Hi guys your suggestions would be much appreciated
An aquaintance of mine asked me if I would board and skim a kitchen extension and router cut 2 worktops clamp and fit ,he also asked me to put him in touch with an electrician friend. I must explain this customer
although a very nice chap is as tight as they come, the sort who insists on buying all materials himself although both the sparks and myself could supply much cheaper even after loading on 5% handling.
The sparks determined that the existing circuits consisted of 2 radials in 2.5 t&e 4 sockets up and 4 downstairs both into the same 30A fuse,a redundant 4mm cooker supply on 30A fuse,a 2.5 redundant immersion supply on 15A fuse and 3 lighting loops on 5A fuses.
This all looked very messy, cracked switches, sockets almost burried in plaster etc so sparky asked if customer had considdered a rewire but was told this was out of the question as alot of decorating would be required and solid wood laminate had been lain in lounge and dining room.
The sparky tested the redundant 4mm cooker radial and the downstairs 2.5 radial found them to be OK and so under sufferance used these to create a ring for the new kitchen sockets,FCUs and outlets and demanded that he fit an RCD socket by the french doors the circuit checked out OK in dining room for the downlights in kitchen( so far so good).
The customer has now decided he wants a new split MCB/RCD consumer unit , and on checking out up stairs radial and lighting loop earth
faults have been found on both, sparks has done all easy checks on sockets switches, pendants etc with no joy and says problem could be any where JBs nailed cables etc.
Sparky will certify his work but will not fit consumer unit and says he will have to note other faults. Customer says he should have checked befor starting any work.
My questions are where does this leave the customer and my sparky
friend with the building inspector
Appologies for this very lengthy post.
Kind regards Wes
An aquaintance of mine asked me if I would board and skim a kitchen extension and router cut 2 worktops clamp and fit ,he also asked me to put him in touch with an electrician friend. I must explain this customer
although a very nice chap is as tight as they come, the sort who insists on buying all materials himself although both the sparks and myself could supply much cheaper even after loading on 5% handling.
The sparks determined that the existing circuits consisted of 2 radials in 2.5 t&e 4 sockets up and 4 downstairs both into the same 30A fuse,a redundant 4mm cooker supply on 30A fuse,a 2.5 redundant immersion supply on 15A fuse and 3 lighting loops on 5A fuses.
This all looked very messy, cracked switches, sockets almost burried in plaster etc so sparky asked if customer had considdered a rewire but was told this was out of the question as alot of decorating would be required and solid wood laminate had been lain in lounge and dining room.
The sparky tested the redundant 4mm cooker radial and the downstairs 2.5 radial found them to be OK and so under sufferance used these to create a ring for the new kitchen sockets,FCUs and outlets and demanded that he fit an RCD socket by the french doors the circuit checked out OK in dining room for the downlights in kitchen( so far so good).
The customer has now decided he wants a new split MCB/RCD consumer unit , and on checking out up stairs radial and lighting loop earth
faults have been found on both, sparks has done all easy checks on sockets switches, pendants etc with no joy and says problem could be any where JBs nailed cables etc.
Sparky will certify his work but will not fit consumer unit and says he will have to note other faults. Customer says he should have checked befor starting any work.
My questions are where does this leave the customer and my sparky
friend with the building inspector
Appologies for this very lengthy post.
Kind regards Wes
