tonights call out.

[nsbs]

I was called out an elderly ladies house tonight. When I arrived there I noticed that he was in the process of the house being redecorated from top to bottom. I started to investigate the fault which was the socket circuit was blowing the fuse, when I did a IR test it indicated a dead short. The decorator had removed some of the sockets to wall paper behind them and the old rubber cabling was that badly deteriorated it fell away from some of the cables. It

 

[Sidewinder]

Ain't it always the way!

Blame the decorator. :tongue in cheek

 

[Andy™]

yet another case of people ignoring how bad the electrics are and getting on with something else

 

[Sidewinder]

Was on a job the other day with "my" plumber, my cousins husband.

We were discussing such things, he had a non compliance with his GASsafe inspection, not one of "his" the job he took the assessor to was already non compliant and not one of his.

He had to issue a danger notice (?), isolate and persuade the customer to have the upgrade done, else the gas would have to stay off!

Sounds good to me, when can we have this our side!!!

 

[Andy™]

Was on a job the other day with "my" plumber, my cousins husband.We were discussing such things, he had a non compliance with his GASsafe inspection, not one of "his" the job he took the assessor to was already non compliant and not one of his.

He had to issue a danger notice (?), isolate and persuade the customer to have the upgrade done, else the gas would have to stay off!

Sounds good to me, when can we have this our side!!!

we do if its really dangerous - contact DNO and they can, under ESQCR, isolate

but it would be so much easier if we could do more about it

 

[Sidewinder]

Not quite the same though Andy, this was not much of a non compliance really!

The vent area was too small, could be lethal in the event of a fault but otherwise not really as there would probably be enough ventilation elsewhere...

 

[Barx]

Site we are working on at mo - Head Gas guy (contractor) went and removed 3 x gas meters because some other sparks had drilled a 20mm hole through back of external gas meter box for bonding. Didn't tell tenants or anything. Just removed them, told head electrical guy "get them boxes changed for new ones and I'll put meters back, until then..... no gas". Can you imagine what would be said if we just walked off with the bullet (Cutout fuse).

btw, cost a few grand apparently to change boxes. Glad it wasn't me that did it.

 

[ProDave]

Wiring and decoration eh, people just don't think.

Like the time I was asked to go and price for some wall lights. Newly decorated lounge, newly fitted carpet, wanted a wall light in each alcove. I told them the work needed and it would trash their new decoration. "you don't want the job then" was their reply. Er no thanks I don't. My passing comment as I left was to say he should have thought about the wall lights before calling the decorators in.

But back to the original problem, there's a house I visit from time to time in town, that's long overdue for a rewire. It's all rubber cable and most of the light switches are round surface toggle switches. The owner is 96 and knows full well the state it's in, so says he can't be bothered with the upheaval, he will leave it for his son to have rewired when he's gone. Until then, whenever something breaks, I just patch it up again.

 

[NozSpark]

It's always the same with electric..

I was at a job in Halifax a week or so ago doing a shower alteration,, I RCDd the circuit etc etc etc

However I had to issue a danger notice because of class 1 light fittings and no CPC,, I said to the fella "I'm afraid I've got to give you this...." and before I could finish he said "I know, I have the gas checked under a service contract every year and they tell me about it every time... and I'm not having it fixed!",, all I could say to him was that he should really think about it and "could you please sign here"

 

[revjames]

I put a socket in a hallway for an elderly gent last summer he was in his 90's. The main earth was 4mm and it was a big ancient looking metalclad rewirable board. The only way was a spur off the dining room and an RCD protected socket. I mentioned about the possibility of a rewire and he just said whats the point? He had lived there since it was new 50 years ago and had never had a problem with the lectrics!

 

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