Pet hates

[kingeri]

Just wondering what everyone's pet hates are. You know, those things that really get on your ----. I went to a job last week and there was a massive gap between the backboxes and accessories - I'm talking about a 5cm gap here. I thought the accessory and backbox were supposed to form an enclosure! It really annoys me!

 

[shocking_eg]

oh when the build says the client is short on money, but the build has got this 30k off them

or they say there short of money, but happily spend 2K on a fancy light fitting

 

[Stroppy]

On a brand new install, and some numpty is doing this to the earths! The builders in the next room came in to see what my roar of rage was about.

 

[odawire]

People who rewire a property but don't bother to remove all the old cable, leaving it bunched with the new to happily induce current for the next 40 years+.

I did a job once and all the floors and walls were full of old cables, you could see where it had bee re-wired three or four times over the years but never stripped out, made a fortune on the scrap

 

[Dan]

I'm just bumping some of the older threads in the general electrical forum that had a lot of replies. They might not be current topics, if they're not, just ignore them and they'll soon drop off the list. If you DO wish to add a reply and get the conversation going again, feel free to do so. Your input might help somebody else in the future.