Remember the guy that stuck his leg through the ceiling? He is a real gem I tell ya.
He was setting a main outside meter base for me and was supposed to be setting two eight foot ground rods, he was paid for two eight foot rod and it is city code.
The inspector came around the corner and saw thie guy driving the second one in the ground with about 1.5 feet to go before flush with ground.
The inspector asked him to pull it up so he could check it and the guy acted like he was straining but could not get it up....the inspector said let me help you...and pulled it up easily with one hand right out of the moist soil.
When he pulled the ground rod up and then the other he realized the guy had billed two, bought one rod cut it in half, and had two four foot rods, instead of two eight foot rods.
Needless to say the inspection failed and the electrician was red flagged with the city.
Friggin losers man...whatever though, its just a bump in the road for me, but the electrician has to be himself and that must suck to be so damn stupid and void of character.
Screw you mr. duma$$ electrician..
rant over, thanks for reading 🙂
Working at the city then I really grew to respect our inspectors. They often were cursed or worse, and that they were holding up progress or causing undue grief to contractors. But they were protecting the citizens funds by making sure a project got built to specs. Sometimes that means you 2000 psi test street got tore out because it was supposed to be 3000 psi and sometimes it's because you covered up something before it could be inspected.
I think some of the codes are a bit overboard but when someone bids a job then they bid the specs and should adhere to them.
If a four foot rod instead of an eight foot rod was actually dangerous then I'd be more than a little mad at the electrician. He is risking my property and possible my life and that of my family.
I'd be watching for the rest of his "work" for sure !
His 'trust' factor is gone to 'rust' as it is missing the job done to the "T"
Derek
In Many Quarters........
..........the inspector would be vilified for being part of "big government".
You've heard the rants.....too many regulations, too much oversight, you know, that kind of stuff.
Of course, some might say you should have been there yourself, making sure the rod was 8 feet long.
Others might even say you shouldn't have even hired an electrician, but done it yourself.
Darn government regulations.............;-)
Electrician - Jackleg or Lowballer?
> Friggin losers man...whatever though, its just a bump in the road for me, but the electrician has to be himself and that must suck to be so damn stupid and void of character.
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> Screw you mr. duma$$ electrician..
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> rant over, thanks for reading 🙂
BL... the rant begs the question though...
How'd you end up with this guy?
Is he a jackleg or was he the lowballer?
Curious minds want to know...
Electrician - Jackleg or Lowballer?
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> Curious minds want to know...
I hired a professional electrician which would have been cool except he sent his "mechanic" to do the work. The actual electrician 100% lost my future business when I asked if he was going to keep using the "mechanic" and he said probably so.
Electrician - Jackleg or Lowballer?
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> > Curious minds want to know...
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> I hired a professional electrician that would have been cool but he sent his "mechanic" to do the work.
oh... 'nuff said.
Sorry.
Electrician - Jackleg or Lowballer?
He sent his mechanic.
I'm so not buying that line. The Professional Electrician that you hired was making the money off of substandard work Not the mechanic. He (mechanic) was just following orders to cut costs and risk your house but the Electrician was to blame.
I would not trust any of the work.
Caught red-handed
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> The inspector asked him to pull it up so he could check it and the guy acted like he was straining but could not get it up....the inspector said let me help you...and pulled it up easily with one hand right out of the moist soil.
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> When he pulled the ground rod up and then the other he realized the guy had billed two, bought one rod cut it in half, and had two four foot rods, instead of two eight foot rods.
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Talk about bad timing for the "electrician"
Reminds me of the time we were trying to "sneak" a dock on the shore of Lake Champlain. The site was at the end of a long, private dirt road and we had just unloaded the lumber and were getting ready to haul it down to the water when the Local Building Inspector drove by. He probably hadn't been down that road in more than a year.
In Many Quarters........
Then again, many of us recognize the intent was for the regulation to be at that local level, subject to rules specific to the region. Federal regulations at that level are by definition impractical and overly restrictive.
Many of us have no problem with government, just with central government.
In Many Quarters........
> Then again, many of us recognize the intent was for the regulation to be at that local level, subject to rules specific to the region. Federal regulations at that level are by definition impractical and overly restrictive.
I didn't realize that electricity had regional characteristics.
In Many Quarters........
> I didn't realize that electricity had regional characteristics.
Well, there is the whole "220v versus 221v" thing
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Caught red-handed
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> > The inspector asked him to pull it up so he could check it and the guy acted like he was straining but could not get it up....the inspector said let me help you...and pulled it up easily with one hand right out of the moist soil.
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> > When he pulled the ground rod up and then the other he realized the guy had billed two, bought one rod cut it in half, and had two four foot rods, instead of two eight foot rods.
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> Talk about bad timing for the "electrician"
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> Reminds me of the time we were trying to "sneak" a dock on the shore of Lake Champlain. The site was at the end of a long, private dirt road and we had just unloaded the lumber and were getting ready to haul it down to the water when the Local Building Inspector drove by. He probably hadn't been down that road in more than a year.
From what I hear about the lake this year, I wouldn't want to try that any time soon.:-O
