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Octopus
So I was first fixing a bathroom yesterday and the plumber chap has drilled the holes in the ceiling - when I looked up one of the holes I could see that the hole cutter had "kissed" one joist and had just missed another (the house has had a loft conversion hence why the 2nd joist is so close to the original ones.
When I questioned fitting the light - he said its a "fire rated" downlight so "clearances" don't matter - in fact he's fitted loads and is never bothered about all in insulation covering them (bare in mind he likes CED ÂŁ10.00 halogen 50w units!)
The box the lights come in didn't have any clearance information on it, but on reading the instructions in the box, it clearly states 75mm clearance all round.
So after a bit of humming and haring - it was agree that a new hole would be drilled in a "sensible" location and be big enough for a tilt unit & that I could supply & fit the lights. He takes lights back for a refund. All good I think......
The customer sees the new hole later and asks for it to be put back to the original position - so the numpty agrees. I get a text today telling me to go to site on Monday to fit a JB and extend the cable to the "original" location.
I say I won't make the change and if he wants to do it he's on his own!
Get a text back saying send invoice to client for work done so far he'll "get somebody else" to do it.
Now me knows he dabbles with electrics so I'm sure he'll do it himself.
Now now the dilema - the man of the house is away skiing for a few days and he emails me today asking how its going ..... so how do I respond???
A) Do I submit invoice and ignore it - its not tested formally as its only first fixed?
B) Do I submit invoice and add note on covering email about joists?
C) Do I submit invoice and note on invoice issue with proximity of joists?
I'm considering B) or C)!
Thoughts chaps
When I questioned fitting the light - he said its a "fire rated" downlight so "clearances" don't matter - in fact he's fitted loads and is never bothered about all in insulation covering them (bare in mind he likes CED ÂŁ10.00 halogen 50w units!)
The box the lights come in didn't have any clearance information on it, but on reading the instructions in the box, it clearly states 75mm clearance all round.
So after a bit of humming and haring - it was agree that a new hole would be drilled in a "sensible" location and be big enough for a tilt unit & that I could supply & fit the lights. He takes lights back for a refund. All good I think......
The customer sees the new hole later and asks for it to be put back to the original position - so the numpty agrees. I get a text today telling me to go to site on Monday to fit a JB and extend the cable to the "original" location.
I say I won't make the change and if he wants to do it he's on his own!
Get a text back saying send invoice to client for work done so far he'll "get somebody else" to do it.
Now me knows he dabbles with electrics so I'm sure he'll do it himself.
Now now the dilema - the man of the house is away skiing for a few days and he emails me today asking how its going ..... so how do I respond???
A) Do I submit invoice and ignore it - its not tested formally as its only first fixed?
B) Do I submit invoice and add note on covering email about joists?
C) Do I submit invoice and note on invoice issue with proximity of joists?
I'm considering B) or C)!
Thoughts chaps
