Hi Everyone,
Last year arranged for my mother's and my consumer units to be changed by the same electrician who is NICEIC registered.
Both jobs were not completed for various reasons, I have been trying to arrange for them to be completed over the last two months. At my home the oven began tripping after the unit was changed, which has not been resolved and I have since learned from a local TLC electrical shop that grounding wires should have been attached to the water mains stopcock (I have purchased the cable, attachment and our plumber has attached to so it can be run and attached).
The electrician who has now agreed after much chasing, to visit my mother's home on Friday to complete the work, though he has said that he will have to charge extra for testing and the certificate. I have paid £750.00 for the labor on each unit and parts separately, which I understood was for the entire job last year. The TLC electrical shop also explained that testing should be done before and after the installation.
Please may I ask if anyone might be able to shed some light on the process of installing a new consumer unit and what the job usually entails please, so I may have some idea if the work is being carried out correctly and safely?
Thank you so much in advance,
Vanessa
Last year arranged for my mother's and my consumer units to be changed by the same electrician who is NICEIC registered.
Both jobs were not completed for various reasons, I have been trying to arrange for them to be completed over the last two months. At my home the oven began tripping after the unit was changed, which has not been resolved and I have since learned from a local TLC electrical shop that grounding wires should have been attached to the water mains stopcock (I have purchased the cable, attachment and our plumber has attached to so it can be run and attached).
The electrician who has now agreed after much chasing, to visit my mother's home on Friday to complete the work, though he has said that he will have to charge extra for testing and the certificate. I have paid £750.00 for the labor on each unit and parts separately, which I understood was for the entire job last year. The TLC electrical shop also explained that testing should be done before and after the installation.
Please may I ask if anyone might be able to shed some light on the process of installing a new consumer unit and what the job usually entails please, so I may have some idea if the work is being carried out correctly and safely?
Thank you so much in advance,
Vanessa
