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Insurance jobs are cutting out sparks
E.g. A carpenter refits a kitchen after a fire and replaces fire damaged cable etc. but when removes old units finds a mass of botch electrics because the old kitchen was a DIY job. Insurance wont pay any more to get a spark in as the agreement for the renovation has already been made. In this situation with fire damage I think a PIR or an equal inspection should defo be compulsory.
Of course a carpenter was called by the insurance to refit the kitchen and didn't include a total rewire of kitchen to get the work as PIR is not compulsory and only for change of tenancy or every 10 years this is bound to happen. There could well be another fire as the replacement fire damaged cable was just a replacement of botch DIY electrics.
Surely the insurance company should call an electrician to fact find the safety of the installation.
Why is this happening? We are losing work and other trades are getting more work because of things like this..
E.g. A carpenter refits a kitchen after a fire and replaces fire damaged cable etc. but when removes old units finds a mass of botch electrics because the old kitchen was a DIY job. Insurance wont pay any more to get a spark in as the agreement for the renovation has already been made. In this situation with fire damage I think a PIR or an equal inspection should defo be compulsory.
Of course a carpenter was called by the insurance to refit the kitchen and didn't include a total rewire of kitchen to get the work as PIR is not compulsory and only for change of tenancy or every 10 years this is bound to happen. There could well be another fire as the replacement fire damaged cable was just a replacement of botch DIY electrics.
Surely the insurance company should call an electrician to fact find the safety of the installation.
Why is this happening? We are losing work and other trades are getting more work because of things like this..
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thats the way it should be as standard / compulsory me thinks.
