Just had a new kitchen fitted - including a complete kitchen rewire...
Got my brother (a newly qualified electrician) and the guy he works for (very experienced) to do the electrics - only problem is they came 300 miles to do it for me and did the first and second fixes together. (Even including a hotel and petrol -it was still £400 cheaper than I was quoted and I am sure they did a good job and also added a few extras).
My kitchen fitter agreed to this (he told me his electrician's quote seemed high!) but then kept making remarks about not trusting the electrics of someone he doesn't know....(otherwise the fitters seem to have done a really thorough job). They had to loosen the socket covers and remove the covers of the isolation switches completely to the fridge/freexer, washing machine etc to tile behind.
I agreed to screw the covers back on...(I have replaced light switch/socket covers in the past) and re-attach the isolation sockets.
Only problem is they didn't twist the wires together...on some of them I can tell which are the likely ring/socket wires -but especially on one it is impossible to tell.
I did ask my brother on the phone but he managed to confuse me (talking about multimeters etc) and I think he is a bit p*****d off - I have phoned him several times cos the fitter was complaining about silly stuff.
Can anyone give me a simple way of working it out and written down I will find it easier to follow...I did buy a cheap multimeter and also noticed that B&Q sell something that you plug in and it tells you if your socket is wired correctly...is it worth having?
I should say the kitchen ring is on a separate circuit and I had a new consumer unit fitted...I have been led to believe if I get it wrong the worse thing that could happen is the circuit will trip....
My brother will be coming back to certify it but not a month or so - so I have no electrics in my kitchen and the fridge etc are on extension leads...
Alternatively I could get someone in to do it...
Got my brother (a newly qualified electrician) and the guy he works for (very experienced) to do the electrics - only problem is they came 300 miles to do it for me and did the first and second fixes together. (Even including a hotel and petrol -it was still £400 cheaper than I was quoted and I am sure they did a good job and also added a few extras).
My kitchen fitter agreed to this (he told me his electrician's quote seemed high!) but then kept making remarks about not trusting the electrics of someone he doesn't know....(otherwise the fitters seem to have done a really thorough job). They had to loosen the socket covers and remove the covers of the isolation switches completely to the fridge/freexer, washing machine etc to tile behind.
I agreed to screw the covers back on...(I have replaced light switch/socket covers in the past) and re-attach the isolation sockets.
Only problem is they didn't twist the wires together...on some of them I can tell which are the likely ring/socket wires -but especially on one it is impossible to tell.
I did ask my brother on the phone but he managed to confuse me (talking about multimeters etc) and I think he is a bit p*****d off - I have phoned him several times cos the fitter was complaining about silly stuff.
Can anyone give me a simple way of working it out and written down I will find it easier to follow...I did buy a cheap multimeter and also noticed that B&Q sell something that you plug in and it tells you if your socket is wired correctly...is it worth having?
I should say the kitchen ring is on a separate circuit and I had a new consumer unit fitted...I have been led to believe if I get it wrong the worse thing that could happen is the circuit will trip....
My brother will be coming back to certify it but not a month or so - so I have no electrics in my kitchen and the fridge etc are on extension leads...
Alternatively I could get someone in to do it...