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Can I ask for some feedback and advice from the professionals on the points below?
Refurbishing two cottages into one, I had engaged an electrical firm to carry out the installation, but following very poor work and practice as recommended here I stopped the work and engaged another electrician.
Asking if he was qualified I was assured he was C&G qualified, and could sign off the installation at the end for building control.
I have to say his work was poor, he spent the first several weeks installing the floodlights outside. When adding an extra 10w flood some 12 inches around a corner from the last he ran a new cable back to the consumer unit, unclipped anywhere, and not in the cable tray for the rest of the run.
Installing conduit into the plaster to the sockets back boxes, the conduit is not earthed, not level and some drops have no fixings and as it is above the wall level the joiner will now have to cover with plaster board.
After many other errors, such as smoke detector cable left hanging with no longer access to the celling void, a smoke detector located so the door will hit it, PIR in wrong location, lights switch on the wrong side of the door etc etc
Reluctantly after pointing much of these errors out, he left site, sending a second invoice, yet he had given a written quote for the job to completion. On his last invoice he has charged for plugs and screws, drill hire, cutting discs, brackets, grommets, cable etc
The work done is not even half the work, yet he is charging more than 50% of the total quote.
It seems confusing in Scotland as with no part P, competent person, and limited availability of electricians, how can you trust and check installers?
The final worry is after investigation he has C&G Electrical Inspection and Testing (2391) does this make him qualified to do installations?
Refurbishing two cottages into one, I had engaged an electrical firm to carry out the installation, but following very poor work and practice as recommended here I stopped the work and engaged another electrician.
Asking if he was qualified I was assured he was C&G qualified, and could sign off the installation at the end for building control.
I have to say his work was poor, he spent the first several weeks installing the floodlights outside. When adding an extra 10w flood some 12 inches around a corner from the last he ran a new cable back to the consumer unit, unclipped anywhere, and not in the cable tray for the rest of the run.
Installing conduit into the plaster to the sockets back boxes, the conduit is not earthed, not level and some drops have no fixings and as it is above the wall level the joiner will now have to cover with plaster board.
After many other errors, such as smoke detector cable left hanging with no longer access to the celling void, a smoke detector located so the door will hit it, PIR in wrong location, lights switch on the wrong side of the door etc etc
Reluctantly after pointing much of these errors out, he left site, sending a second invoice, yet he had given a written quote for the job to completion. On his last invoice he has charged for plugs and screws, drill hire, cutting discs, brackets, grommets, cable etc
The work done is not even half the work, yet he is charging more than 50% of the total quote.
It seems confusing in Scotland as with no part P, competent person, and limited availability of electricians, how can you trust and check installers?
The final worry is after investigation he has C&G Electrical Inspection and Testing (2391) does this make him qualified to do installations?
