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[danluke1640]

hi my customer wants me to change her fuseboard for a 17th edition at her home.i went today to pretest the circuits and found that there was no neutral continuity on the kitchen ring and no earth continuity on the upstairs ring.My client has just had the whole house decorated and the decorators have siliconed every single socket to the very expensive wallpaper and there is wood flooring in each room.so my question is how would this get signed off with these existing faults or do i tell her that i cant do it .Any opinions?

 

[i=p/u]

the sockets have to come off, end of!!! you could use wander lead and check to see where is broken, any recent pictures been put up , could be left hanging out by jim the decorator...

for the kitchen , socket tester will tell you where it stops.. seems a tricky one but you might get lucky.. what if main bondind needs upgrading.. just asking...

 

[micknew]

This forum seems to be a free advice web site for anyone who does not know what to do and is trying to save money by DIY!!!!
Does anyone else get that impression???

 

[Engineer54]

No, ...i don't anyway!!

It's a forum for those in the electrical industry, but now and again a member of the public comes on to ask advice. Depending on what and how he asks will generally determine whether he gets instruction advice or told bluntly to get an electrician in to sort out his/her problem...

 

[cjp1]

Same old story people are happy to pay for something they can see like decorating or flooring but when it comes to safety and spending money on something they cant see or show to there mates there not interested.

 

[i=p/u]

thats it cj, you are correct.. i was able to convince a man today his attic needed sorted when i finished what im doing for him, recessed lights and insulation all around them .. i seen some sindging, loads of connector blocks and like a spiders web.... i said was was fire hazzard and he agreed... without looking
...

 

[micknew]

Exactly cjp1, we did our training and they pick our brains to save money.
Its ok when its a technical/rare problem.
Then one of us can offer advice based on previous experience but when its to instruct on simple problems its a different matter.

 

[the pict]

Same old same old, do the I&T, fill in the form, outline whats needed,supply a quote, agree limitations, get your fee for the I&T go home park the van have a beer, this jumping thro hoops costs you time
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[Knobhead]

good call tony. sounds well likely. OP should get a silicon gun and show the decorators where it should be squirted, painfully.

Sure as hell beats kaolin for bunging up the system
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