Travis Baldwin
DIY
Hello all, first post but have enjoyed the forum for a while..
I am in Bristol and recently had an electrician do some work on my house - I want to sanity check the way this guy operated.
He did some tasks satisfactorily: Changed a room to a ring circuit, hooked up a second light switch for overheads, sorted out undercabinet lighting. Was about 2 man-days. For this he charged me £ 1300. Is that a reasonable amount.. £80ish/hr?
Second question: there was a wall switch PIR in the hallway he had a look at (was previously installed and stopped working during construction). He said it was wired all wrong, the earth was being used as the negative, and it was super dangerous. He took the PIR off the wall, and left the wires hanging out the wall with waygo connectors on the ends, then left it like that. Is that allowed?! I've been scared to do anything with it.
The last question: he said my fusebox was not up to regulation, after he had done all the work (ring circuit, etc). Said it would be a days worth of work and should be done, due to reg changes. I did not catch exactly what he said was needed but when I bought my house in 2011, this was not flagged as an issue. Is this typical? and if yes, what's a days work roughly go for with an electrician?
Thank you in advance!
Travis
I am in Bristol and recently had an electrician do some work on my house - I want to sanity check the way this guy operated.
He did some tasks satisfactorily: Changed a room to a ring circuit, hooked up a second light switch for overheads, sorted out undercabinet lighting. Was about 2 man-days. For this he charged me £ 1300. Is that a reasonable amount.. £80ish/hr?
Second question: there was a wall switch PIR in the hallway he had a look at (was previously installed and stopped working during construction). He said it was wired all wrong, the earth was being used as the negative, and it was super dangerous. He took the PIR off the wall, and left the wires hanging out the wall with waygo connectors on the ends, then left it like that. Is that allowed?! I've been scared to do anything with it.
The last question: he said my fusebox was not up to regulation, after he had done all the work (ring circuit, etc). Said it would be a days worth of work and should be done, due to reg changes. I did not catch exactly what he said was needed but when I bought my house in 2011, this was not flagged as an issue. Is this typical? and if yes, what's a days work roughly go for with an electrician?
Thank you in advance!
Travis
