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Did he replace both boards ie the little one at the bottom and the big one at tge top?
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Is that supposed to be finished?Hi everyone,
I just had my distributer box upgraded to an RCD box, and I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the quality of the work done here. I know that changing these boxes is a nightmare to do, and truth be told our wiring was a mess before, but for the price we payed I don't believe there should be electrical tape and exposed wires coming out of the box. Also you can see the housing for the old night electricity box which they have decided to leave and they also chose not to cover the channel with all the exposed wires. I'm just curious to see what this forum's take is on this work, and if it was worth the £700 I payed for it.
Thanks!
(This is my first post, so if I am in the wrong category I apologise)
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pigs flying comes to mind.Were you there when the work was done? The electrician should have spent a good couple of hours (if not longer) going round the entire house carrying out out tests on all sockets and the light fittings/switches. Any idea if any of that happened?
That's if the materials can be reused.Tell him to either get his butt back and sort it or get someone else to sort it and pay him for the materials only
Well with the state of what’s there you never know what butchery has been carried out insideThat's if the materials can be reused.
Did the homeowner/tenant have good life insurance sounds more like an assassination attempt than a CU installCrikey - that's so bad I'm angry.
No one who's ever spent a few minutes looking at their own CU would think that was the right way do it. I can't see how it's possible the person that did this is qualified, or in fact even trained at all.
I think someone else said you should get another spark to review the work, and then negotiate with the first guy. I'd be firmer though, as he has provided you absolutely nothing of value at all. It's just dangerous and a mess you now have to find someone else to clear up. If he supplied the CU itself then tell him you'll leave it outside for him to collect once a professional has fitted a new one.
I was about to ask if you could take the cover off and provide a photo of the artistry no doubt hidden away in there... But frankly, I don't want to encourage you to go near it until it's sorted.
In fact really don't take it off. I opened one up once to investigate a failed MCB and then realised that one of the screws holding the cover on had cut through a messily routed circuit live. Those are the sort of hidden dangers that cowboys create without even understanding the danger. I also discovered that the MCB hadn't been remotely tightened on to the busbar, which had led to it arcing, then overheating the busbar to the point it had melted the back of the MCB completely. So whoever put it in had essentially created a fire risk and hidden it behind a booby-trapped cover!!
Did the homeowner/tenant have good life insurance sounds more like an assassination attempt than a CU install
I doubt he was an electrician....Hi, thanks for replying!
No, I have not paid yet as I was fairly confident that this was not good work. The electrition that did the work was self employed and did not issue any sort of paperwork. Any advice on where to go from here?
Thanks for replying!
Horse?.....For one don't pay him, is there any way you can check out his registration, did he use a Van or did he use a private car, if a van was used did it have any decals on it saying if he was a member of any Scheme? if he isn't registered I guess your only option would be to go to Trading Standards and take advice from them, good jo you haven't paid up, if you speak to him, ask for an Electrical Installation Certificate EIC (as sparkychick mentioned) as technically the job isn't finished until a cert is issued, good luck, and sorry, welcome to the forum.
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