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Yes ive read some horror stories from this builder so doesnt suprise me to be honest. Wrong size screwdriver? These were at the end of the thread these screws. I doubt a screwdriver even touched the screw ends lol!! I think this house has just been a complete rush job for completion and my...

Loose as in pinch bolt/screw wound all the way out on every socket found faulty. You could pull the wires in and out the socket with no evidence of the screw being tightened up onto the wire. As the end of the wires still fresh with no clamp marks from being clamped down by a screw.

Cheers guys i have managed to get a friend whos an electrician to come and oversee them check the original work as i know the basics of household electrics and would know obvious things like what i found in the picture posted above but want to know exactly how bad the house has been wired etc ...

Yes i agree im not going in guns blazing ive asked what they intend to do and explain to me why i have several faults on the sockets so far i have had checked downstairs and in my daughters bedroom. They want to send out the same company who installed the "bodged" job electrical work in the...

Yes i appreciate what your saying but out of a dozen sockets checked 5 of them have been faulty. Loose wires into terminals not screwed down. Loose earth wires. God knows what the light switches other sockets thats have not been tested look like. My point is this is shoddy cowboy work and im not...

Thanks guys for the wise words of advice. I will check tonight for the electrical installations certificate i should have got with the welcome pack for the house. Yes it all good saying that the circuit breaker did its job but nobody can tell me with 100% confidence that it could have ended up...

Yes could have been alot worse thankfully it never caught fire. I will be taking this up with the developers head office tommorow as i am foaming that my family has been put in danger not just in this 1 socket that shorted out but another 5 sockets with loose wires which could all result in a...

I was told the house shouldnt have been signed of by nhbc without a working extractor fan in kitchen by the site manager when i mentioned it so it makes you wonder when you see shoddy work like this what the rest of the electrics are like in the house. I will be demanding a full electrics retest...

I was under the impression they would be screwed into a wall plug not just into the wall. Well they didnt do a very good job and wouldnt suprise me if it wasnt tested and just passed through a rush build for completion. Extractor fan in kitchen wasnt wired up when i first moved in and i though...

The back plate screws by the looks should be counter sunk flush. They were all left loose hence why the screw has chaffed through the cable causing the short to ground. I am appalled at the shoddy workmanship in my home. The live wire that shorted was not bent and just pushed back straight...

Cheers for the replies guys... ive had a sub contractor out for persimmon homes as i did go mad to customer services as i have an 18 month old baby in the house and they said at first having no downstairs electric is not a high priority.. until i had a look at the sockets and found the following...

I have pics i can email to help with my question if anybody can help as i require 10 posts to add a link in message cheers

Hi i have just bought a newbuild house in the north east of england. I have had an electrical problem with my downstairs sockets keep tripping the trip switch and rcd switch. I have traced this down to a live wire been sliced into by the electrician leaving the metal cage behind the socket...