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I don't give a 30 year guarantee, my quotes do not even mention a guarantee.Call andy today no delay the diligent spark , 30 year guarantee, they defo wont believe you
There's not much more that I can add to what I have already said Andy. Consumer units get mucked around with. As you say, after years pass any fault isn't going to be my fault, so a long guarantee is pointless, and probably misleading to many.You will know if it's a mistake that you made, think about it, if you're called to a fault years later then it's not going to be down to you. What on earth could that fault be all those years later.
If you installed correctly then terminals working their way loose will not be down to you, so chargeable.
That's right.
So there you go, it hasn't happened to me either and probably no one else on this forum that does the work diligently.
So I ask the question, why would you try to discharge all responsibility for your workmanship a year and a day after installing it?
Or glue the lid on ?easy to determine if someone has been in a CU after you. fit a non-restickable seal over the joint in the CU. like them what you get on MFT at calibration.
I can't agree with your comment and the "lifetime" workmanship guarantee you claimIf you installed correctly then terminals working their way loose will not be down to you, so chargeable.
I can't agree with your comment and the "lifetime" workmanship guarantee you claim
From experience all terminals work loose over time no matter how diligently they are tightened during installation.
With copper creep you can torque a terminal and 10 minutes later you can re-torque it and it will tighten a little bit more
It is not unusual to find terminals that are not as tight as they should be on a 2 year PPM or a 5 year EICR so without a regular maintenance visit yes problems can and will occur
This totally misses the point and it's getting a bit tedious now.Especially if the terminals are subjected to any thermal stress the heating and cooling/expansion contraction will loosen them.
No-one suggested that in specific circumstances where they knew that they had been at fault that they wouldn't rectify it, even after the year. This does not mean that it is sensible to commit in writing to more than a year's warranty on labour, however. I'm a decent person and wouldn't check the calendar for a decent customer who had an issue where it was clear that it was something which was pre-existing. (That said, I'm careful not to leave issues!) But I certainly won't tie myself in knots by guaranteeing beyond a year subject to statutory rights. It's not sensible as a business to do that in my opinion.This totally misses the point and it's getting a bit tedious now.
What's so hard to understand about workmanship???
Of course terminals can loosen over time, if the termanitations were made correctly then that’s fine, you've done the job correctly so what’s the problem? You’re not guaranteeing the job itself forever.
Let me give you an example then I’m out of here.
You do a rewire, a couple of years later you get a call from your client asking to come and look at an issue he has with the rcd tripping. You investigate and discover that you nicked a cable with a screw when refitting the floorboards and it’s just showing now. You sort it and leave.
Now, that was my fault, I did this and I’m responsible, I would not charge. This is 2 years later so you guys would, Now what do you do? Do you come up with some cock and bull story such as ‘this happens over time guv, them there screw move due to harmonics and go through cables on their own £100 please’? Or do you say ‘that’s my fault, I screwed through a cable but it’s over 12 months later so pay up’?
That’s me done with this thread.
In this example, I would put my hand up, fix it and make no charge. But not a great example as either I'm using ridiculously long screws, or it's a blatant non compliance as the cables are <50mm under the floor. It is clear that the fault is mine.This totally misses the point and it's getting a bit tedious now.
What's so hard to understand about workmanship???
Of course terminals can loosen over time, if the termanitations were made correctly then that’s fine, you've done the job correctly so what’s the problem? You’re not guaranteeing the job itself forever.
Let me give you an example then I’m out of here.
You do a rewire, a couple of years later you get a call from your client asking to come and look at an issue he has with the rcd tripping. You investigate and discover that you nicked a cable with a screw when refitting the floorboards and it’s just showing now. You sort it and leave.
Now, that was my fault, I did this and I’m responsible, I would not charge. This is 2 years later so you guys would, Now what do you do? Do you come up with some cock and bull story such as ‘this happens over time guv, them there screw move due to harmonics and go through cables on their own £100 please’? Or do you say ‘that’s my fault, I screwed through a cable but it’s over 12 months later so pay up’?
That’s me done with this thread.
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