uksparks
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Hi,
Ok so I went to look at a job today, the customer said "We have had some building work done and extending the shop and need the wiring done and connecting etc" Sure no problem, ill come and take a look.
So it was a Post Office, in the next but one village to me, they have had a large extension and redoing all the shop. Theres no lighting in the whole shop at the moment.
I said, Oh, i see there's a load of wiring in place already, who did this?
yes the builder has done it all, I said why is he not finishing it then. he said he is a builder, but does electrical work too.
Well he has got to America for a while... (India more like), it was the owner of the Post Office's son or something.
Anyway, to cut a long storey short, he expected me to come along, put a new consumer unit in on the adjacent wall round the corner, connect all the circuits, put 25 flush down lighters in the ceiling abd connect everything and put a fire alarm panel in and sensors etc...
Just glanced at the back boxes and no runner grommets, bare pyro hanging out the ceiling, it wasnt FP200, it was rigid.
I said, how the hell to you expect me to drill 25 holes for lights without knowing where to drill....
I said, so you expect an unqualified non competent builder to put all the wiring in and then me come along and connect it for you and take responsibility. Are you having a sodding laugh?
He said, well all the wires have been put in above the new ceiling now, and all in the walls etc.
Anyway, a few photos for you to look at.
Ok so I went to look at a job today, the customer said "We have had some building work done and extending the shop and need the wiring done and connecting etc" Sure no problem, ill come and take a look.
So it was a Post Office, in the next but one village to me, they have had a large extension and redoing all the shop. Theres no lighting in the whole shop at the moment.
I said, Oh, i see there's a load of wiring in place already, who did this?
yes the builder has done it all, I said why is he not finishing it then. he said he is a builder, but does electrical work too.
Well he has got to America for a while... (India more like), it was the owner of the Post Office's son or something.
Anyway, to cut a long storey short, he expected me to come along, put a new consumer unit in on the adjacent wall round the corner, connect all the circuits, put 25 flush down lighters in the ceiling abd connect everything and put a fire alarm panel in and sensors etc...
Just glanced at the back boxes and no runner grommets, bare pyro hanging out the ceiling, it wasnt FP200, it was rigid.
I said, how the hell to you expect me to drill 25 holes for lights without knowing where to drill....
I said, so you expect an unqualified non competent builder to put all the wiring in and then me come along and connect it for you and take responsibility. Are you having a sodding laugh?
He said, well all the wires have been put in above the new ceiling now, and all in the walls etc.
Anyway, a few photos for you to look at.