Wiring a 5 bedroom house

[Jurassic Sparks]

It is not negative, you do realise that the Law changed a few years ago, Corporate Manslaughter can be used to Imprison a person who kills through poor workmanship/shoddy materials, unskilled labour

if the Electrician has missed something off ( it happens) then you will have to pay for it later

You have a contract with a Sparkie, even a verbal contract is a contract in law
if he gets it wrong argue it with him
or do you think he is trying to make a few quid by getting you to provide extra materials ?
Hows that Nice German Car ? an AUDI is it ?

 

[Octopus]

Dont be so negative and quick to judge, i was given a list of materials by my sparkie and I thought it would be good to have it checked by someone else to ensure its correct etc.

If that list was created by a spark then he or she isn't a very good one...

Do you have ANY idea of the knowledge of the parts and time it takes to get this all right?

Whenever somebody tries to do this to me I simply point out that for every minute/hour wasted by the parts being wrong/ not available will be changed at my normal rate.................... and I won't warranty anything that the client has supplied.....

So no, not being negative. Simply realistic.

 

[Jurassic Sparks]

My Motor Engineer ( he is a Proper motor engineer) had a chap in with a Skoda Octavia Diesel Estate identical to mine
Cam belt change was due, John quoted for normal service, plus cam belt, idler pulleys, tensioner, water pump, and Aux belt, plus some bolts that need replacing at the same time
Chap decided that John Knew nothing, and bought a cam belt off ebay
got a mate to fit it ( who is a mechanic, well works at quick fit)
4 weeks later spanking up the M way on Holiday
water pump seizes, strips belt
pistons hit valves, massive bang
the car had only done 35K and is now worth 100 quid for scrap
my Octavia that was always serviced using the correct parts, recently passed 200K in the hands of its new owner
I never bothers asking him what parts were needed or how much they cost
just left him to it
some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing

 

[Pete999]

I am not doing the work myself, as i am not an electrician. Just want to ensure that the list of materials is somewhat correct, as i supply the materials to the sparkie.

Don't think he would be happy with the single core cable you want to supply him with, or the 2.5 3 core and earth come to that

 

[Pete999]

I am not doing the work myself, as i am not an electrician. Just want to ensure that the list of materials is somewhat correct, as i supply the materials to the sparkie.

He won't be happy with that arrangement either.

 

[Pete999]

Should be an interesting afternoon

 

[Octopus]

not sure "he" exists............

 

[Octopus]

not sure "he" exists............

 

[Pete999]

not sure "he" exists............

Why's that Murdoch? you reckon it's a windup?

 

[DPG]

What an odd thread. Can't believe the sparky needs supplying with the 25mm open grommets - presumably he keeps these as a fairly standard bit of stock??