I walked away

[sparks1234]

My son went to first fix a small extension today and his first thing he did was take a look at the bonding to the gas / water, well, there was none evident. We informed the house owner who did not like the idea of an extra bill to cover the cost of the install. The bonding is a bit of a devil because it is all the way round the other side of the house and it is a large detached. It would have to be done in black conduit externally.
They said they that they had electrical works done in the last few months by a company that I know is NIC approved.
They enquired if we were the "rolls royce" of electricians to be doing this and that everything had worked ok for may years.
Anyway, we walked away and they are going back to their previous electricians.

Frustration abounds

 

[Phil Mumford]

My understanding of it is that if the bonding MAY be present (i.e. leaving the consumer unit) then testing to verify is acceptable if noted correctly? I may be wrong.

One good idea the NICEIC promote is a pre printed statement (available to free to members but I am sure any electrical contractor could create something similar) which informs the potential client of the reasons why electrical work cannot be carried out if the bonding/earthing is not up to scratch. Very useful and people do believe it (or look into it) if it is printed.

Perhaps other bodies do something similar?

If the client will not agree to the upgrade if required then you did the right thing by walking away.

In this uncertain time is it possible electricians are doing the work for cash and no ticket?

"I was never here, understood?"

I reckon that accounts for most of the work carried out on installations with sub standard bonding/earthing.