Kitchen Electrics and the law

[Engineer54]

Good idea Simon, your not as simple as you make out to be ...lol!!!

As Simon suggests, ask for an independent PIR, this will, if proved different from the other electricians PIR, discredit him in his honesty and as being ANY form of expert witness...

 

[SimpleSimon]

Thanks mate.
Another point is to find out if this person is signed onto a competent persons scheme. In the eyes of the law if they're not, they're not deemed as competent to carry the work.

 

[MFHEng]

Ahhh but thats the whole point why im worried. Legal expenses cover only covers the cost of fighting the claim. if the other side wins, any money she is awarded is payable directly by my company (im ltd) and its not coverable by any legal expenses insurance.

Thats why i am so worried.

I cant call the other electrician as a witness as he is both involved in her side of the claim (he held our installer up for 2 days and the customer is also claiming we took longer than was suggested) and also he is acting as her expert witness to state we havent fitted the kitchen correctly. if someone can show me how to upload a pdf to here i can show you his report you you know what he is saying is wrong

Can you send the PDF to the email adress I pm 'd you so I can see what was put on the report

 

[RODDERS80]

upload it to megaupload and post the link here

 

[jo4nny8]

ive sent it to mfheng. would rather it not be posted on an open forum so it cant be used against me

 

[telectrix]

good thinking.

 

[Mark_Burgess]

So you didn't touch the electrics, the electrician held up the work so you were late in completing the kitchen, she went off on one which involved you calling the police whilst trying to do the job.

If I were you i'd say 'See you in Court' I dont think there is anything to worry about, as others have said she seems like a chancer and if possible get the police incident report, that would help you out in court.

 

[mattmoo1974]

Did you move any of his sockets etc etc? Surely hes got to prove you ve played with the electrics in any way? Even harder if you have nt supplyed him with any Cert for electrical work.
You say hes taking you to court for "a few items". Is it all stemed on the electrics? Surely a copy of your quote for the job would clear all this up? As its in your terms you dont do any electrical work.
Hes trying it on mate. All a sparky can do is Advise on work that needs doing. I think your customer has realised hes going to have to rip his kitchen out to get the wiring sorted and hes trying to get you to cough up for it.

 

[brucelee]

Yes he sounds like he is trying it on mate
tell him see you in court

 

[mattmoo1974]

Yes he sounds like he is trying it on mate
tell him see you in court

Its a She and we all no women are mental
And i know my misses will never look on here so i can get away with saying it

 

[Paul.M]

why, you decided on a career change to kitchen fitter?

So you didn't touch the electrics, the electrician held up the work so you were late in completing the kitchen, she went off on one which involved you calling the police whilst trying to do the job.

If I were you i'd say 'See you in Court' I dont think there is anything to worry about, as others have said she seems like a chancer and if possible get the police incident report, that would help you out in court.

Hes trying it on mate. All a sparky can do is Advise on work that needs doing. I think your customer has realised hes going to have to rip his kitchen out to get the wiring sorted and hes trying to get you to cough up for it.

Spot on. You can just imagine the conversation.
Sparky:- You should have had the kitchen rewired before the kitchen is fitted, its old colours and needs doing soon before your house burns down (more work for me, lovely)

Home owner:- Can't afford to have it ripped out and put back, I know I'll blame the kitchen fitter for every little thing, take him to court and he can pay for it.

Stick to your guns mate, you've done nothing wrong.

 

[brucelee]

lol sorry matt teach me to read all the post lol i read it other day and just skipped to your post today l

 

[Paul.M]

Don't know how Telectrix quote got in there? Disregard it.

 

[mattmoo1974]

Mate it was on the first page when i started writing my post and page 6 by the time i finished it lol

 

[terminator]

Be interesting to see what MFHEng thinks after he's read email/pdf (without revealing content).