Help please,advice regarding the way electric shower has been wired and left

[noobienoclue]

Completely agree. Shoddy workmanship by half rate rushed staff and the worse is that the Council clearly don't do any checking on the quality of their sub contractors.

Theses are all tradesmen that work for the council only, the only sub contractors where the company who do the flooring, we have a resident liaison officer and team manager who where meant to be on site most days to visit us periodically to check the work standards and discuss any issues, both of them have only been in my house once when I had the issue with the wall mounted sockets behind the cooker, trying to get hold of the rlo has been a nightmare, she was of for a week, when you phone up you get pushed from pillar to post and keep repeating yourself over and over to the next person they put you through to, I was told that they get paid by the job this is obviously why they rush so they can move on to the next house, still doesn't excuse the shady workmanship.

 

[noobienoclue]

I also agree this is unacceptable. This catalogue of errors would have seen me out the door of my old firm. I was once reprimanded for slightly scratching a nice, shiny new cooker-hob that had just been installed for a customer (I hadn't covered it properly...oops!!...my boss had an eagle's eye as well).

It shows a lack of professionalism and pride in one's work.

This is exactly what iv noticed and said from day one, that none of them seem to take any pride in the work that they do whatsoever.

 

[noobienoclue]

Local papers works. Good luck.

I have seriously been thinking about contacting local news paper over the last few days, but have doubts as to weather they would be interested, you guys have been the only ones interested and have shown compassion, which is very much appreciated and I thank everyone that has took the time to read and comment, cheers everyone

 

[noobienoclue]

I have another question people, before the work was carried out the house was all earth bonded, now the work has been done (if you can call it done) nothing has been bonded, I asked the electrician about this and his reply was " it doesn't need done as your new consumer unit is a good one" Is this correct?

 

[trev]

The bonding situation is possibly correct, subject to certain provisos supplementary bonding can be omitted. As far as the shower goes though, there should be a site office, go there and ask to speak to the project manager and don't be fobbed off. There will possibly be a clerk of works who inspects and accepts the work on completion, if your CoW is anything like some of them that I've come across he'll take one look at that and demand it be put right.
Don't put up with this crap! Fight the power!

 

[KAS1]

Just ring the council and either 1, tell them you can smell burning coming from the shower or 2, you received an electric shock................................. That will make them react............

 

[noobienoclue]

The bonding situation is possibly correct, subject to certain provisos supplementary bonding can be omitted. As far as the shower goes though, there should be a site office, go there and ask to speak to the project manager and don't be fobbed off. There will possibly be a clerk of works who inspects and accepts the work on completion, if your CoW is anything like some of them that I've come across he'll take one look at that and demand it be put right.
Don't put up with this crap! Fight the power!

Thanks very much for your reply, I have a feeling that they are going to try and just put a tile at the shower, or some sealant, but im going to demand it gets fixed properly, to how it should have been in the first place, like ive said its been one ---- up after another, and the fact that not one person has respected my house, and that ive cleaned up after them, which I don't mind if they've done a good job, and that in a letter I received it stated that they must clean up after themselves, the joiners cleaned a little bit, by sweeping all the sawdust and cut off bits of wood and then hiding it all under the units behind the plinths the cheeky fooks!!

 

[trev]

To be honest with you Nobbie that's just about par for the course on council jobs. I was on one a while back and was disgusted at how the subbies treated the properties. Fair enough it's not your house, but it is your home. Some of the directly employed council guys weren't much better.

 

[noobienoclue]

Just ring the council and either 1, tell them you can smell burning coming from the shower or 2, you received an electric shock................................. That will make them react............

That's a good idea, I would have to say something like that, if I phoned up now to report it, cause its out of working hours it has to be an emergency, they would turn round and say "its not an emergency and if the electrician left it like how it is then it must be safe to use" The Edinburgh council are a total nightmare, if you have no hot water and no heating they don't class it as an emergency, ive been in that situation before and they wouldn't send anyone out.

 

[trev]

Chances are if you ring them now they'll send someone out who will just isolate the shower and walk out. Project manager/ Clerk of works/ local papers with a "this is the standard of work" story are your ways forward imho.

 

[noobienoclue]

To be honest with you Nobbie that's just about par for the course on council jobs. I was on one a while back and was disgusted at how the subbies treated the properties. Fair enough it's not your house, but it is your home. Some of the directly employed council guys weren't much better.

Oh don't I know it, Its all council workers that's been doing it, the only sub contractors is the flooring company.

 

[trev]

The Mears sanatogen rewire squad (one a day every day) were truly disgusting when I subbed for them.

 

[noobienoclue]

Chances are if you ring them now they'll send someone out who will just isolate the shower and walk out. Project manager/ Clerk of works/ local papers with a "this is the standard of work" story are your ways forward imho.

That's exactly what I think would happen, i'll be phoning first thing tomorrow morning as I want my liaison officer and project manager to come to my house and look at the work. I don't think there on holiday tomorrow as they've already been off twice this month (6th and 20th)

 

[trev]

Let us know how you get on mate.

 

[noobienoclue]

Let us know how you get on mate.

Will do, thanks trev and everyone else who has replied, cheers people.