I received a call yesterday evening from one of my regular customers requesting that I attend a ground floor rental flat that he owns to check the electrical installation which had received yet another soaking as the flat above had another leak from a newly fitted bathroom. Apparently the ground floor flat bathroom light was flickering when in the off position and the bathroom extract fan was continuously running so I immediately called the ground floor tenant, instructed her to switch off the affected lighting and fan circuit via the mcb at the fuse board until I arrived later to check out the issues. This she duly did.
Shortly after my call however, the so called plumber who fitted the new bathroom in the flat above, turned up and stopped the leak and then went downstairs to the ground floor flat and told the tenant he could fix the electrics and supposedly "fixed" the flickering bathroom light and extract fan and left the circuit on declaring that it was now safe. He left no contact details, no paperwork to say what he had done nor used any test equipment to check cables etc.
As I live an hour from the property, I arrived unfortunately after he had gone and after catching up with the ground floor tenant on what had happened carried out checks on all of the lighting, accessories, extract fan, cables, etc. and any other electrical items within the vicinity and found the hall globe light full of water, hall and bathroom light switches soaking wet. Needless to say Mr. Wet Pants left the place in a worse condition and less safe than when he arrived.
I spent well over an hour checking everything was dry, tested and safe and before leaving I asked the tenant why she'd let the plumber carry out electrical works even though I was on my way, to which she replied that it said on the side of his van that he was a plumber and electrician and she thought he knew what he was doing as he reckoned he could fix the electrics! Unbelievable!
Shortly after my call however, the so called plumber who fitted the new bathroom in the flat above, turned up and stopped the leak and then went downstairs to the ground floor flat and told the tenant he could fix the electrics and supposedly "fixed" the flickering bathroom light and extract fan and left the circuit on declaring that it was now safe. He left no contact details, no paperwork to say what he had done nor used any test equipment to check cables etc.
As I live an hour from the property, I arrived unfortunately after he had gone and after catching up with the ground floor tenant on what had happened carried out checks on all of the lighting, accessories, extract fan, cables, etc. and any other electrical items within the vicinity and found the hall globe light full of water, hall and bathroom light switches soaking wet. Needless to say Mr. Wet Pants left the place in a worse condition and less safe than when he arrived.
I spent well over an hour checking everything was dry, tested and safe and before leaving I asked the tenant why she'd let the plumber carry out electrical works even though I was on my way, to which she replied that it said on the side of his van that he was a plumber and electrician and she thought he knew what he was doing as he reckoned he could fix the electrics! Unbelievable!
