Client asked “Why’s the socket not working?" 

I don't know how the wankers cutting corners can sleep at night. The problem seems to be the lack of any recourse to the different registration schemes. Does anyone ever get "struck off" NICEIC or similar? The fact that someone has put a thumbs down already shows the attitude of some twats out there. They know they can get away with it and they will just carry on.

Chris, I know people hate you calling out bad workmanship, but I think it’s a good thing. These people are a dangerous embarrassment to our trade.. you good job.

kind of reminds me of when my school was being rewired, it was a mixture of knob and tube, modern flex, mineral insulated, rubber flex, cloth covered and some single core. to top it off the whole site is supplied by 480v split phase!

And this was originally redone done by a sparky?

I think to be fair, 3 NECEIC sparks may have been there, but they had a good right to then walk right back out again, after seeing that mess. Obviously done by an Indian for very good price.

Hi mate thinking of getting a mft but can’t decide which make to get do you only use kewtech or have you used other makes any advice would be really appreciated cheers keep the great videos coming 👍

that is a bad job,would be easier to do it properly, quicker faster and cheaper,hope some one takes the wasp nest away ,been there myself ,i have found a lot of trades now take on the wiring ,and the problem is they dont look into why and the how of how to do it ,there is a reason why sparks go to school and learn about circuits and loads,dead testing and live testing ,as people not see electric in the cable ,they do a lash up job,only when draw to many amps ,over load,then it will go down hill fast,fire ,only good side is james gets to see why you need to go to school,learn to do it right ,test and certificate ,stick your name on the job,keep up the good work,love the vids,same here in bristol,lot shocking wiring ,i got fix,too, soldier on my friend ,pass on all your good wisdom to james,he has a good teacher ,he do well

11:26 I think that job has gone well past Shocking and is approaching Truly Revolting...

This is Prime example of how most of the houses I work and have been done with no Certs backing up the work either

I wish there was a list of Electricians in my area, with RU-vid channels. I don't care about "trust a tradesman" or what ever websites.. because I don't trust the websites, since they will have anyone go on.. If the trademan has a RU-vid channel I can see what he does. I could see if he bodges something.. THAT I would trust.

Three electricians registered with competent persons schemes on the job before Chris. So as a householder I have a 1 in 4 chance of getting work done that is safe. Why would I not do it myself? Why pay someone to put my home and family at risk? At least I would know where all the dodgy junction boxes are and how many spurs off spurs. Hell I might even have splurged on some Wago connectors and boxes and drilled the joists instead of notching them. I have electrical work I would like done but have no confidence that I can identify someone trustworthy and no confidence that the schemes will weed out the bad ones.

Maybe the installer of that socket thought it was a wireless kinetic one😁.

I don’t see a problem with showing others bad work it’s a great way to educate customers and aspiring electricians that watch this channel. Great video especially like the wireless socket looked like it was siliconed on too lol 😂

Another fine example of how part p has helped to clean up the electrical industry, thanks Mr Prescott 👍.

That socket is one of the new “Energy Saving” type, whatever you plug into it will consume less energy from that socket than it would if you were to plug it into a different socket

Looking at what you had to start with it seems even employing an electrician doesn’t necessarily result in work better than DIY

Mate you should get a head mount for your camera! Would make us see everything you are + you have both of your hands free

This house looks like the electrical wiring was done in india. A friend of mine visited their once and said it was amazing the amount of so called experts wiring up houses.

If those wasps knew how unsafe that place was they’d have gone next door to nest!

Please excuse my ignorance- I'm not an electrician. How do you know an electrician put that board in? I ask because everything you showed on that job has hallmark of DIY about it and the "electrician didn't want to certify the board" sounds like something the DIY'er would say to avoid embarrassment! Am I missing something?

No one can say anything about you picking holes in that work this time!!

Honestly what a disgrace ....those people should lose their electricians qualifications!

Brings a whole new meaning to the disclaimer: Do not attempt to copy this

"that's our wireless socket" 12:17 🤣

The screws not being tightened 'level' spoils a good install on the double sockets

The installation of that 'wireless' socket was done by an electrician which practice Teslaism instead of Edisionism.

Dunno how anyone could have called that work good or safe I know the basics when comes to electrics and even I know spurring off a spur would not be correct or safe. Glad they have the proper guys on the job now 👍👍👍 Socket not terminate now I have seen everything 🙃 Na James didn’t fall for the socket gag 😂😂😂

What I personally find amazing is how you guys have all these requirements for testing and ensuring proper wiring, and yet concealed junction boxes are allowed. Our wiring standards in the US might not be all that great, but at least they got something right by not allowing junction boxes under floorboards or in other concealed locations.

I always find those sockets with no wires at them never work all that well 😂

Why is that the first test everyone does, even myself, poke it and see what happens, then shake it, then test.

Fair play to James, at least he remembered it was a duff socket, the last few apprentices we've had would of forgotten!!

Shocking workmanship, diy’r would have done a better job.

All good fun. Has the wasp nest in the 1st property been exterminated?

