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Nutellover

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Bermonia

You could of course put this to him and see what he says. However if he doesn’t budge then I see your options as Stomach the cost and let him do the work... or don’t, and find someone else.

Unless you have any record of this ‘conversation’ it is irrelevant I’m afraid as it would be impossible to prove what was asked and what the response was.

warby68

My advice, don't start WW3 for £100 and a bit of 'he said, she said' - trades don't like finishing off other people's work so any other electrician may well price higher.

If you have been friendly so far, negotiate on the 'mistake' angle , although I'd fully expect the claim that the £100 is a discount already.

Fosterdog

At the time he told you that work was complete and it was okay to go ahead and block it up did he know that there was still another job to be done or have you since contacted him to come back for a second job after the first one was completed?

Aylesbury_Duck

Ultimately you cannot force him to pay for the new cabling, so ask and if he says no, where do you go next? Find another electrician.

JJ_Egan

Reads as after the work earth testing was faulty and to make your home safe and complying with regulations and insurance . Electrician decided you needed extra work to provide a proper earth connection .
For me the £100 is not worth the risk of a house with poor/no earth safety wise .

pinkshoes

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Reads as after the work earth testing was faulty and to make your home safe and complying with regulations and insurance . Electrician decided you needed extra work to provide a proper earth connection .
For me the £100 is not worth the risk of a house with poor/no earth safety wise .

Which would surely be down to the incompetence of the electrician who should thus foot the bill?

I agree it needs doing, but it is not fair the OP should pay.

I think I would just pay it then leave poor reviews naming and shaming online making it clear that he expects the customer to pay for his mistakes.

peter_the_piper

Has he done a good job that you are satisfied with, apart from this point? Would you consider calling him back if there was further work or problems in the future? If yes, then pay up, if no then by all means argue the point.

unforeseen

The snag is that if he discovered an earth problem then even if you go to someone else to get this sorted, the majority will not sign off another tradesman's work.

So at the moment you have electrics that don't meet regulations and can't /won't be signed off as things currently stand.

thearchitect

Earthing used to be by way of connection to pipework but with modern jointing a lot of existing properties may have problems. Pay him, get the test certificate, and move on. Getting someone else will cost more most cases.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

Nutellover wrote: »

Thanks but I'm not paying someone to fix their mistake. If someone someone came to your house and smashed a window then tried to charge you to repair it, you just wouldn't.

It's up to you so get someone else in.

You can't go to Trading Standards and they be unlikely to be interested even if you could.