DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad Electricians

Another week and yet another electrical issue located during a Periodic Inspection.  This is the kind of issue we see on  regular basis. When we removed the oven to test the cooker circuit we found two connections to a single spur which under certain circumstances would be correct. Under this circumstance however all is not good, correct or safe. continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad Landlord Planning

We’ve already  highlighted  Landlord Licensing Schemes on several occasions. Our aim in those articles was to highlight other contractors unsafe or poor working practices. An interesting pattern has emerged as we undertake more of these checks on our landlord’s behalf. The pattern is that we are always the last people called in. The assumption by the property owner seems to be that because everything appears to work there should be no issue. That is the wrong assumption and it could end up costing you cold hard cash! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Tiler’

This weeks winner highlights an issue that we see over and over and over again. Bad tiling. Like many other poor finishing work a bad tile job can look good for a period of time then come back to haunt anywhere from a few days to a few months after the job is finished. continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008 416.2.2, 134.2.1, 610.6, 631.1, 314.4, 132.13, 514.9

We were on this site to re-install an electric shower about a month ago. See original article here. We installed the shower but were unable to sort out the electrics due to a issues we located with the previous consumer unit. While testing circuits we found some errors in the house wiring. To be specific the circuit feeding the sockets had been bodged by a bad kitchen fitting job. continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Gas Fitters’

Now here’s one we see on a very regular basis and I do mean regular. The gas fitting on the wall has been installed incorrectly and in such a way as to cause mechanical damage to the gas hose when the cooker is withdrawn. continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008: 522.8.4, 522.6.1, 522.8.14

Once upon a time we were invited to repair the central heating in three rooms. In the first room the central heating was too cold. In the second room it was too hot. In the third room we were distracted by this! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008: 132.12, 526.3, 134.2.1, 610.6, 631.1, 522.8.4, 526.9

This week highlights another newly purchased property which had some electrical work completed by the previous home owner. A built in wardrobe was installed many years earlier. Unfortunately it would have covered the only plug socket on that side of the room. The solution? continue