Based on this a rewire was recommended FFS

[Octopus]

Yes .............. this ............

I was asked for a 2nd opinion

So if you operate in the Cobham area of Surrey and think you're about to get an easy rewire off a lady pensioner .......... think again ........ you're not.

 

[The Ghost]

Silly question but was that the only reason they recommended re-wire. And there is no confusion i.e. that they said that part needs to be re-wired? It's just I find hard to beleive that people are so unscrupulous and maybe there were other factors that made them say that. But I assume you do mean that everything else was ok?

 

[AJshep]

Dont you know, If the switch isn't fed,
It needs a rewire .

I had a fault last year, main switch RCD was tripping due to a faulty RFC.
2 electrical firms had been out to find the fault, both failed.
The people were quoted for a rewire.
Thankfully the lady whos house it was worked with my wife and when she told me I offered my service as a third opinion.
Turns out it was a fault on a socket in the extension which was spured from the ring via a JB under the floorboards.
Took me around 2 hours total.

They paid over £400 to the previous 2 firms labour.

Sad that this sort of stuff happens due to the electricians lack of knowledge.

 

[EbolaSideRoom]

Hell no... too expensive and I have no desire to look like a thing on a string bouncing up and down on the back of one as it trots down the road thinking to itself 'where's the best place to buck this bitch off my back!'

My house mate and I have a dog and she's enough hard work on the animal front.

“Dangerous at both ends & crafty in the middle”.
Horses. Not Sparky Chick.

 

[a-z electrics]

Did somebody say Argos catalogues? you can go online and look at the old ones, its full of nostalgia and reminiscing of childhood events. those were the days!

That's why the Argos catalog pages were always laminated in plastic.. it was to protect them from the tears of joy pouring down on them ;-)

 

[Dillb]

That's why the Argos catalog pages were always laminated in plastic.. it was to protect them from...... ;-)

I thought that was just certain pages of my mums Kays catalogue

 

[FatAlan]

SC, can you explain to Argos/Sainsbury’s data control department how to change a customers data profile, particularly their phone number? For the last year I have been receiving regular texts on behalf of a customer ordering items in North Finchley. Despite assurances that the matter has been resolved and me threatening to involve th information commissioner it seems beyond their capability. PS What do you do in your spare time