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  1. J

    how well would you rate this electrician?

    The purpose of this thread is two-fold: to let you folks see an EICR from someone who's too lazy (or busy) to even bother forging his test results. to forward this thread to our letting agents after it receives some replies; hopefully, after they've read the opinions of some qualified sparks...
  2. T

    Niceic electrician left flat unsafe

    I have done Niceic test at my Flat as insurance company required. It failed first so I got quote for fixing things in order to pass and I just accepted the quote and go ahead with the job to pass it. After that, I found that 2 bed rooms sockets are linked to breaker (B6) for Lights , as that...
  3. baldelectrician

    Another EICR another cowboy

    Done an EICR today- photocopied NICEIC certificate , didn't look legit Called the local company who's name was on the EICR and they had told me someone had been using their name and NICEIC logo in previous times. The guy had never worked for them. So I look the guy up and he is advertising...
  4. Mark Wright

    I Need Work Best way to find further work experience with someone trustworthy I.e not a cowboy

    Can anyone give advice on finding work experience with someone who's not a cowboy, I'd love to continue this line of work it's been quite a ride but like many finding work experience is hard, i'd love to find someone who follows the rules etc and not smoke breaks every 5mins. I did contact one...
  5. Bob Geldoff1234

    UK Cowboy electrician

    This was installed by an "electrician" 4 months ago.Single RCD feeding 5 breakers for a two bedroom,two story house. The lady was charged £675 for this crap and was told she'd get a certificate,which no matter how much she rings them up,doesn't seem to be forth coming.I wonder why? It really...
  6. Str82ais

    Ripped off by cowboy

    Hello all, I just bought a flat and had an electrician install a new fuseboard, 2019 compliant, do some surface trunking to install new sockets, and prep the kitchen for renovation. Well, he turned out a “bad guy.” I could tell halfway in because he started saying that’ll cost extra to...
  7. Pete999

    Pete's Videos Right old Cowboy joint

  8. D

    Hello, not a DIY cowboy by any means but need help!

    Hi guys, by no means an electrian but do a bit of my own work which I then get signed off by a mate who is a full qualified electrian ( I also leave the complex stuff to him) anyhow wondering if one of you could help me! I’ve on to second fit of my garage which I’ve turned into a bit of a work...
  9. J

    Cowboy Electricians and Installation Certificates

    My uncle had his house re-wired but received no EIC or indeed any paperwork a few years ago, I want to know the best way I can help fix the situation, the rouge sparkies left no trace of who they were so he is left with this potentially dangerous situation. I am a new qualified sparkie worked...
    • J L
    • Thread
    • certificates cowboy electricians installation
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. Gavin John Hyde

    Canada know how to punish cowboy electricians...

    A mate in Canada sent this to me... A guy did the Canadian equivalent of notifiable work without the required permits/licensed membership and got a few days jail time and a whopping great $50,000 fine! All for installing lights without the relevant paperwork or qualifications in place. If...
  11. Bob Geldoff1234

    Cowboy electrician

    I was called to a house where they said the fuse for the sockets kept blowing.They had kept replacing the fuse until it didn't blow anymore but now the sockets have no power!. When i arrived to have a look they said another electrician had come out and in order to fix the fault had replaced the...
  12. B

    Did I hire a cowboy?

    Hi, hoping somebody can help. We put off having our house re-wired for various reasons, finally after 9 years we were in a position to have the work done. We got three quotes and went with the electrician we felt we preferred. We were told it would take 4 days to do the re-wire and a plasterer...
  13. R

    cowboy oven wiring!!

    Hi all.. I have recently purchased a cooker and thought straight swap surely as cooker switch was above counter and the connection unit was behind the oven. Upon opening the connection unit I noticed someone has wired it using 3 6mm cpc singles. I then opened the cooker switch and it was fed...
  14. P

    Sparky a cowboy only test 10% never hear of it help! caravan condition reporting

    Hi I have started testing on a large caravan site i did a condition report and full inspection and testing on one caravan took me 3 hours. The previous contractor (Niceic domestic installer ) does 10 caravans total of two people in 4-5 hours including certificates My client has now asked me...
    • pmasouthwestltd
    • Thread
    • caravan condition cowboy electricians vans help help! never sparky test van vehicle
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. J

    Cowboy electricians and trading standards.

    Had a electrician come and do some work for me.Few powerpoints and fit electric shower in from scratch.Anyway halfway through Npower came round to read meter and the guy said the wires were wrong colour and wrong size. I immediately confronted the cowboy who previous had shown me a nic card and...
  16. M

    Cowboy Car Dealerships

    Audi partners :grin:
  17. E

    Cowboy problems

    I got asked to have a look at a house a couple of weeks ago that had just been "rewired". There are no end of snags, the first I noticed is the meter tails have been replaced with 10mm T&E (using CPC as earthing conductor). The main fuse has been pulled to swap the tails. There are...
  18. Z

    Single phasing cowboy

    Hey, .......now I leave early in the morning, and need to break my point of view.......I see a three phase board before me, a single phasing's what it needs,......now I dont have the kit cos I'm lazy, and want to get your point of view..........papa was a rodeo, mama was a rock n roll band, I...
  19. P

    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...
    • Paul.M
    • Thread
    • another builder cowboy customer
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. P

    Gumtree cowboy

    I was browsing gum tree earlier and se an add for db changes special offer, obviously had a look and they are offering db change for £200 all in. The worrying part is that in brackets was £150 with no cert. The picture he put on was a before and after of a db with the cables pulled into it then...
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