Has Electrician made a mistake with height?

[LCV]

Hi,

As part of a full house renovation the house was completely rewired. I asked the Electrician to fit the plug sockets in the home office at a high level so that the printers sitting on the cabinets can easily be plugged into them. The plug sockets would be concealed by the printers.

I did not specify the height to the Electrician and neither did he ask me. He has finished doing the 2nd fix and I've now noticed that he has positioned the sockets to be the same height as the light switches which of course is far too high and looks really silly. The plug sockets are about 30cm higher than it needs to be.

What is your view on this?

Thanks.

 

[LCV]

please read my reply #52 as I have already addressed this.

 

[Spoon]

please read my reply #52 as I have already addressed this.

As I said I think we are both to blame. I gave him plans which showed the office furniture but wrote 'plugs at high level' in a comment bubble as I thought that was what the terminology is for plugs that are higher than low level plugs. Of course in hindsight it would have been better if I hadn't written anything at all.


Above is your post 52: Lets look at the facts here. Your comment "we are both to blame" is false. You are to blame. Please deal with this fact. It looks like you made mistakes while drawing up the plan. If you wanted sockets at a specific eight then they should have been dimensioned up accordingly.
Have you read all the posts. How many people since you post #52, where you stated put incorrect information in the plan, have said that its the electricians fault for not questioning your plan...... All them comments were before you gave out more info about your mistake.
It's good that you saved money by doing the project management yourself. You didn't see your mistake at first fix, or second fix, or after the wall was plastered. You only noticed it after the wall was wallpapered. You can now spend some of that money fixing your mistake.

 

[jackhammerJIM]

Please stop calling socket outlets "plugs" .....

 

[LCV]

We are all entitled to our opinions. I don't need to be bullied into going with your view. Mistakes costs money I just have to take that on the chin.

 

[hightower]

We are all entitled to our opinions. I don't need to be bullied into going with your view. Mistakes costs money I just have to take that on the chin.

Yes but to be fair you posted here asking for opinions. Just seems to me you don't like the sound of them

 

[LCV]

Sorry, the general public do refer to them as plug sockets. I will call them socket outlets in any future postings about them from now on.

 

[Spoon]

We are all entitled to our opinions. I don't need to be bullied into going with your view. Mistakes costs money I just have to take that on the chin.

There is no bullying here mate, just facts.

 

[LCV]

I have asked for opinions and it is great that I've had so many comments. As before, thank you to everyone that has taken the time to respond. It is up to me who I want to listen to and I don't have to agree with some people's views.

At the end of the day it is my house so I will pay whatever amount is needed to get the issue resolved.

 

[LCV]

Sorry but you don't have all the facts only what I have chosen to share and my view on things.

You haven't seen the plans that I gave the Electrician which shows the office furniture in the room. I made a mistake with calling the position 'high-level' but some people could argue that the drawings clearly show printers that sit on desk level cabinets with plug sockets positioned behind it. As the comment 'high-level' doesn't match with what the plans illustrate, some people might think it would worth double checking the height with the client with a 1 minute call otherwise the client could end up having plug sockets that are above the printers.

 

[Leesparkykent]

 

[ruston]

How did you know I wanted the target there?:biggrin:

 

[Leesparkykent]

How did you know I wanted the target there?:biggrin:

Haha because you wrote high level target on that smoke packet drawing you gave me.

 

[ruston]

Haha because you wrote high level target on that smoke packet drawing you gave me.

Not me . I don't smoke.:shocked3:

 

[Octopus]

Maybe this thread should be locked before it descends further down the sewer!

 

[mattg4321]

If you wanted the sockets in a specific place they should've been marked on the wall/clearly noted on the drawing. You can't expect tradesmen (or anybody) to be mind readers. Poor drawings are the bane of my life, and what's worse is when people watch you fit something then only later point out that wasn't where they wanted it.

You've clearly made a mistake so in my opinion the right thing to do is pay him to rectify.