So that basically House of Junction Boxes?! F hell!! So bad and I would go for a rewire too. Absolutely hot mess!

Part P, means anyone done a three day course has the same level as someone who has done about four years training, then on site, part piss. Why? Well remember in the 1980's, trades made a fortune in the south east, remember Harry Enfield, loads a money, yeah, well the rich, ruling class and political class, then broke the trades, more trades people makes it cheaper, then when there was too many complaints, WHEN A POLITICIANS DAUGHTER DIED FROM A PISSER , THEN ANOTHER DIED FROM A PISSER FROM A STUDENT HOUSE, RHEN THE POLITICAL CLASS DID SOMETHING, to show something was being done, part P was introduced, a kitchen fitter, odd job man etc is just as good as a time served Sparky,on paper, the scams oops schemes ( niceic, napit elecsa. Etc) had more wire monkeys to pay for a piece of paper, £££££ lovely jubly,

Down the flee marked one day me an my pall was thinking of putting a socket on the wall to trick people as there was a 20p charge from the people that had power to test junk they just payed for. So we took a socket with neon light in. Put 2 leds in an a 9v battery so it did light up. Did not go down well as people were buying stuff going over thinking it free power to test with. Seeing the socket there with no wiring sent me back to then happy memory's woring with old tony back in 1993.

With supersparks charging £70 call out and £70 per half hour the punter will have a go himself maybe he only gets £70 dole money pricing ourselves out of a job so what if his house burns down wasn't me prove it. Some big boy done it Allegedly it takes all kinds

how is it legal to have junctionboxes under the floor?

Sometimes it’s easier just to rip out and start from scratch. But the quality of some work from so called ‘electricians’ is just mind boggling.

I had something similar to this in my old apartment, I just flipped the twin sockets upside down haha 😂, didn’t cost me anything and it worked great.

In the US that old work would have failed 100 times over. Notching joists, no nail plates, buried junction boxes..

There are more sockets in that bedroom than my new kitchen!

My Lord ! Them sockets were ridiculous. Makes me wonder, were they just lazy and not arsed or just completely incompetent?

I'm now quite use to the sting of alcohol gel in open wounds lol!

You can't have too many sockets. That concept is simply invalid.

The thing is, many people complain about bad tradesman but for the most part, the bad/shoddy workmanship is because the client will not pay for the job to be done properly, ie neat and tidy and instead of walking away, the tradesman wants/needs the money so will do as the client requests.

i hate those type of sparks that go in just for a quick payout with no regard that the fact they're putting the home and owner at risk but i do agree that should be a full rewire upstairs

Why would anyone mount sockets so low down to the floor ?? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔

Those bloody nasty junction boxes are dreadful things. Should be banned - I refuse to use them.

This is just the state of things today all the other electricians just bodged it and scarpered so there is some good money to be made if you want all the hassle putting it right but sometimes it gets worse as you go and can cost you money

Amateurs who think they know what they are doing...but a give away... no green sleeving on cpc.

Get a small tripod for your phone, I'm looking at carpet half of the time, 😅😋

Mr Magoo wired that house oh my days diy people could do a better job than most so called electricians

Looks like the subies have been here from north Lanarkshire branch!....pmsl!

Just watched an ad with Thomas Nagy! 😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

Terminating all them jbs and slotting the top of them joists, somebody worked hard doing all that s**t. Whoever first came up with a ring main has given people a lot of headaches.

Shhhh. Don't you know that they've invented wireless power? Can't believe you think that socket with no cables behind it isn't working!. Maybe your plug-in tester is faulty? :)

Well, at least there was that one safe socket....what a total nightmare installation!

Fuck house bashing, done it for years, how do you do it?

Things like this show why I get pissed off paying for so-called trades people. You aren't allowed to do anything yourself so you pay someone a fortune and you end up with a shambles. Just spent days ripping tiles off the kitchen wall to replace a wire that an electrician damaged while cutting back the insulation on installation. Money well spent there.

I wouldn’t fancy that gas pipe in my attic! A little bit of a leak and a build up of gas in the attic and bang your house lands down in your local village!! Great videos, don’t mind the haters, we’ll keep feeding their horses, bloody cowboys!!

You good job, Chris doesn't need little Chris anymore sad times. I think you should call out all this bad workmanship regardless of the care bears that moan that you shouldn't if you don't have pride in your work then you shouldn't be doing it period, they are playing with peoples lives and wasting their time and resources that they have had to save up for. I'm on a job and the client who is disabled had a painter in already and the workmanship is shocking, Stevie Wonder could of done better straight lines than this guy. The client is too nice and wouldn't say anything to the painter so he got us in instead and he couldn't be more happier. People are heartless and take the piss just take the money and scoot they should be hunted down and dealt with, I know painting is different than electrics but the principle is the same. P.S. James should be saying Byyyyyyyyyyeeeee like Bundy does.

Looks like the facebook marketplace and gumtree sparks have been marking their territory! That work is fucking horrendous to say the least.. W.T F.

