More part P quality installation

[Welchyboy1]

Part what?...never heard of it! O.P, that job looks more like a very bad DIY to me. Are you sure the customer isn't spinning you a tale?

It was an old lady about 80 odd, the guys van was on the drive pricing the bedroom when i turned up to look at the cu job

it was something like daves carpentry services or summit and had an elecsa badge on it, as i remember rolling my eyes when i see it

i said how bad the install was and she should demand a refund, but she didnt want to start any confrontation with him as he was coming back to fit the bedroom out and she had paid him a deposit

just glad he didnt get the cu install work too

 

[Geordie Spark]

It was an old lady about 80 odd, the guys van was on the drive pricing the bedroom when i turned up to look at the cu job

it was something like daves carpentry services or summit and had an elecsa badge on it, as i remember rolling my eyes when i see it

i said how bad the install was and she should demand a refund, but she didnt want to start any confrontation with him as he was coming back to fit the bedroom out and she had paid him a deposit

just glad he didnt get the cu install work too

That's the thing with most folks of her generation, they never want to make a fuss over these things and so get rolled over all the time.

It boils my pi$$ and is why as I'm getting older I'm making damned sure I'm becoming more of a belligerent old tw*t with the passing of each day.

 

[southsea1201]

As much as I resent paying my annual fee to Elecsa I will say their inspector insists on a couple of site visits and is pretty rigorous with his site inspections. In this case I would say either the carpenter is posing as an Elecsa member or the inspector carries a white stick, because if the carpenter is prepared to leave such a mess then his overall standard must be abysmal. If it were me I would be digging deeper and at least get the guys business card so a check can be made. I have never even seen a diyer do such appalling work....and I think her bedroom fit will be equally disastrous...you either have standards or you don't

 

[davesparks]

In my experience the ELECSA inspectors haven't got two brain cells to rub together!
If it doesn't conform to their interpretation of BS7671 then it is wrong!

 

[R G]

I was with the BSI a few years ago and I found them to be very good and thorough , and not under the sell sell mentality either , just a shame they don't publicise themselves more ..

 

[tidyboiler]

That's the thing with most folks of her generation, they never want to make a fuss over these things and so get rolled over all the time.

It boils my pi$$ and is why as I'm getting older I'm making damned sure I'm becoming more of a belligerent old tw*t with the passing of each day.

Whaddya mean........ "becoming" ????? :rofl:

 

[amo]

That is shockingly bad. Why would you even pay for that...

 

[varilite]

Shockingly being the operative word

 

[driverman]

i know i've taken a bit of stick today about not knowing all the regs, but how on earth can anybody do a job like that and sleep at night. I suppose the £200 quid might help. And supposedly an electrician did it?

 

[Andy78]

In my experience the ELECSA inspectors haven't got two brain cells to rub together!
If it doesn't conform to their interpretation of BS7671 then it is wrong!

Mine is fine. He is well versed in all aspects of the regs, electrical and building, and is happy to debate ambiguous sections of the regs with a neutral viewpoint. He has never told me that something is "wrong" but usually says "what we generally like to see is....." i.e. he operates a bit of common sense.

I have no experience of other inspectors but just thought I would like to stick up for mine as he knows what he is on about and doesn't act like a company robot.

 

[gazj82]

Don't use biased sites to search for competent persons use Competent Persons Register | Home as this covers everyone and is not directed toward any specific organisation. (although I suppose you could use http://www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk/ after 30 June 2014 for just electricians)

Unfortunately doesn't seem to list BSI registered competent persons , mind you I have always had plenty of work without being listed on such sites.

 

[Silly Sausage]

If you asked a 1000 random members of the public, out of these two, who would they trust to carry out some work...

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I think we all know which would get the majority vote!

 

[shanky887614]

If you asked a 1000 random members of the public, out of these two, who would they trust to carry out some work...

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I think we all know which would get the majority vote!

Never seen the top one ever

 

[Geordie Spark]

If you asked a 1000 random members of the public, out of these two, who would they trust to carry out some work...

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I think we all know which would get the majority vote!

You mean you're asking us to choose between Superman and Superfraud????

 

[telectrix]

i thought it was super ----.

 

[Geordie Spark]

i thought it was super ----.

Aye, we get plenty of them around here

 

[KFH]

I have had three different ELECSA inspectors and they have all been knowledgable and helpful. The last one was very particular and went through EVERYTHING I had done on the job, CU move/change and lots of new sockets. He even crawled into the space under the stairs to look at the connections (Wagos on DIN rail) in a box where I had extended the circuits. I had removed the stairs to do the work.