His standard of electrical work might be very good, but lacks the skills to do the required "tidying" up bit. I know many a good spark who are very good electricians but are not much good at anything else. Then I also know many tradespersons who don't take pride in their workmanship.
My thoughts exactly!
Mount the CU back box flush with the existing plaster line, fill any deep holes with bonding plaster, over skim with finish plaster, job done. Patch up - less than a couple of hours work and a few quid on materials.
What is a "gas engineer" doing poking around an electrical installation when he is there just to service the boiler? Not being qualified (at his own admission) to make sound judgement on the state of the installation, if he had some concerns then he should have recommended that an electrician...
And it works both ways... I went out to a job once where the RCD had tripped. After an hour of searching I found it to be an outside light fitting faulty. After disconnecting it and making safe, as I was just packing my kit up and the customer mentioned a problem with their intruder alarm, I...
You need to start drinking a bit earlier Tel.
That's a handy site I've used it plenty of times. I even let the apprentice in on it but then realised my mistake... He should continue learning to do it the hard way like we had to.
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