DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad Builders

Firstly, my apologies for not posting last weeks award  until today. It seems that I didn’t press the Publish button last week.

This particular property has been winning awards for poor workmanship for over a year. We keep getting called back in for one problem, get it sorted, and then several months later get called in for something else. This week was another  issue with the central heating system and another wet patch showing up on the ceiling. There may also be a hive of bees in the flat roof too! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008: 421.7, 526.5, 530.4.2, 559.6.1.5, 559.6.2.1, 559.6.2.2, 514.3.1

We thought it was time to write about light fixtures like the one pictured below as we see these again and again and again! The issue with this fixture is that of safety. These incorrect installs are done out of ignorance and nothing else but that will be of little comfort when someone gets killed!!! Either do it correctly or hire an electrician…a real electrician! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008: 134.2.1, 610.6, 631.1, 416.2.1

This weeks award goes to the landscaper who thought he was a builder and electrician too. Unfortunately for the client he was neither a builder nor an electrician and only a mediocre landscaper. The client chose him because his quote was  approximately £10K cheaper than two other companies they looked at. The reason he was cheaper was that he had no idea what he was doing!! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008 Reg. 132.12, 526.3, 421.7, 526.5, 530.4.2, 522.6.1, 521.10.1, 514.3.1, 559.6.1.5

When asked to replace a couple of lights in a front and rear lounge we expected an relatively easy job. The old fixtures were standard 6″ pendant lamp holder comprising a ceiling rose, pendant lamp holder and heat-resistant 0.75mm² twin-core circular cord. At least that’s what we thought! continue

DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad – Kitchen Fitters

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Last weeks Cowboy Award Winner is also this weeks winner. We returned back to the property to make repairs to the gas and placement of light switches and fused spur. What we found was even more shocking!

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad – Kitchen Fitters

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Early this week we were called by a client who required an ‘emergency’ gas hob and electric oven swap. The old appliances were old, partially broken and in pretty rough shape. When we arrived it was mere seconds before we had to make the homeowner aware that we couldn’t install the gas hob or the electric oven due to safety issues.

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad – Kitchen Fitters

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The original request at this property was to replace the bathroom appliances, move the tub and add a shower, install some new lighting, put in a shower extractor, add a razor socket, change the radiator and add a wet towel warmer with electrical backup and then tile. Sounds easy enough but the moving of pipe work led to finding issues with the previous ‘plumber’s’ work, we found DOZENS of electrical faults throughout the house and newly installed consumer unit that were a mix of both major and minor problems and we found this kitchen that was fit by a large national company that rhymes with P U.

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