Re: VCR sales

From: James Sweet (jamessweet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:33:59 GMT

<Harry Hotspur@hagan53.freeserve.co.uk (Hotspur)> wrote in message
news:41ab68b7.896276@news.freeserve.net...
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:58:43 GMT, "James Sweet"
> <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >> Also from next week the Government has ordered that ALL electrical
> >> work in ones own house must be checked by qualified engineer.The days
> >> of handyman electrical work in the UK are over.Got to be a good thing
> >> for washer/microwave tinkering etc.bit over the top re. rewiring a
> >> wall socket maybe.
> >
> >
> >And how many people do you suppose will actually do this? It's been that
way
> >for years (decades?) over here, but I can't count the number of botched
> >"amateur electrician" jobs I've repaired, just about done rewiring all
the
> >electrical fittings in the basement of my own house because the previous
> >owner wired it himself and did a horrid job. Sure you're supposed to get
a
> >permit and have it done only by a licensed electrician, but that doesn't
> >stop people from doing it themselves.
> >
> >
> >
> Just as a rider in todays paper,heavy fines will be imposed on people
> who do not have the work checked,also when selling your home if you
> havn't declared work done and checked you will be fined for not
> informing the new owner.
> Also I would presume the insurance companies will be ordering crates
> of champagne at the moment,just think" Got a Claim for fire? got the
> certificates for recent Electrical work?No! Tough ***,claim rejected.
> Needless to say it comes from the EU,the super nanny state.
>

Who's to say whether the electrical work is recent? Most people I think
would say the same thing I would, "dunno, it was like that when I bought the
place". Really though, I'd be pleased if people who don't know what they're
doing would not mess with house wiring. I'm not a licensed electrician but
at least I follow code and know what I'm doing.