Hello everyone,
is it common practice not to install electrical outlets and light switches flush with the wall surface? The developer considers gaps like those shown in the attached photo normal (the offset ranges between 0.5cm and 1.5cm (0.2 and 0.6 inches)). What are your thoughts on this?
Best regards
is it common practice not to install electrical outlets and light switches flush with the wall surface? The developer considers gaps like those shown in the attached photo normal (the offset ranges between 0.5cm and 1.5cm (0.2 and 0.6 inches)). What are your thoughts on this?
Best regards
Zaba12 schrieb:
So if the plastering is done, you basically took 2-4 weeks off, let the plasterers come, even had the electrician install the boxes complete with frames, and after a month you come here to ask if that’s okay? You say that so easily, but usually the construction site is not allowed to be accessed. Besides, it's only now that the sockets and switches are installed, which makes any defects clearly visible.
lasa64 schrieb:
You say that easily, but usually the construction site is off-limits. Also, now the sockets and switches are installed, so any issues will be very noticeable.How can it be off-limits? So it’s not a general contractor but a developer?EDIT:
If it’s a developer, you really don’t have much say on the construction site and can only review, document, and report any defects with an expert during the final inspection.
Whether you get a discount for that is another matter entirely.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Property developer?ExactlyH
hampshire12 Jun 2019 19:36I’m really sorry. This is an aesthetic defect, not a functional one. You will probably have to accept it unless it was discussed or specified otherwise. You can still point it out as an issue during the handover.
Say now that you will not accept it as is and that it needs to be changed.
The effort for 5 outlets is not that big if the cable wasn’t cut exactly to the millimeter. With a chisel and some plaster, it can be fixed in a few hours.
Of course, the plaster will still need to be repaired afterwards.
The effort for 5 outlets is not that big if the cable wasn’t cut exactly to the millimeter. With a chisel and some plaster, it can be fixed in a few hours.
Of course, the plaster will still need to be repaired afterwards.
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