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These are images of the wiring. 1 photo is the old fan before I disconnected it and the 2 are of the new (2nd) one I bought today.

Sorry, I meant I changed Brown and Black. Left Neutral how it was.

It's a Philips Energy saving bulb. This is the 2nd fan I've out in. I bought the Xpelair one in January to replace the Awenta. Fitted it yesterday and experienced the issues I mentioned to I bought the same one from Toolstation this morning, fitted it and experienced the exact same problem with...

I had an extractor fan installed by an electrician when he did some other work in the house. It was an Awenta brand (not my choice but was included in the price of the other work) with timer and humidistat. I never liked the Awenta fan so I decided to replace it with an Xpelair one with just a...

I've just started it now. He also claims that the council can't provide a Certificate for the work as that would be illegal as only his QS can do it. To get someone else to certify it, I'd have to get the whole rewire done again.

So a little update. I had him to the snag work and paid him in full to get him gone on the 24th January. I waited 28 days for the certificate to arrive but it didn't so I wrote a letter to complain about the work, the damage caused and the lack of certificate. He's texted me and sent me an...

If I wanted to be nasty, I could be. All I'm going to do is put my claim in for all the damage and go via the small claims court if needs be. I know that should I go down that route and I've been putting stuff online, contacting customers, etc, I'll be in legal trouble, hence why I've done...

They aren't my emails :D

Yes, he moved the lights and did a few other things. I got a 6 red sheets of paper and the QS will send the certificate within 28 days. I've paid him up. I'm in the process of typing the letter up derailing the damage. His old donain is ready to go live with my review and images on. Thanks to...

The money and a commission on top? Double Bubble!

I'm used to living dangerously - I work as a debt collector.

That's exactly what I plan to do. No we haven't.

He still puts his old website address on his paperwork that doesn't exist. So I bought it for just over a quid.

I'll get the few bits done on Friday, pay him up and **** him off. Then I can claim for the damage after. What he doesn't know is I've registered his old website that appears on his invoices, quotes, social media, etc. His old website is ready to go live with photos of his handy work.

"We use a Qs he gets 28 days after the rewire is done to notify the work but is usually quite quick but the office keeps on top of these things so we don't have issues we will see you Friday to sort out the snags and when you have paid the final invoice we will try to claim [for the damage] "

His latest text: "Yes coming on Friday and when we do the work and you have paid the final invoice we will try to claim I don't understand why you feel the need to ask so many questions I just haven't got the time to answer all these questions should be asked before the work as started. And the...

I've asked him when the QS attended and he said "at the end." I then asked " Another electrician has picked up a potential safety issue with the CU which is the tails from the meter going into the CU through a hole in the metal that is rough and doesn't have a grommet so in time, it could saw...

I'm too quick at typing that it is at uploading. It added them to my reply to another comment

Exactly! Why cut out new holes for sockets and switches when they're already there and you can save yourself work? Some places he had 2 goes at cutting a new hole as he hit the studwork and had to adjust the cut left or right, leaving a bigger hole than necessary. If I was doing the job, I'd...

I've just noticed the fuse seal on the floor with the crimp number that matches the ones on the meter. We had the previous owners prepayment meter taken out and a credit meter putting in last Tuesday. Shouldn't the electrician be replacing that seal on the fuse? Here's a closer image of the...