Show us the dodgy install..... Picking up the pieces after the cowboys

bigbaddave · Nov 21, 2012

We have all been to those jobs where we think boy.. What the hell is this, or install you think what the hell how can this actually work. Or even worse how has it not killed anyone..

Ill start.. How would you code this DB?

[ElectriciansForums.net] Show us the dodgy install..... Picking up the pieces after the cowboys

snowhead · Nov 21, 2012

Work in Progress??

Octopus · Nov 21, 2012

Danger notice?

Steve_P · Nov 21, 2012

I won't post everything again but I found this today.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/scnpx80s0lc4l46/20121121_153530.jpg

It's half an enclosure glued to the concrete that has never had a front cover put on coz it's too damn tight to the floor under a pile of logs in a store that not only leaks every time it rains but has a tap about 2 feet above it and had a thin plastic bag jammed in it.

bigbaddave · Nov 21, 2012

This one was for a rewire after the previous tenant had converted it into a drug farm, house was wrecked as they had butchered the whole property from top to bottom..

telectrix · Nov 21, 2012

bigbaddave said:
We have all been to those jobs where we think boy.. What the hell is this, or install you think what the hell how can this actually work. Or even worse how has it not killed anyone..

Ill start.. How would you code this DB?

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don't think david bailey needs to worry about competition here. looks just like a foggy afternoon.

bigbaddave · Nov 21, 2012

telectrix said:
don't think david bailey needs to worry about competition here. looks just like a foggy afternoon.

What can I say, My photography is pap..

Although with the holes in the ceiling its possible it was foggy inside

telectrix · Nov 21, 2012

LOL. at least you know your cable ratings from your cable release.

amlu · Nov 21, 2012

been to quote for consumer unit change in a flat been refurbished by proper cowboys.
went to look around and found a massive live spider in the kitchen.
they using it to power the boiler and all their tools.
politely walked away, £4 lost on tube ticket.
on a phone conversation later been told that the cu is beign installed by a mate of the plumber and signed off by mr x "domestic installer" who charges £150 without looking at it