had not installed, I said 'no' and explained that I could supply an EICR. Even after a brief look around I could see a number of problems. The building Inspector has said that he is...
  15. S

    Certifying other peoples work.

    Morning everyone, Hope you are all well. just a quick question. I've been asked to issue a domestic electrical installation certificate for a rewire at a property. That's fine, as I now understand that we can issue a certificate based on testing only. The thing is, I still believe that we...
    • Sav
    • Thread
    • builder certificate electrical work installation issue other
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. E

    The builder just ruined my marker.

    Shall I charge him for it. Make him buy me a new one. Put it in next quote I do for him. Or just forget it. Add your own if you want.
  17. W

    Cheeky builder tapping up my staff

    one of the building companies i work with reasonably regularly has just been taken over by the son, i got on with the dad like clockwork and was a pleasure working for him, but his son is now trying to screw me down on prices for the big jobs hes pricing and on smaller jobs he has been calling...
  18. J

    Rated People, Trust a Trader, My Builder etc

    Does anyone on here use Rated People, Trust a Trader, My Builder etc, if so how easy is it to get work from ? and what one do you feel is the best ?
  19. Z

    The dark cupboard

    Been to have a look at a shop refit job with another spark, who got the job through a builder (the fool)………the shop is single story, small and in the middle of know where, and to be honest needs gutting, but hey ……… So we turn up, the light fading, clouds rolling in from the east, a lusty...
    • Zebra Stripe
    • Thread
    • builder cupboard owner
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. M

    Builder very late with payment...advice wanted!

    Hi there, I have been working for this construction company for about a year, we never trusted them completely, however we ended up doing several small projects for them, all paid alright, few months ago we started having bigger projects, and unfortunately they didn't pay for the last...

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