My cowboy builder subcontracted the sparky from hell. The electrician, barely out of his teens (Part P qual. and 17th ed) has made a catalogue of errors in the wiring of my extension (2 storey side and single storey rear.) The NICEIC electrician I called out to inspect the property found live cables all over the shop. Just to clarify, this is my home, not a get rich quick multi-occupancy: ie. I'm living in this electrical timebomb with children! Amongst his catalogue of errors are:
1. no earthing of the water mains
2. 5 live cables, including 2 massive electric shower cables, oven cable and an electric cooker cable (chunky red switch) which has been left live and just sticking out of the wall, plasterboarded and plastered over in the wall where new kitchen wall units are due to be fitted
3. a 'birds nest' of light cables (about 5 cables linked together using 3 ceiling roses and a choc box)
4. a pendant light in the bathroom (low ceiling, long cable so you can imagine!)
5. drilling straight through copper pipes (about 1 cm away from the 'bird's nest' described above) allowing water to pour straight out of light socket below. Electrician says 'human error...' which wouold be fair enough, were it not fot the fact that I located the drilled pipe within 1 minute by lifting one UNSCREWED floorboard above it!!
Furthermore, the builder has allowed the electrician's younger brother (unqualified I believe) to install the lights in the kitchen and the carpenter has installed sockets etc, whilst i was at work despite my express instructions to the builder not to allow him to.
What I really want to know is, now I've had an NICEIC Inspection (failed of course!) who do I report the electrician to? I have the utmost respect for the proper sparkies I have sourced myself since, all properly trained qualified AND experienced. But people like these are seriously endangering lives and giving real electricians a bad name.
Needless to say, the builder's been given the boot and is now trying to take me to court for non-payment!!!
1. no earthing of the water mains
2. 5 live cables, including 2 massive electric shower cables, oven cable and an electric cooker cable (chunky red switch) which has been left live and just sticking out of the wall, plasterboarded and plastered over in the wall where new kitchen wall units are due to be fitted
3. a 'birds nest' of light cables (about 5 cables linked together using 3 ceiling roses and a choc box)
4. a pendant light in the bathroom (low ceiling, long cable so you can imagine!)
5. drilling straight through copper pipes (about 1 cm away from the 'bird's nest' described above) allowing water to pour straight out of light socket below. Electrician says 'human error...' which wouold be fair enough, were it not fot the fact that I located the drilled pipe within 1 minute by lifting one UNSCREWED floorboard above it!!
Furthermore, the builder has allowed the electrician's younger brother (unqualified I believe) to install the lights in the kitchen and the carpenter has installed sockets etc, whilst i was at work despite my express instructions to the builder not to allow him to.
What I really want to know is, now I've had an NICEIC Inspection (failed of course!) who do I report the electrician to? I have the utmost respect for the proper sparkies I have sourced myself since, all properly trained qualified AND experienced. But people like these are seriously endangering lives and giving real electricians a bad name.
Needless to say, the builder's been given the boot and is now trying to take me to court for non-payment!!!