We are in the process of renovating our house and are currently having more or less trouble with the electrician.
We got a quote from one of the largest electrical contractors in the area for a complete rewiring of the electrical system and were quite impressed at first. However, a week after the work started, the situation looks very different...
- An electrician came who has just recently completed his apprenticeship
- He prefers chatting with the other tradesmen instead of actually getting work done
- He laughs at the 3-week schedule and says he needs to see when and what he can accomplish
- Every single socket outlet still needs to be discussed with us again, even though we marked everything with marker paint
- He doesn’t mark the chases, but just cuts straight into the wall (and it looks exactly like that!)
- Cable conduits apparently cannot be installed inside the wall due to the structural stability (11.5cm (4.5 inches) bricks), which was previously agreed differently
...
After 3 days, we had enough and called in the manager.
He inspected the work and said everything was within tolerance.
Marking the chases beforehand would take more time and was not part of the scope of work. (Is this a joke or???)
After that, things improved slightly and the electrician managed to get a bit more done each day.
Today, I noticed that the light switches in the rooms are not all at the same height and the sockets (those black inner trims) have all been installed crooked.
Sockets were originally agreed to be below the light switches but are now located near the floor.
Also, the preparation for the ceiling lamp is not centered in the room.
And it goes on...
Is this really all still within the tolerance range??
We got a quote from one of the largest electrical contractors in the area for a complete rewiring of the electrical system and were quite impressed at first. However, a week after the work started, the situation looks very different...
- An electrician came who has just recently completed his apprenticeship
- He prefers chatting with the other tradesmen instead of actually getting work done
- He laughs at the 3-week schedule and says he needs to see when and what he can accomplish
- Every single socket outlet still needs to be discussed with us again, even though we marked everything with marker paint
- He doesn’t mark the chases, but just cuts straight into the wall (and it looks exactly like that!)
- Cable conduits apparently cannot be installed inside the wall due to the structural stability (11.5cm (4.5 inches) bricks), which was previously agreed differently
...
After 3 days, we had enough and called in the manager.
He inspected the work and said everything was within tolerance.
Marking the chases beforehand would take more time and was not part of the scope of work. (Is this a joke or???)
After that, things improved slightly and the electrician managed to get a bit more done each day.
Today, I noticed that the light switches in the rooms are not all at the same height and the sockets (those black inner trims) have all been installed crooked.
Sockets were originally agreed to be below the light switches but are now located near the floor.
Also, the preparation for the ceiling lamp is not centered in the room.
And it goes on...
Is this really all still within the tolerance range??
Wow. Quite a character. Well, putty covers a lot. But if the contractor can’t or won’t improve, cut ties and tell them to finalize the bill today, and that’s that. You don’t want work like that. Stay polite, but don’t be meek. Take a leaf out of Theresa May’s book. Karsten
I already had a bad feeling about the electrician last week and wanted to wait until this week. But it really hasn’t improved...
Is it being petty to expect the chases to be milled straight? They can’t seriously expect me to believe that neat work takes extra time and isn’t included in the scope of work?!
If that were the case, we could have milled the chases ourselves. I was actually glad to delegate some of the work to make sure the schedule would work out.
Now I would really like to pull the plug and hire someone else for the job.
Can we just do that easily? We have signed a contract, and I believe they still have the option to make corrections, although I suspect the walls might end up looking even worse...
Is it being petty to expect the chases to be milled straight? They can’t seriously expect me to believe that neat work takes extra time and isn’t included in the scope of work?!
If that were the case, we could have milled the chases ourselves. I was actually glad to delegate some of the work to make sure the schedule would work out.
Now I would really like to pull the plug and hire someone else for the job.
Can we just do that easily? We have signed a contract, and I believe they still have the option to make corrections, although I suspect the walls might end up looking even worse...
Zaba12 schrieb:
That will get covered up!
Are there any good examples? Otherwise, just follow Karsten. I know that everything will be plastered over afterward, so it won’t be visible anymore.
But this isn’t really professional work, is it?
The same goes for the light fixture, which should be centered in the room. Instead, everything is done just approximately... Now the slot for it is located at about 35% of the room’s width.
Measuring and marking is difficult too... *grumble*
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