On 18/01/2021 14:39, S Viemeister wrote:
On 18/01/2021 13:46, John Rumm wrote:
On 13/01/2021 19:19, charles wrote:

ISTR - from 50+ years ago - that tehre were various requirements about
distance from opening windows, doors, etc.Â* It may be that with smaller
houses they are becoming very difficult to fit and comply with the
rules.
There might be a lot of paperwork, too.Â* And then there's cutting
quite a
large hole in the wall.Â* not really a plumbing job.

As with most plumbing and wiring jobs, much of the work comes under a
general category of house bashing. So any plumber / gas fitter will be
well equipped for jobs involving cutting holes in walls.

You'd think so.
Last year we had our garage converted to useful living space, and
because we wanted it done in our lifetime, we hired an electrician and
plumber recommended by our architect.
When it came time to install the extractor fans (one in the shower room,
one in the utility room), the electrician said that wasn't HIS job, it
was the plumber's. The plumber said, no way, it's for the electrician to do.

I wonder what the electrician would have said if there was no plumber on
site?

We finally got the mason to do it...and for any future work, we won't be
hiring that plumber and electrician. There were other issues, with both
of them.

Understandably!


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On 19/01/2021 12:23, John Rumm wrote:
On 18/01/2021 14:39, S Viemeister wrote:
Last year we had our garage converted to useful living space, and
because we wanted it done in our lifetime, we hired an electrician and
plumber recommended by our architect.
When it came time to install the extractor fans (one in the shower
room, one in the utility room), the electrician said that wasn't HIS
job, it was the plumber's. The plumber said, no way, it's for the
electrician toÂ* do.

I wonder what the electrician would have said if there was no plumber on
site?

I did ask why an electrical installation, not connected to either the
plumbing or the heating, needed a plumber to drill a hole in the wall..
Didn't get a sensible answer, though.

We finally got the mason to do it...and for any future work, we won't
be hiring that plumber and electrician. There were other issues, with
both of them.

Understandably!

In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I wonder what the electrician would have said if there was no plumber on
site?

Many years ago, I re-wired a colleague's 'new' house, before he moved in.
He'd had several quotes, and I gave him a price based on the information
he'd used for those. I beat those quotes and made it clear I could only do
the work on days off from my proper work.

On arrival to start, was grabbed by the plumbers installing the CH. 'Glad
you're here - can you get the wiring for it done ASAP as agreed by the
client"

Each time I got there, there'd be a note asking for an additional
socket/light/whatever.

Big argument at pay time. He expected the original quote to be honoured.

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