i think I'm being taken for a ride...

[Willbowling]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what is wrong with my plan, i want a shaver socket in my bathroom, my thoughts were that a wire could be taken off a plug socket in the bedroom up the wall then through the single brick internal wall into an isolator switch that would be neatly next to the extractor fan isolator (presumably a rcd or rcbo in a box?), then wired down the wall and behind the skirting board to then be vertically channeled up to the shaver socket.

so I'm thinking that this is a relatively small job and should be fairly cheap, I'm redecorating the bathroom as it is so there are no skirting boards and i can do the channel and there is no making good for the sparky to worry about as this will be done anyway.

so anyway the reason I'm asking is because i had a guy come round and do me a quote for the job, i told him my thoughts but he muttered a bit and he has now quoted me for bringing a separate wire from the cellar cu and putting the switch isolator in the corridor (which i don't mind), but this seems like an expensive way around my job and seems like he is creating work for himself. I can't see a problem with my plan but don't want to accuse him of trying to rip me off and end up looking like an idiot.

power for the shaver socket cant come from the light circuit btw, as the ceiling is not very accessible.

so, whats your thoughts? Am i missing something or am i being taken for a ride?

 

[stuartcourt]

I quote everything

 

[onions1066]

Even if your not asked to!:drool5:

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I'm sure that wasn't the smiley I clicked on

 

[stuartcourt]

Ha ha I dont even know how to get quotes up and yes I prefer to rarely get it wrong and then if I do it quicker its quids in and no one ever gets a nasty shock (on my work or price)

 

[lyntonworcs]

Best option, get another quote or two and compare the propoals both in terms of how they do it and how much. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

 

[telectrix]

Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.


GRRRRRR.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Best option, get another quote or two and compare the propoals both in terms of how they do it and how much. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

Oh dear.

 

[onions1066]

Best option, get another quote or two and compare the propoals both in terms of how they do it and how much. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

Run little man run like the wind

 

[GLENNSPARK]

if he connects it to the ring main he's got to test the ring main then he's got to put right any faults on the ring, he would also have to source a 32a rcbo that would fit your board which is easier said than done. if he runs a new circuit then he can just use a rcd fcu and he knows the circuit wont have any faults on it. so it may actually work out cheaper for you in the end.

IR & Zs....so...whats wrong with that?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Best option, get another quote or two and compare the propoals both in terms of how they do it and how much. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

going for the upopularity prize i see....

 

[dave274]

GLENNSPARK im just offering up a reason why the electrician may have wanted to do it a different way, im not saying he is right or wrong. if the customer has a problem with what he wants to do then he should speak to him personally instead of assuming hes trying to pull a fast one.

 

[Octopus]

Best option, get another quote or two and compare the propoals both in terms of how they do it and how much. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

Come on then, think you need to explain this narrow minded opinion.

 

[MDJ]

Am i missing something

apart from a couple of million brain cells you mean?

 

[MDJ]

. Make sure they are NICEIC registered though.

My God I love Friday's here in the mad house.

 

[Geordie Spark]

During the cold weather that we had recently our street was covered in ice and a car skidded and demolished my garden wall.

I've just had a quote from a builder to put it right. He's wanting £1,600 ............. I think I'm being taken for a ride.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

My God I love Friday's here in the mad house.

i bet you place your whole week down to this one day dont you mike...lol...