Hi,
My parents are currently in the process of getting a new kitchen fitted and yesterday after the plasterer had been they could not get no power. The night before when I popped in I noticed the electrician had put some of them quick release choc block things on the wires where the old sockets are with no electrical tape wrapped around and on the wall a note to the plasterer to fill in.
I thought at the time surly he must be wrapping them up and is that even allowed? Well I thought he knows what he is doing so will not say anything. Then last night I got a call from my parents that the electricity was tripping and they couldn't get anything to work. Obviously I knew straight away it is the plaster so talked them through the consumer unit and lo and behold it was the downstairs sockets tripping everything.
This to me has already raised a red flag that the electrician is a cowboy, red flag number two is he was supposed to come back last night to have a look but did not turn up so if it was not for them doing the box they would have had no electricity at all and been in the dark all night. Red flag number 3 is he told my parents this morning that this is a normal occurrence at houses like this. What on earth does that matter how old the house is, what stone it is made from etc. To me this is a cowboy.
Can anyone correct me or am I correct? Also is this normal practise to just plaster over live cables and cause tripping? As I highly doubt this is up to code.
Oh, all this was sorted out by B and Q, maybe that was their first mistake.
Thanks.
My parents are currently in the process of getting a new kitchen fitted and yesterday after the plasterer had been they could not get no power. The night before when I popped in I noticed the electrician had put some of them quick release choc block things on the wires where the old sockets are with no electrical tape wrapped around and on the wall a note to the plasterer to fill in.
I thought at the time surly he must be wrapping them up and is that even allowed? Well I thought he knows what he is doing so will not say anything. Then last night I got a call from my parents that the electricity was tripping and they couldn't get anything to work. Obviously I knew straight away it is the plaster so talked them through the consumer unit and lo and behold it was the downstairs sockets tripping everything.
This to me has already raised a red flag that the electrician is a cowboy, red flag number two is he was supposed to come back last night to have a look but did not turn up so if it was not for them doing the box they would have had no electricity at all and been in the dark all night. Red flag number 3 is he told my parents this morning that this is a normal occurrence at houses like this. What on earth does that matter how old the house is, what stone it is made from etc. To me this is a cowboy.
Can anyone correct me or am I correct? Also is this normal practise to just plaster over live cables and cause tripping? As I highly doubt this is up to code.
Oh, all this was sorted out by B and Q, maybe that was their first mistake.
Thanks.