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Watched these two videos over the last few days.

Nick Bundy's mother in law had her bathroom remodelled and called him in when the lights went out.

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I saw that...and I hope NB pursues it, but the guilty party will shrug and say "We left it all ready for completion and asked Kevin to tidy up and he's let us down, sorry"
I'm too old to risk getting really angry (he lied!) but that kind of workmanship really boils my pi**!
(Reminds me of a joke from Gary Delaney: Know what really boils my pi**? Hotel kettles!)
 
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He should have told his mother-in-law beforehand that the CU should be upgraded before any of this work was done.
 
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Sadly as a domestic sparks I come across this type of new install wiring every single week. and I mean literally every single week...

and some of these new bathrooms and kitchens the home owner has paid the fitter a sh!t tonne of cash to do all the work, its not like they went for the cheapest bloke where you kind of expect to get a sh!t install

I have been to £10,000 bathroom jobs and found bare live cables just shoved up in the loft , loose connections all over the place , 1mm used to wire showers , earths cut out on a metal bathroom mirror light or metal wall lights etc etc
 
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nicebutdim said:
You should have watched the videos before posting.

There was no planned electrical work and it was sold on the day as an 'upgrade'.
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He had been there before when changing lamps etc.
He should have said then that the cu needed upgrading.
 
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nicebutdim said:
It's of no relevance to the work carried out.
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I disagree because if he had told her about the CU needing upgrading before any changes were made then she would have been more informed whether the upgrade was accepted or not.

Any sparky would comment on a CU like that, be they family or not.
 
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mainline said:
I disagree because if he had told her about the CU needing upgrading before any changes were made then she would have been more informed whether the upgrade was accepted or not.

Any sparky would comment on a CU like that, be they family or not.
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Do you know that he hadn't already told her, because nothing in that video suggests either that he had or hadn't?

Regardless of the hypothetical musings about unknown conversations within the family, someone felt there was no need to concern themselves with such matters, plough on regardless and then lie about using ELV lighting.

Had the board already been upgraded the result would still have been a sh*t show, albeit one with RCD protection to cover work in that special location.
 
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I have never seen my mother in laws fuse box and would not even think about asking to see it if she asked me to change a light bulb.
I too fail to see the relevance
 
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James said:
I have never seen my mother in laws fuse box and would not even think about asking to see it if she asked me to change a light bulb.
I too fail to see the relevance
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This screams euphemism.

Sorry
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Im not entirely sure who he's "reporting" it to. I mean you can report a scam member to their scam. But obviously these guys won't be in one. So who can he report them to? Trading standards? Can't see that going anywhere. They'll have quoted for the job and done it - thats where trading standards will end. Prime example of how the regs and/or part P seems to be there to tax the genuine and doesn't help with us "normal" folk.
 
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lozarus said:
Im not entirely sure who he's "reporting" it to. I mean you can report a scam member to their scam. But obviously these guys won't be in one. So who can he report them to? Tradimg standards? Can't see that foing anywhere. They'll have quoted for the job and don it - thats where trading standards will end. prime example of how the regs and/or part P seems to be there to tax the genuine and doesn't help with "normal" folk.
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near 20 years ago I said the day part pee started it is simply a tax on the decent honest sparks that will make us more expensive compared to the rogues who will simply carry on regardless. sadly I was right...
 
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Dustydazzler said:
near 20 years ago I said the day part pee started it is simply a tax on the decent honest sparks that will make us more expensive compared to the rogues who will simply carry on regardless. sadly I was right...
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In my cul-de-sac ive witnessed at least 3 people do notifiable works on their electrical system. (In fairness i've watched the old boys do it. They've clearly read their readers digest and the work is fine) . Anyway. That's one small close in England. Clearly Part P doesnt work. But this is another thread.
 
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lozarus said:
In my cul-de-sac ive witnessed at least 3 people do notifiable works on their electrical system. (In fairness i've watched the old boys do it. They've clearly read their readers digest and the work is fine) . Anyway. That's one small close in England. Clearly Part P doesnt work. But this is another thread.
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It was never going to work , it was just a tax on those of us stupid enough to pay it
 
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lozarus said:
Im not entirely sure who he's "reporting" it to. I mean you can report a scam member to their scam. But obviously these guys won't be in one. So who can he report them to? Trading standards? Can't see that going anywhere. They'll have quoted for the job and done it - thats where trading standards will end. Prime example of how the regs and/or part P seems to be there to tax the genuine and doesn't help with us "normal" folk.
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It's pretty much a prime example of one of the reasons for Trading Standards existence: rogue traders.

'Part P' has no standing in this part of the world, but there'd still be a clear case for pursuing this sort of guy.
 
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