Why?

[M107]

Do joe public call you round to look at a job & want your advice, then when you give your professional advice they give it the old

" I'd much rather you did it this way, it'll be ok to do it this way wont it"

Like today's one;

He has a large property with a TT supply that he is planning on splitting & then renting out one side as a holiday let.

Wants me to price to run a submain from the service cutout to a new cu in the rental end of the property.

Then he wants all existing circuits separated from old house cu & re-run from the new cu plus the addition of

Shower (9.5kw)

Oven + halogen hob

new kitchen ringmain

4x dimplex heaters

1x smokes circuit

1x immersion circuit

lighting

2nd ringmain

All from the one service fuse, when I said to him he would be better off getting a new supply servicehed & meter for the rented end of the property because of the high load already in use, I wasn't overly impressed with the reply

"we need to keep costs down as we only have 4.5K to get all this conversion work done including the new shower room & new kitchen, so a big bill from the SEB is not an option"

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Dont think he'll like my quote then :^O

 

[Andy™]

ask him if he will be happy with a bill form SEB at least once per week to replace the fuse....

 

[a1]

:|

Is he a farmer or Scottish?

 

[septiclecky]

:| Is he a farmer or Scottish?

WELSH:^O:^O

 

[mcgaw81]

:| Is he a farmer or Scottish?

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[a1]

WELSH :^O :^O

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:^O

 

[bassman]

is this the ethically correct discussion link.Born in Scotland Brought up in England go to Wales,and Jersey like to holiday in florida.

wanted to be a brain surgeon

couldnt afford the toolkit.

 

[poheZ]

why not stick in a 50 amp supply, with overload protection. Tell him that will do, as long as they dont have it all on at once!

 

[binky]

Kitchen and bathroom fittings alone will cost most of his budget. Would not bother if I were you, unless money is upfront.