Consumer Unit change???how far do you go with testing??????

[nikmet]

thanks spartykus for taking the time to post a informative reply to my question, it answered clearly everything that i asked, and 100% agree with u mate

 

[egginyourface]

what area are u in spartykus, that is cheap. how many way board is that?

 

[JamesBrownLive]

example is a short time ago i was called out to a house on a Sunday night where existing board had melted due to bad connection on mains switch. I got there and said i will change the board and issue cert for this only. went back the nex day and did a test on sockets and lights, found all the earths had been cut on the lights. made a note of this. explained the danger to the house holder and he said he was having trouble paying his mortgage and couldnt afford to pay me to to do a full pir and repair.

what would you do in this situation??

http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/industry/best_practice/BPG1v2_web.pdf

 

[SPARTYKUS]

what area are u in spartykus, that is cheap. how many way board is that?

8 way, nothing fancy. Come on, don't be clever! They can be bought for 50-60 quid even as a member of public

Like I say in the post egginyourface, £300 clear (in a day) is more than some people turnover a week.

don't be greedy!!!!

 

[egginyourface]

true spartykus,,,

 

[nickblake]

Is the guy insured could have been a fire by what your describing you could see if he can claim off his insurance for a new board and remidial works cover it all in one job

 

[egginyourface]

Im still learning so that didn't even cross my mind. is it best to mention it before giving price as you could rinse it a a bit if insurance is paying

 

[nickblake]

Always worth mentioning it a bit as if you do come accross any problems slightly increasing the cost will cover them , but you shouldnt really go down the lines of increasing because the insurance are paying , at the end of the day the more people that do that the higher premiums we all have to pay

 

[egginyourface]

lol...im not gona miss a chance to get something out of a system thats bleeding me dry

 

[VMan]

Always worth mentioning it a bit as if you do come accross any problems slightly increasing the cost will cover them , but you shouldnt really go down the lines of increasing because the insurance are paying , at the end of the day the more people that do that the higher premiums we all have to pay

Maybe but many time we have had to make extra calls to the insurance companies, chase up cheques and even met up with loss adjusters this is all time and at then end of the day someone has to pay why should it be us??