bathroom lightswitch cord dangles in the sink

[lurkerspeaks]

I live in rented accommodation at the moment as I had to move for work.

The bathroom lightswitch broke and has been replaced. I've just got home to find that the electrician who did it has left the pull cord so long that it is actually dangling in the sink.

The switch itself is feet higher (victorian house) on the ceiling but having a fabric cord connected to the lightswitch in the sink doesn't seem v. safe to me... does anyone know what the regulations are for this?

(To avoid drip feeding this is the same electrician who installed a new double dimmer switch in another part of the house two weeks ago and wired it up the 'wrong' way so the near switch operates the distant set of lights and v.v. I've not been happy with his work either for me or on behalf of my landlord as I'm sure the constant repairs we need are due to poor maintenance. I've not renewed my tenancy as I"m so sick of being constantly invaded by tradesmen to fix things. I'm not particularly hard on things - I've barely had to fix anything in my own property despite living there for almost 10 years).

Fine.

I'm being unreasonable.

I'm just pissed off that I've come home from yet another long day at work to find that yet another fucking useless contractor has been in and left a huge mess in the bathroom and not actually completed the job that he was being paid to do (i.e. fix the bathroom lightswitch).

Ergo I now need to clear that up AND fix the cord to a sensible length.

He also hasn't changed the wiring on the dimmer switch despite being asked.

shorten it. Push togle up the cord, tie new knot. cut of spare cord below.

They come with Very long cord for bathrooms with high ceilings and people of short stature. The norm is to shorten them to suit shortest person in household. You were not in when new cord was fitted so installer has left it for you decide how long you want it. You'd be even crosser if the installer had chosen to cut the cord JUST too short for you to reach.
Nothing to do with building regulations.

Nor is which switch operates which light, there is no RULE that switches must be intuitive. The Regs are concerned with electrical safety rather than convenience to user.

but you dont need to fix anything, tying a knot in cord will take you less time than it took you to start your thread on here!

As for the dimmer switch, sounds to me like it is personal preference rather than a mistake.

You really do sound like the sort of customer that any tradesman would hate to work for.. even more so as you are a tenant and not even paying for the work!

You are expending more energy on being angry than it would take to adjust the cord length.

FGS it'll take you about 15 seconds to do.

There's more to this than a finial.

I know the dimmer thing isn't a safety thing it just totally highlights the lack of attention to detail employed.

If it were my own house I would rewire the dimmer but as it is rented I don't feel I can (I'm actually pretty handy).

I don't see my role in a high end rented property (think annual rent for 2 bed house > UK average annual salary) is to deal with shit like this. I pay a premium price for a supposedly premium property.

By all means, contact the landlord in order to get the job done to your exacting specification.

Good luck

I'm actually pretty handy

Doesn't sound it if you didnt know that you could put a knot in a pull cord...

Look. I never said I didn't know how to solve the problem.

What I asked was if it contravened the electrical safety regulations.

I'm tired I've had a long day. I've been robustly told that I am being unreasonable to expect to come home from work after tradesmen have been in to a functional job.

Maybe I am a nightmare to work for. I certainly don't have any problems getting tradesmen to work for me a second time and my tenants certainly don't have all the problems I've experienced living here.

I have lived in an expensive damp shit tip for almost 18months due to this letting agency so yes, I am angry. I will remain so until I am back in the security of a property I own where the repair fuck ups are my own and I can choose which tradesmen are given access (and when) and I won't wake up to find strange men in my bedroom. Lightswitch = tip of iceberg.

So you want someone else to research the building regs, as well as someone else to trim the cord. Do you do anything for yourself?

Oh my!

You used per se and ergo !!

ARE YOU MY MOTHER?

:o

FGS. I asked about building regs.

All sorts of people on here know all sorts of things. I willingly share my expertise. Other people seem to do the same.

And yes, I did expect the light cord to be trimmed for me. I would still consider trimming it to be part of installation. However, I won't be asking for the tradesman to come back to do it.....

Ignore them, Mummy. They're being beastly. Now lets talk about Aunty Ann and her weird infection...

However, just so I can clarify - am I unreasonable in expecting the bloke to have hoovered up the mess?

Am I also unreasonable in expecting him to fill the holes in the ceiling?

What level of crap workmanship is acceptable to the masses as I am obviously horribly out of step?

Did you specify a length before the job was done, or was it simply a 'supply and fit'?

I told you there was more to this than a mere finial.

Hahahaha this just silly.

If you don't want evidence of previous fittings, you have to put 'make good' in the specification. Everyone knows that.

Oh god, I feel a bit worried about the health of people who get so uptight.

Why dont you just move? Surely that is the advantage of renting - if you dont like the place/landlord you can choose another? I have a rental house and I assume that if there is a problem the tenant will let me know and if she's not happy with how I sort things out, she'll go somewhere else. If youve lived somewhere thats making you this unhappy for 18 months, it probably wont improve so cut your losses and find somewhere you will be happy

Linerunner

Well deduced!

I suspect when I'm less tired this will go down as being vaguely amusing. However tonight, on top of my long day at work I could quite frankly cry.

Plasterer? Nah, a dollop of polyfilla (or my foundation ) would do it.

The hoovering was norty though.

I am emotionally invested in this now