And I thought some of the wiring in my 1930s house was bad! Worst I found in it was a spur off of a spur from a ring, that was then spurred to a FCU that was wired to a 2 bar 1300W electric heater mounted over a window. You can see why a complete rip out and rewire is often the best and easiest solution.

That was an interesting video and a bit scary at the same time. I can't understand why anyone w9uld wire two three core cables into a single socket but I know it happens as a friend was complaining that the socket she plugged her vacuum cleaner in worked intermittently. I am not an ectrician but have done a few basic like for like replacement and sockets and stuff over the years so I thought it might just be a loose connection so I killed the power and opened the socket to find that mess. I put the socket back and suggested calling an electrician as I couldn't work out what was going on. The annoying thing is that the socket is in a really narrow space so no room for a double. Anyway, if someone could let me know why this would have been done I would love to know. Thanks.

If someone does 💩work you can point it out, it’s not like you’re blasting their company names to everyone. Clean up is almost always more work than doing right yourself. How’d you end up with all the sensitive viewers in the comment section?!?

Answer this question for me if you know?why in england dutch germany we use curve b and in france italy we use curve c,What is the use of the 1p + n circuit breaker, and why monopolar circuit breakers are used in some countries and in others 1p + n? Maybe make some videos about these topics

As a layperson these videos are very handy. Never again will an ‘electrician’ (incl bedroom fitters etc) do a bodge and bugger off. I know enough basics to make sure they do things right.

What can you say NICEIC? Best using a NAPIT approved contractor! They wouldnt allow that kind of S*** 😂

I’d have packed my tools up the client would be wanting someone to fix that disaster and probably a hell of a lot of money invested in it but to do it right half of it needs to be ripped out. Rock and a hard place.

Looks like a bungalow I’m supposed to sign off! Not a chance. Shame I’m really busy. I would like to sort it for the old gent.

Good to see you have a young one James - your apprentice? The advantage of your RU-vid channel and with Nick, Jordan and others it’s showing customers what they should expect. If they cannot show you the quality of their work don’t hire them. Unfortunately it does seem to be the case there are a lot of poor quality sparks who really are not doing the job other than for money. That’s what is shocking.

Why you in your state don't have junction box in the wall? And why don't wiring with conduit? It's so much simple to add a cable o change if problems...

An electrician put those sockets in wtf. I’m competent at diy and my sockets are a million times better.

....Just a positive comment I think putting a sheet of plastic under the area you are working might give you "Brownie Points" for respecting their property...

Air powered sockets. Nice. A lot of those cables have been crushed in between boards so are probably pooped anyway. I assume that it was a shower of sheet inside the board? No doubt you will rectify properly but it is a shame there are so many lazy toe rags out there.

I'm not a domestic spark( build specailised geneartor testing equipment) but willing to bet there are more have boards out there being changed with no bonding/ tails upgrade no certs or installer info there really needs to be a tighter regulation for electrics there is for gas,

Shambles absolute shambles and shame to those registered electricians. Anyway when you get a quote of an electrician and they come with a builder that's when you turn them away far far away.

When I come across jobs like this I explain to the customer how awful it is and nearly every time I get the same response which is.... “yea but it will be ok won’t it??” 😂

The problem today is everybody is a builder and a plumber plus an electrician, mostly without much training !

Mad how people don’t use dust sheets when chasing in a customers place. One of the first things I was taught...

The place definitely needs a rewire, doubtful the previous electrician done any testing whatsoever.

Do you ever wonder if any of these previous electricians watch your videos Chris and see you uncovering their horror show?

Did something similar to that socket at my first place - I put a flush TV outlet in the master bedroom but never got around to connecting it before I sold the place.

Spur city did the installation come with stables in the back yard

Customer half of the time “ well it works don’t it?” This is one of the reasons I don’t agree with the “you change the board you take responsibility”. Downgrading the mcb can get you out of Trouble but not grommets? Lashed up jbs under the floor? Make it law to be qualified same as gas and this shit won’t happen

Lucky no ring mains here, all are spurs from the box, and with a 20A breaker as well.

My solution for this mess had it been my house? Rip everything out and start again

Makes you wonder how many other houses have similar setups, cables everywhere and spurs off spurs etc.

Blimey I could do better wiring than was in that house & I'm not an electrician

Ik codes are different in the us but seeing loose junction boxes in the joists make me cringe...

I could offer you a job that is worse than what I've seen today....lol

I glad I'm not the only one uncovering tasty workmanship takes so much time to undo.

That's some shocking work.... I done my apprenticeship, failed an exam at 4 years, as I failed twice on one out of 4 they wouldn't allow me continue, I got all top marks in everything else. Just because I haven't the papers, I'd still know how to do a half arsed better job then that.... Crazy what qualified ones are doing.....

what type of socket is that on the carpet

I do not know European wiring codes, but not a single bit of that wiring is allowed in the us. Buried junction boxes are no way legal. Not to mention joists cut on surface to run wires. WOW, fire waiting to happen. I'd walk away!

that's shocking you should get the name off the electrician who did the rewired.

how do they allow for junction boxs to be burried like that

Worms are out of the can.........

0:54 Owch... why would you do that to us ;(