Originally posted by zeitghost
Contractors... you just can't trust 'em... 
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Theres nothing illegal about installing electrical cables - the wiring regulations are not the law and in any case all they require is competance and if you follow the regulations it will be a proper job - if it is against the law then my 11 year old has broken it as he helpded me install a new ring main to the bedroom.Originally posted by Euro-commuterLeave a comment:
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I was really, really worried that you'd linked to a pic of you loving your induction hob.Originally posted by bassheadLeave a comment:
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Originally posted by zeitghostContractors... you just can't trust 'em...
Damn righty bloody contracto.....
Wait a minute..
DOH!
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Don't confuse CORGI inspectors for the muppets that do the leg work for British Gas, they are a completely different. I saw some pretty horrific cases where British Gas' workers made some real schoolboy cock ups that could have been fatal...Originally posted by gingerjedi
Bear in mind that a large proportion of British Gas' "Engineers" are actually sub-contracted one man bands.Leave a comment:
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I wouldn't trust em' I had a British gas engineer condemn a boiler because the flue didn't go straight up out of the roof, he disconnected it and buggered off.
A week later after a friend had a look and gave it the ok I asked British gas to come back and have another look, it turns out that the previous engineer couldn’t tell the difference between a flue and the extractor fan outlet from my bathroom.
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You may find this amusing, when i was contracting at CORGI I found out that the CORGI Inspectors (The guys who go out and check that gas installations have been done correctly and are safe, and that the gas installer is doing thier job properly) are not allowed to work on gas themselves as they are not certified. All of them are ex gas installeres with at least 15 years experiance...Leave a comment:
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I'd trust you a lot more than the monkies who have done a evening course to get the required certification and then paid thier CORGI membership Zeity......
Just goes to show what a load of old crap the nu liemore law is. The most qualified people aren't able to validate that the job is a good one..Leave a comment:
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Then it's a standard ring main. 2.5 mm twin and earth. 16A as a single spur or 32A as a ring. If you've got other appliances on it, then the limit is about 7kw. In my humble opinion.Originally posted by Euro-commuterLeave a comment:
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Actually it is perfectly legal, all you need to do is get it checked by a electrical engineer once you have finished to get your certificate. (Although i'm sure 99% of people will say it was already like that when they moved in).Originally posted by Euro-commuterLeave a comment:
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Because it's not legal. Also doesn't believe I could do it competently. In the case of the wall stuff, she is right.Originally posted by ArdescoLeave a comment:
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My parents used to be in the hotel trade and they had a big industrial steamer that had a browning cycle, it would cook anything with super heated steam and then turn into a fan oven to finish things off, everything that came out of that oven was scrummy.
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Actually, you're onto something there GingerJedi... Normally you get people bragging about their houses, cars, rate, investments etc on this board. How can we find out what a suitable cooker for a contractor is?
I'd have said AGA but they're expensive and crap. A mate had a 'Quantum' oven - can't remember the brand - that cooks with microwaves, halogen lamps and hot air or steam at the same time. Now *that* was cool - properly roasted a chicken in 20 minutes! Never seen anything like it.Leave a comment:
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