Hi,
I have been having my house refurbished and was looking for some electrical advice. I have had one builder / kitchen fitter install spot lights in my kitchen (think screwfix ones). Due to the builders being slow with the work I hired another electrician that I used previously to fit some spotlights in the hallway.
When under the floorboards the electrician noted that the guy who fitted the spotlights done a bit of a crap job. He mentioned that the kitchen ones were not fire rated (i wasn't aware they had to be, i thought this was only for new builds) and should not have been fitted. He also mentioned that the wiring was messy (unlabelled) and that he could not see if it was earthed.
I spoke to the builder/kitchen fitter afterwards. He told me that it was earthed and that if it wasn't my fuse box would trip i.e. it wont allow it.
Now not too sure who to believe I was going to bring the electrician back to the house to fix the lights. I was not sure if he was exagerrating, does anyone have an opinion on this. Suppose to get my carpets fitted soon so have to make my mind up soon.
thanks
I have been having my house refurbished and was looking for some electrical advice. I have had one builder / kitchen fitter install spot lights in my kitchen (think screwfix ones). Due to the builders being slow with the work I hired another electrician that I used previously to fit some spotlights in the hallway.
When under the floorboards the electrician noted that the guy who fitted the spotlights done a bit of a crap job. He mentioned that the kitchen ones were not fire rated (i wasn't aware they had to be, i thought this was only for new builds) and should not have been fitted. He also mentioned that the wiring was messy (unlabelled) and that he could not see if it was earthed.
I spoke to the builder/kitchen fitter afterwards. He told me that it was earthed and that if it wasn't my fuse box would trip i.e. it wont allow it.
Now not too sure who to believe I was going to bring the electrician back to the house to fix the lights. I was not sure if he was exagerrating, does anyone have an opinion on this. Suppose to get my carpets fitted soon so have to make my mind up soon.
thanks