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  1. C

    Telephone cable repairs

    Howdy all. Bad day at the office, on a block of flats at the minute. Ran in cables for intercom system and phone lines also tv's. The builder has gone and cored a nice 4 inch hole right through the lot :frown2:. Ceiling now tacked so running new ones in is going to be a pain in the ---...
  2. M

    Testing builders work

    I was asked to sign off a builders electrical work, it was just a couple of spurs off of ring for rads/ underfloor heating. I just did minor works but when you sign it your signing to say you carried out works should I have done a full EIC ?
  3. Paul.M

    Another Customer Shafted by a Cowboy Builder

    A workmate of my wife has had no end of problems doing a loft conversion turning it into an extra bedroom, toilet room and a shower room (mixer shower btw). Work started in 2009 and the builder had his own spark. The builder went bust before the job was complete so the home owner got his own...
  4. UKMeterman

    Over / under voltage trip panel builder required

    Hi, I am looking for suggestions for a panel builder particularly round the Bristol area who could build up an over / under voltage protection unit using a suitable protection relay, contactor and so on and also be able to design the enclosure. Thanks James
  5. R

    My builder

    Hope you all can help im thinking of joining my builder is it any good?
  6. D

    Electrical contractor website builder

    Does anyone know of a decent website builder template for an electrical firm? Most of the ones I've looked at are not very appropriate for electrical work.
  7. C

    advice on building control

    just after a bit of info on how building control works, the situation is, went to look at a job where a 3rd story extension as been built, customer as sacked the builder and taking legal action against them for going over the time limit they said it would take and that the original electrician...
  8. P

    I Don't Believe it! Customer

    I was booked into go to a customers house in London travelling from north of oxford, last Thursday she delayed saying the builder wasn't ready best make it Tuesday instead so I phoned this afternoon at 3:00 just to check everything was ok no answer then a text a minute later oh so sorry the...
  9. B

    Query about EICR and LABC

    Hi people, wonder if anyone can help can offer some advice. A builder recently contacted me explaining that the job he's been working on - an annexe, had an electrician in who has completed the installation but for some reason the electrician has disappeared off the face of the planet, leaving...
  10. driverman

    Temp builders power supply on plot of land.

    Hi guys, I'm doing an outdoor temp builders supply shortly. Existing house completely demolished. 1 phase U/G supply existing from pole. 2 x OMB's outside enclosure. 1 for suppliers meter and 1 for electricians equipment. As temp supply I'll treat it as a TT supply & use PME when house built...
  11. C

    bob the builder at again

    How about this little mess. Hope this uploads.
  12. 1Justin

    Sign off A.N.Other builders work

    I've been asked to do a couple of jobs at a potential customer. Will be taking a look tomorrow. One job is signing off others work for an extension. (Her builder has bu.. off). I know about the imminent changes to allow this (for work done to part P in the first place). Have been watching the...
  13. E

    general builder looking for basic electrical training(without wasting time and money)

    so I work with this other guy as a general builder and he's a plumber, I figure we'd make a pretty good team if I could do some electrics. Most of the work we get are like full house renovations so I'd like to know how to do rewires, kitchens, lights, sockets etc. and check it all off. My...
  14. J

    Running cables in plasterboard partitions

    I'm sure this is fine but wanted to double check. I'm wiring up an old bungalow that's being converted to two properties the builder is putting up lots of internal partitions I suggested running cables in conduit and letting them stick out slightly in loft to make it easy to a) rewire or make...
  15. A

    Checkatrade, Mybuilder, Myhammer ratedpeople etc etc.. Your views?

    Are they amu good as I am thinking if joining and one of their reps is coming next week!! Keep the cash and have xmas or spend it and have a bonanza Xmas next year?!?!!?
  16. M

    Customer doesnt want us to complete!

    Ok guys looking for some advice. Will be contacting my scheme provider and LABC tomorrow. basically builder starts wiring an extension and then calls me in to finish it and sign off. I told them i cant do that and it will need putting right as i cant even see their first fix due to plastering...
  17. G

    Builders :o

    went to job today to wire a utility room within converted garage , this part was fine . house 3year old builder gives me a shout saying hall lights and stair lights plus living room lights not working :S all i have done at this point is mount boxes builder proceeds to tell me the moved 2 light...
  18. B

    Corrie and Electrical fire by builder

    "So ive been told" after the ginger bird nearly getting killed with gas now there is to be a fire after the builder fixes the Electrics.. Im waiting for the phone ringing off the hook tommorro
  19. B

    Builders electrics

    Why do builders think they know everything about our job? "we don't need a spark ----- knows all about electrics"
  20. S

    underfloor heating

    Evening guys Got a job tomorrow to sort an electric underfloor heating apparently the under floor heating starts to get warm then trips the rcd The builder disconnected the thermostat an tried again the floor got warm then tripped the rcd again Any pointers would be apreciated Thanks

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