Blue Fox
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a pain in the ar$e. Just been doing a partial rewire after finding most of the house wired in rubber cable during testing on a c/u change. Kitchen had been fitted approx 3 years ago. Kitchen fitted had chock blocked his new wiring onto original rubber wiring and rewired all ther kitchen - not great but ok if thats it then not too bad...... I find some other cabling in loft (its a bungalow) which would go down into the kitchen and is connected to the ring. Check kitchen and nothing anywhere near where this cable could be so I give it a little tug and it comes straight out with tape on the end so I think bit of a bodge but what can you expect!! Finsish for the day, come back following day and homeowner says his washing machine, dishwasher and a plug socket don't work, so I investigate, turns out kitchen fitter has taped 1960s cables together and also taped them to a new cable feeding a double socket above the counter and a double below which is used for the dishwasher and washing machines. No fused spurs, 2.5mm cable supplying 4 sockets, taped joints, no certs nice job!! Anyway sorted that so now onto bathroom fitters!
Whilst I was there the polish bathroom fitter has been finishing off the bathroom in which he has fitted 6 halogen lights and an extractor above the shower, to be fair not a bad job of the wiring but no testing no certs and I'm pretty sure if I hadn't been rewiring the lighting to remove the 1960's rubber cabling I'm sure he wouldn't have pointed it out. Nor the lack of RCD's etc. Then to top it all of the homeowner starts laying all the insulation back down over the halogen lighting and putting the boarding back down, I say you can't do that they will cook, so homeowner says bathroom fitter says its ok, so I explain to him about the heat from a GU10 type light and he decides he should perhaps look into getting a cover for them!
Part P is working well, I'm glad I invested in my scam registration when the rules are being so strictly enforced. The homeowners don't care either, when I quoted for rewire homeowner said they were having bathroom done I said make sure he is going to issue certs etc and homeowner said they weren't worried just want a good looking job for a good price!!
Whilst I was there the polish bathroom fitter has been finishing off the bathroom in which he has fitted 6 halogen lights and an extractor above the shower, to be fair not a bad job of the wiring but no testing no certs and I'm pretty sure if I hadn't been rewiring the lighting to remove the 1960's rubber cabling I'm sure he wouldn't have pointed it out. Nor the lack of RCD's etc. Then to top it all of the homeowner starts laying all the insulation back down over the halogen lighting and putting the boarding back down, I say you can't do that they will cook, so homeowner says bathroom fitter says its ok, so I explain to him about the heat from a GU10 type light and he decides he should perhaps look into getting a cover for them!
Part P is working well, I'm glad I invested in my scam registration when the rules are being so strictly enforced. The homeowners don't care either, when I quoted for rewire homeowner said they were having bathroom done I said make sure he is going to issue certs etc and homeowner said they weren't worried just want a good looking job for a good price!!