Eastern european installation.

[vera121]

Polish guys built this summer house and also did the electrics! The owner just wanted me to put the supply to it.............

 

[sparkybird]

That looks about par for the course.... at least they got the colours the right way round!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Polish guys built this summer house and also did the electrics

And the relevance of their nationality, and the reason you mentioned it is what, exactly?

Feel free to provide a rational explanation which does not involve you being a racist.

I won't hold my breath.

 

[sparkwright]

Perhaps he meant furniture polish guys.

This would be a great opportunity for people to send in pictures of outstandingly excellent electrical work as installed by 'polish guys', to prove there is no racism on this forum.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How would that show that there is no racism?

If you got an English log-cabin erector to do electrical work would you be any more likely to get a good job done?

Do you think that the work done in that cabin would comply with Polish electrical regulations?

The real problem here is bad work done by a cowboy, and there are cowboys in every country. The problem here was not that the people who put the cabin up were Polish it was that they were not competent to do electrical work. It's their lack of competence that matters, not their nationality.

 

[sparkwright]

How would that show that there is no racism?

Because we are talking about polish guys, not Polish guys.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Ahh, so nobody is a bigot then?

 

[vera121]

Just another example of work being done on the cheap or the customer being tight?

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Perhaps I have been unfortunate and keep coming across Polish workers efforts at doing electrical work.

 

[ericmark]

Ahh, so nobody is a bigot then?

Is that a Scottish word?

I must agree with BAS the country of origin likely has no bearing on workmanship.

However read any news paper and see how they describe people. A council worker did xyz and as you read you realise it had nothing what so ever to do with the job the guy did.

Of course we do get problems with European workers mainly in my experience German where they have followed German rules.
But the work shown would I am sure not pass any of the EEC members rules.

Years ago when the DNO connected up a house they would inspect the house first. Now they just ask for paperwork and with a job like you show one must ask was the paperwork provided? I realise since you had to open the consumer unit the failings were unlikely to be missed.
However I have connected up many a portacabin on the strength of the supplied paperwork and checked just one socket to ensure correct polarity. I have often wondered what would be the result should anything have gone wrong? I never took a copy and often no serial number so foreman could have used same sheet for every cabin.

 

[JohnnyG]

I think they're more likely to be Australian judging by the orientation of the cable clip.

 

[AndyPRK]

isn't it quicker to fit earth sleeving rather than tape ?

 

[mattylad]

IF the guys that did that were actually Polish then whats the problem with saying so?

 

[Johnmelad502]

IF the guys that did that were actually Polish then whats the problem with saying so?

I agree.

 

[JohnnyG]

IF the guys that did that were actually Polish then whats the problem with saying so?

Because

*DISCLAIMER*
This is not neccessarily the opinion of the DIYnot forums, JohnnyG or it's more sensitive members.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Just another example of work being done on the cheap or the customer being tight?

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Perhaps I have been unfortunate and keep coming across Polish workers efforts at doing electrical work.

No, you've just been unfortunate and keep coming across non-electrician workers efforts at doing electrical work. Had there recently been an influx of untrained workers from the Irish Republic doing building work here you'd have found the same dodgy work. Would their work be dodgy because they were Irish?

I dare say that if you went back in time to Germany in the 1970s you'd have found dodgy work done by British migrant workers. Would their work be dodgy because they were British?

I'm tempted to ask why you can't get it into your head that if the nationality of someone is irrelevant then to bring it up as if it were relevant is racist, but I think I know the reason why.