Help needed to review quality of distributer box installation

[Isaac k]

Hi everyone,

I just had my distributer box upgraded to an RCD box, and I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the quality of the work done here. I know that changing these boxes is a nightmare to do, and truth be told our wiring was a mess before, but for the price we payed I don't believe there should be electrical tape and exposed wires coming out of the box. Also you can see the housing for the old night electricity box which they have decided to leave and they also chose not to cover the channel with all the exposed wires. I'm just curious to see what this forum's take is on this work, and if it was worth the £700 I payed for it.

Thanks!

(This is my first post, so if I am in the wrong category I apologise)

 

[Pete999]

reviews may be from his wife/girlfriend/

reviws mean nowt could be from wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/rab.c nesbitt.

Nicola whatever her face is?

 

[telectrix]

OP could always pay my air fare and 5* hotel for me to come up to Glasgow and give a verdict. still have change from the £700..

 

[Isaac k]

@telectrix you're on!

 

[telectrix]

unfortunately, being an avid viewer of Aircrash Investigation, i will not fly in an aluminium coffin where some spotty young boil in the bag airline pilot sits up front. if i was piloting the contraption, at least if it crashed, it would be my own fault.

 

[MFS Electrical]

Hi, thanks for replying!
No, I have not paid yet as I was fairly confident that this was not good work. The electrition that did the work was self employed and did not issue any sort of paperwork. Any advice on where to go from here?
Thanks for replying!

Tell him to either get his butt back and sort it or get someone else to sort it and pay him for the materials only

 

[suffolkspark]

Did he replace both boards ie the little one at the bottom and the big one at tge top?

 

[DPG]

Amazingly bad work. And some of it wouldn't have been that hard to do properly from the looks of it.

 

[GBDamo]

Hi everyone,

I just had my distributer box upgraded to an RCD box, and I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the quality of the work done here. I know that changing these boxes is a nightmare to do, and truth be told our wiring was a mess before, but for the price we payed I don't believe there should be electrical tape and exposed wires coming out of the box. Also you can see the housing for the old night electricity box which they have decided to leave and they also chose not to cover the channel with all the exposed wires. I'm just curious to see what this forum's take is on this work, and if it was worth the £700 I payed for it.

Thanks!

(This is my first post, so if I am in the wrong category I apologise)
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Is that supposed to be finished?

 

[Upton Sparks]

Wow, I've seen worse but that does make the hall of shame alright..


It’s not up to standard but you’ve got that already, first of all did you get a written quotation for the work ?. find out if he’s registered , ask him if it’s not obvious on his website. (most likely not), I'm sure in Scotland you need to do something similar to Part P of the building regulations( which requires notification to building control in England and wales) ,

Contractually he has offered to do some work for you. It’s not up to a competent standard of workmanship, but legally you have to be reasonable about it and give him the opportunity to correct his work. if he’s not registered as A competent person in Scotland, then I don't think you have any worries, as he’s very unlikely to take you to court to enforce a contract he could not legally fulfil.

do look for a second local electrician to check over his work and quote for repairs.

Your entitled to have the job completed to a fit and proper standard of workmanship and it goes without saying it should be safe as well.

as for the price, it does seem quite steep, but that's not really a point, the price is negotiated at the begin of the quotations, if your happy with it then you accept the quotation, or get 3 different quotations is always good ... we all value ourselves differently, and we have different geographic.

I'm not that familiar with the requirements of Scotland for domestic
electrical work. you can check below for more information.

Guidance on electrical work not requiring a warrant (Domestic) - https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/publications/glf2

 

[Gazthesparky]

Wow that’s Shocking that’s certainly not been done by an electrician total chancer alright.

Yep up here in scotland you don’t have to be registered with a scheme but you certainly should have paperwork and test certificates.

For that price I would have stripped the whole cupboard, new backing board brand new board all labels and stickered up with certificates to boot

 

[MJPD29]

Jesus that is bad what is all the tape about and I can see exposed copper on a neutral. Really shocking

 

[Octopus]

Scheme membership aside ........... ALL fuseboard changes should include a full test of the installation and an EIC be issued to the homeowner ..................

If you get an EIC, could you post a copy on here (your and his info redacted)?

 

[shaun1]

Were you there when the work was done? The electrician should have spent a good couple of hours (if not longer) going round the entire house carrying out out tests on all sockets and the light fittings/switches. Any idea if any of that happened?

 

[telectrix]

Were you there when the work was done? The electrician should have spent a good couple of hours (if not longer) going round the entire house carrying out out tests on all sockets and the light fittings/switches. Any idea if any of that happened?

pigs flying comes to mind.

 

[shaun1]

I think you are probably right but more reasons for not paying when the inevitable argument happens