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My 2 pennies worth.:
Sless, can’t you see that people are having a serious discussion here, nobody cares what b100dy month the news item was in.
Mind you if he’d invaded my space like that I might have done something that would have brought tears to his eyes.
On the electrical regs / tradesmen issue. Whilst regulation of the competance of tradesmen to provide services to housholders or other business’ is in my opinion a step in the right direction to erradicating rogue tradesmen. On the other hand, regulation of a householder who wants to carry out work on his own house is not the way to go. If they are not making a living out of it then leave them alone.
With respect to regulation of tradesmen where do you start. Gas and electricity are dangerous commodities, so approved examinations on current working standards and health and safety issues is the way to go. But how do you deal with a tradesman with 40 years experience and just wanting to work the last five years or so before drawing his pension. Theses regulations need introducing in phases over many years (say 20) so that the older tradesmen is not excluded from earning a living but the younger tradesmen need to update their knowledge on a regular basis.
Perhaps there should be some kind of trading register for other construction industry skills as well. In the USA they have a system of registration with the local authority and if you do a bad job the customer can report you. The quality of the work is then examined and if the complaint is upheld then your struck off the register and can\'t trade in that county again without risking prosecution and jail or fines.
Sless, can’t you see that people are having a serious discussion here, nobody cares what b100dy month the news item was in.
Mind you if he’d invaded my space like that I might have done something that would have brought tears to his eyes.
On the electrical regs / tradesmen issue. Whilst regulation of the competance of tradesmen to provide services to housholders or other business’ is in my opinion a step in the right direction to erradicating rogue tradesmen. On the other hand, regulation of a householder who wants to carry out work on his own house is not the way to go. If they are not making a living out of it then leave them alone.
With respect to regulation of tradesmen where do you start. Gas and electricity are dangerous commodities, so approved examinations on current working standards and health and safety issues is the way to go. But how do you deal with a tradesman with 40 years experience and just wanting to work the last five years or so before drawing his pension. Theses regulations need introducing in phases over many years (say 20) so that the older tradesmen is not excluded from earning a living but the younger tradesmen need to update their knowledge on a regular basis.
Perhaps there should be some kind of trading register for other construction industry skills as well. In the USA they have a system of registration with the local authority and if you do a bad job the customer can report you. The quality of the work is then examined and if the complaint is upheld then your struck off the register and can\'t trade in that county again without risking prosecution and jail or fines.
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