Laynne
2019-01-21 18:52:27
- #1
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 companies here in the area for a complete new installation of the electrical system and were quite impressed. But now, a week after the work started, it looks completely different...
- an electrician came who just recently finished his apprenticeship
- he prefers chatting with the other craftsmen instead of actually getting work done
- he laughs at the 3-week schedule and says he has to see when and what he can manage
- every single socket still has to be discussed with us again, even though we marked everything with marker paint
- he doesn’t mark the chases but just cuts right away (and it looks exactly like that!)
- apparently, no cable ducts can be laid in the wall because of the structural stability (11.5 cm bricks), which was arranged differently before
...
After 3 days, we had enough and called in the boss.
He looked at the work and said everything was within tolerance.
Marking the chases beforehand would take more time and is not part of the scope. (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 (these black inner casings) have all been installed crooked.
The sockets were originally agreed to be below the light switches, but are now down on the floor.
Also, the preparation for the ceiling lamp is not centered in the room.
And it goes on like this...
Is this really all still within the tolerance range??

We got a quote from one of the largest electrical companies here in the area for a complete new installation of the electrical system and were quite impressed. But now, a week after the work started, it looks completely different...
- an electrician came who just recently finished his apprenticeship
- he prefers chatting with the other craftsmen instead of actually getting work done
- he laughs at the 3-week schedule and says he has to see when and what he can manage
- every single socket still has to be discussed with us again, even though we marked everything with marker paint
- he doesn’t mark the chases but just cuts right away (and it looks exactly like that!)
- apparently, no cable ducts can be laid in the wall because of the structural stability (11.5 cm bricks), which was arranged differently before
...
After 3 days, we had enough and called in the boss.
He looked at the work and said everything was within tolerance.
Marking the chases beforehand would take more time and is not part of the scope. (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 (these black inner casings) have all been installed crooked.
The sockets were originally agreed to be below the light switches, but are now down on the floor.
Also, the preparation for the ceiling lamp is not centered in the room.
And it goes on like this...
Is this really all still within the tolerance range??