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doing some installs for an HA, conv to combis. also the existing hard wired stat to be renewed and 2 channel programmer replaced with a single. , said i ll do the wiring as well, just get your spark to check, test and issue minor works cert. no its ok , we ll use our own electrician to wire and connect boiler and controls.
today i m just about to fit a temp plug top to pre wired flex on boiler to fire up when 2 electricians and a laddie turn up. 4 1/2 hours they re there for a job that should ve taken 1 man 1 hour tops. then i hear 1 of them say i v no 5 core in the van , we ll need to use 6 core.
ask him what he needs the 5 core for and he says the switch wires to the combi. switch wires to the combi? (there's only 1 switch wire from the stat/clock) they d already run a 4 core , then for some unknown reason decided they needed a 5 core and pulled it out only to re-run the 4 in again. unbelievable.
i m a daft plumber to trade, not too hot at lead bashing/burning, but can pipe and wire up systems with twinned boilers wired with relays,multi heating zones/stats,frost stats,unvented cyl and pumped dhwr and have them fire and run fine 1st time.
suppose if all your doing is replacing lightbulbs and fans and tracing a faulty kettle thats causing a breaker to trip, then your not used to wiring up heating, but i v worked with loads of spraks who toil with heating yet they re wiring 2,3,4.....way switches without any probs?
on a rant here, 2 sparks and laddie 5 1/2 hours by the time they d finished to swap a roomstat (that now doesn t work) , run a cable 7m, and connect boiler . i should ve been finished commissioning , flushing and handing over at haf 4 latest, didn t get in the house till well after 9.
they also wrecked the kitchen high level pipeboxes to run cable to boiler, when a length of mini trunking would ve looked fine(beading allready fitted around other 3 sides of ceiling), said the brand new roomstat was faulty so they ll be back and fitted the new timeswitch at the side of the tenants fridge where she can t get the flap down to access the settings buttons, and the cabling to the boiler is a joke, no clips , just dangling in a big loop.
going to suggest to the HA that i supply the spark, the BG subby sparks i v worked with would ve had it done and dusted in 45 mins, proper tidy job and the tenant wouldnt be needing to redecorate her kitchen either lol
today i m just about to fit a temp plug top to pre wired flex on boiler to fire up when 2 electricians and a laddie turn up. 4 1/2 hours they re there for a job that should ve taken 1 man 1 hour tops. then i hear 1 of them say i v no 5 core in the van , we ll need to use 6 core.
ask him what he needs the 5 core for and he says the switch wires to the combi. switch wires to the combi? (there's only 1 switch wire from the stat/clock) they d already run a 4 core , then for some unknown reason decided they needed a 5 core and pulled it out only to re-run the 4 in again. unbelievable.
i m a daft plumber to trade, not too hot at lead bashing/burning, but can pipe and wire up systems with twinned boilers wired with relays,multi heating zones/stats,frost stats,unvented cyl and pumped dhwr and have them fire and run fine 1st time.
suppose if all your doing is replacing lightbulbs and fans and tracing a faulty kettle thats causing a breaker to trip, then your not used to wiring up heating, but i v worked with loads of spraks who toil with heating yet they re wiring 2,3,4.....way switches without any probs?
on a rant here, 2 sparks and laddie 5 1/2 hours by the time they d finished to swap a roomstat (that now doesn t work) , run a cable 7m, and connect boiler . i should ve been finished commissioning , flushing and handing over at haf 4 latest, didn t get in the house till well after 9.
they also wrecked the kitchen high level pipeboxes to run cable to boiler, when a length of mini trunking would ve looked fine(beading allready fitted around other 3 sides of ceiling), said the brand new roomstat was faulty so they ll be back and fitted the new timeswitch at the side of the tenants fridge where she can t get the flap down to access the settings buttons, and the cabling to the boiler is a joke, no clips , just dangling in a big loop.
going to suggest to the HA that i supply the spark, the BG subby sparks i v worked with would ve had it done and dusted in 45 mins, proper tidy job and the tenant wouldnt be needing to redecorate her kitchen either lol
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