Electrician walked off the job half way, what now?

[belmontbuild]

Hi all,

I am doing up my flat, which is quite a large space, about 150 spot lights and 65 plug sockets (now 95).

My Electrician started on monday and went home Thursday afternoon. He emailed me last night saying he is not willing to come back because I agreed to pay him 3.1k upfront on monday however I did not manage to get the money to him until tuesday which to be honest was my fault however I do feel its a little harsh to quit a job half way through because of that. I think he has just found another better paying job.

NB: job was 7350 first fix and 5k second fix. He is going to keep the £3.1k I have paid him and so far he has run 6 ring mains and boxed up 90 ish plug sockets.

Anyway what are my choices now? Unfortunately this has messed up the rest of my build as I can not put my floors down until the electrical work is finished so I am going to have to cancel the other jobs that are due to start next week.

Will I be able to find someone that is willing to take on a half done job? Should I just get someone on a day rate or get someone to price for the full job again?

 

[bugsy]

You've worked in Bishops Avenue as well then!

 

[plugsandsparks]

The whole home automation scene is great news for sparkies, server room for piped AV all over the house, lighting all controlled by computer (could be where this job went pear shaped) - its a whole new world. Cannot wait to sell my house and build one cos, although it wont be big , it will have the state of the art (if i can afford it) home auto stuff.
Just love the idea of turning the heating and lights on from my phone and checking on it using CCTV over IP....
Just put in a "cheapish" CCTV piped over broadband, once upon a time these used to be mega bucks, but now less than 10 tanks of diesel.

 

[plugsandsparks]

I have been on a job were each wall light cost more than a brand new sports car and the client got bored of them within 12 months and replaced them with even more expensive ones. At the end of the day it’s whatever rocks your boat. It would be nice to see the spec for this place and pictures of how it’s all taking shape. A grand design of an electrical installation sort of thread. No pressure belmontbuild! :biggrin:

Was asked to pop a light fitting up the other day, well it must have weighed 30KG. Had to put unistrut in the loft to take the weight and it then sat on the rafters.
Nearly bust a blood vessel putting it up - it must have cost a bomb... mind you it was well made.

 

[Rockingit]

Just put in a "cheapish" CCTV piped over broadband, once upon a time these used to be mega bucks, but now less than 10 tanks of diesel.

I've just sold the idea to a local livery yard: CCTV with audio per stable, so that the girls' who's horses they are can watch them all day at school on their iphones, and the yards owners get to charge them a monthly fee for doing so as an income stream. Reckon they'll be in profit per stable after about 8 weeks!

 

[bugsy]

The whole home automation scene is great news for sparkies, server room for piped AV all over the house, lighting all controlled by computer (could be where this job went pear shaped) - its a whole new world. Cannot wait to sell my house and build one cos, although it wont be big , it will have the state of the art (if i can afford it) home auto stuff.
Just love the idea of turning the heating and lights on from my phone and checking on it using CCTV over IP....
Just put in a "cheapish" CCTV piped over broadband, once upon a time these used to be mega bucks, but now less than 10 tanks of diesel.

And by that time it wil all be RF, Blue Ray, or Wi Fi :wink5: ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page. ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Yeah...even more technology, monitoring everyone's every move (refer to recent thread about tracking).
Not convinced by this remote stuff, you'll get so paranoid about your property you'll spend all your time watching your mobile device.

 

[plugsandsparks]

I've just sold the idea to a local livery yard: CCTV with audio per stable, so that the girls' who's horses they are can watch them all day at school on their iphones, and the yards owners get to charge them a monthly fee for doing so as an income stream. Reckon they'll be in profit per stable after about 8 weeks!

Tried to sell this concept to Mrs P&S using a cattery ( we like cats) each cat would have webcam and audio so owners could talk to their cats whilst on hols. Thought it was a brilliant idea but Mrs poo pood it.

 

[electric will]

150 down lights and 95 sockets? First question how big is this "flat" and £7350 first fix and then £5000 more at the second fix is a massive amount of money, where do you live? Buckingham palace?

 

[DaveyD]

mrs poo

lol ....

 

[electric will]

What made you use a sparky 3 hours away from the job site?

 

[HandySparks]

150 down lights and 95 sockets? First question how big is this "flat" and £7350 first fix and then £5000 more at the second fix is a massive amount of money, where do you live? Buckingham palace?

For the answer to all your questions, read the thread.

 

[electric will]

Just have. Still don't believe it though

 

[DPG]

Yeah...even more technology, monitoring everyone's every move (refer to recent thread about tracking).
Not convinced by this remote stuff, you'll get so paranoid about your property you'll spend all your time watching your mobile device.

I agree. I don't get the mobile phone/CCTV thing. Unless you sit watching your phone all day, you aren't going to see anyone breaking in. Daz

 

[drew35]

You might catch a glimpse of the postman hanging out the back of your missus instead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spoon]

You might catch a glimpse of the postman hanging out the back of your missus instead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It would have to be a very small postman to be 'hanging out the back' of my missus. :wink5: