Twin and earth cable price & Electricity certificate

[flyingcat]

The trouble is if you don't agree a price first you leave yourself open to price abuse and there's not much you can do about it.

Yes I agree. It taught me a lessen. Always get a quote on paperwork before get an electrician in the house.

Why was he doing anything to or with the tails? What work did you have done? I wonder if he was installing/upgrading main bonding (note the earth clamp), which would explain the use of 16mm²...

The description of the work on invoice is: "Wiring bathroom lights shower sockets earth bonding and removing old circuits."

You should have received an electrical certificate, and by now you should have received a Building Regulations completion cert from the council.

The job is not finished until he has issued a certificate, so consider if you want to pay him before he has finished. Some (all??) registration schemes forbid their members from witholding certificates until they've been paid - which one is he a member of?

I didn't receive anything listed above and he didn't mention it at all. I asked once about the certificate but no reply. He is member of NICEIC (not sure if the spelling is correct).

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