Indeed not, and I agree it's too easy to pretend to be "qualified", and too easy for people to employ someone who's no good.
But starting out thinking that you've employed a chancer whose work you need to check? Why would you do that? It may turn out with hindsight that you picked a wrong-un, but surely you'd believe you hadn't when you gave him the job?
And in any event, thinking that you could put yourself in a position to credibly check, oversee or challenge the work done by your electrician after you've asked a few questions here is utterly unrealistic.
We seem to be seeing more of these threads - I wonder if the band of electricians who used to die/emigrate/retire/fall ill/get abducted by aliens/run away to join the circus almost at the end of the job, and who then moved on to agreeing to supervise and direct DIY work but never make themselves available for answering questions have now taken to giving an air of uncertainty and incompetence which makes their customers want to check their work?
But starting out thinking that you've employed a chancer whose work you need to check? Why would you do that? It may turn out with hindsight that you picked a wrong-un, but surely you'd believe you hadn't when you gave him the job?
And in any event, thinking that you could put yourself in a position to credibly check, oversee or challenge the work done by your electrician after you've asked a few questions here is utterly unrealistic.
We seem to be seeing more of these threads - I wonder if the band of electricians who used to die/emigrate/retire/fall ill/get abducted by aliens/run away to join the circus almost at the end of the job, and who then moved on to agreeing to supervise and direct DIY work but never make themselves available for answering questions have now taken to giving an air of uncertainty and incompetence which makes their customers want to check their work?
