Just spent two hours on a bank holiday going through work with a client and what they require, after explaining the benifits of not altering the existing cables to sockets on 3 bedrooms as they are not in a ring and are mainly made up of radials and spurs in my thinking it would be far easier to rewire as the cables are apx 50yrs old and who knows how many joints are hidden until i start works, this is removing sockets, adding new ones and altering positions of existing and the cost would not be much different but they would benifit having a new circuit without still having a years old cable (apx 60's)that may cause problems later.
That took some convincing that i know what i'm talking about.
So then my attention is to the mains position, under the stairs. I then notice every wall and ceiling of the cupboard is clad with asbestos. This is a 1930's house btw so no chance of anything other than the nasty stuff and looked added for fireproofing as was converted into flats about early sixties. Now when i explain that i'm unable to disturb or move any of this until it is professionally removed you would think i just took a dump in his lounge.
Then it was why has no one else mentioned about this before, my reply was no one has had to work under the stairs before so they would not have seen it.
Now if it was me that was making money out of the removal i could justify him thinking i'm taking him to the cleaners but he thinks i'm making a meal out of the job because i will not cut some out and just get the job done. Even after explaining it is the law and you have to concider your and my health over this.
Honestly, some people need to open their eyes that not all of us are out to rip them off and we do sometimes know what we are talking about to save them moneyand not cutting corners on possible health risks.
Holding back from telling him about the new board and earthing till the quote as I don't think he could take any more news and my cool was about to be lost, I don't expect to get the job now after I was the sacrifial lamb in explaining issues around his alterations and to be honest i don't mind not getting the job with the attitude i was getting, so good luck who gets that job.
What a waste of time on a bank holiday.
Rant over.
That took some convincing that i know what i'm talking about.
So then my attention is to the mains position, under the stairs. I then notice every wall and ceiling of the cupboard is clad with asbestos. This is a 1930's house btw so no chance of anything other than the nasty stuff and looked added for fireproofing as was converted into flats about early sixties. Now when i explain that i'm unable to disturb or move any of this until it is professionally removed you would think i just took a dump in his lounge.
Then it was why has no one else mentioned about this before, my reply was no one has had to work under the stairs before so they would not have seen it.
Now if it was me that was making money out of the removal i could justify him thinking i'm taking him to the cleaners but he thinks i'm making a meal out of the job because i will not cut some out and just get the job done. Even after explaining it is the law and you have to concider your and my health over this.
Honestly, some people need to open their eyes that not all of us are out to rip them off and we do sometimes know what we are talking about to save them moneyand not cutting corners on possible health risks.
Holding back from telling him about the new board and earthing till the quote as I don't think he could take any more news and my cool was about to be lost, I don't expect to get the job now after I was the sacrifial lamb in explaining issues around his alterations and to be honest i don't mind not getting the job with the attitude i was getting, so good luck who gets that job.
What a waste of time on a bank holiday.
Rant over.
