im having a new bathroom fitted and today the electrician put in 6 spotlights. he didnt ask me where i wanted them and as the room is 2m wide with 2 x 1m mirrored wall cabinets at the end i assumed he would line them up so they are central with the cabinets ie 50cm in from the side walls.
ive come home to find that bizarrely they are 35cm in from the side walls. this looks wrong and means there is a gap running down the middle of the room (between the lights) that is too large.
ive been in the attic and the spots are not restricted by joists. what he has done is fitted the spots so they are dead in the middle of 2 joists, so hes lined them up based on what the attic looks like rather than what they will look like in the bathroom!
tomorrow i am going to tell him that he has to move them all so they are 50cm from the side walls. he is not going to be happy.
1) am i being unreasonable?
2) im told that he will need to put in a new ceiling as it will obviously have 6 unused holes in it. should he do that or will filling the holes and skimming suffice?
3) hes going to moan about extra time & cost but surely he is at fault so he should foot the bill for time and materials? im paying him good money to do this job. should i offer to pay half of materials cost to settle things amicably or should i stand by my guns? this bathroom is costing us an arm and a leg already.
thanks
ive come home to find that bizarrely they are 35cm in from the side walls. this looks wrong and means there is a gap running down the middle of the room (between the lights) that is too large.
ive been in the attic and the spots are not restricted by joists. what he has done is fitted the spots so they are dead in the middle of 2 joists, so hes lined them up based on what the attic looks like rather than what they will look like in the bathroom!
tomorrow i am going to tell him that he has to move them all so they are 50cm from the side walls. he is not going to be happy.
1) am i being unreasonable?
2) im told that he will need to put in a new ceiling as it will obviously have 6 unused holes in it. should he do that or will filling the holes and skimming suffice?
3) hes going to moan about extra time & cost but surely he is at fault so he should foot the bill for time and materials? im paying him good money to do this job. should i offer to pay half of materials cost to settle things amicably or should i stand by my guns? this bathroom is costing us an arm and a leg already.
thanks