Customer: "This Hourly Rate Is Gonna Be Pricey...Can I At Least Get A Quote?" | Fault Find & Repair

[@JohnPT123]

Good to see you back, I was worried that you had perhaps retired, but you'd make a video about something like that. Long story short, welcome back

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi John. Thanks for watching.

[@jemseed]

Mate, builders and kitchen fitters are my worst nightmare when they decide to do electrics! Welcome back Del!

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi Jemseed. Tell me about it i come across it so much.

[@SparkyStew98]

experience on a whole other level. having the knowledge, you do to know how these flats are wired and likely routes of containment is a massive advantage. non-invasive occupational rewiring is an art on its own.

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi Sparky. Thanks for watching.

[@ukman9797]

What an absolute professional and honest man!

[@justanotherdave.]

Good job Del. Too many others would have ripped that customer off as soon as they heard the amount she was thinking it would be!

[@eastwayelectrical]

I wouldn't do anything like that, I don't see the point why take advantage of people? I don't think it helps you in the long run.

[@daviddawson9099]

Got going again and impressed with getting the cables through,

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi David. It went quit easy no problems. when the conduit is installed properly with no kinks it usually goes well.

[@ena6631]

Fantastic job and well done to you. Very professional. I have come across so many bad electrical jobs done by builders, plumbers and so many bad so called electricians. Though I have worked with a good few cracking professional electricians too. You are one of the great guys. BRAVO!

[@brianp7022]

My heart was in my mouth with every pull of that cable.. There is no worse feeling than pulling through the original cable with nothing on the end😂

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi Brian. Once it got going it was an easy pull

[@elgicko]

​Thats what she said last night 😂. Good work!!​@@eastwayelectrical

[@joparish1037]

You do so much to help people Delroy. Really nice to see an honest tradesman doing these little jobs that potentially become much more serious if left. So many people living in sub-standard homes with amateurish electrical work - it’s a national disgrace.

[@smet145]

And the main culprits seem to be kitchen fitters that think they can do electrics with no knowledge or qualifications 🤦‍♂️

[@eastwayelectrical]

Agree with your points thanks for watching.

[@DoctorElectricYouTube]

Great video Delroy. At 6:00 you drove along Ben Jonson Road in Stepney, that's where I grew up! Good way to do a pull through rewire! Keep it up mate.

[@dav01kar]

You done well pulling them singles through Del I used to use a bit of fairy liquid to help on tight pulls. Glad you decided to use stranded singles in conduit much more flexible on the bends the correct cable for full conduit install.

[@Jaysonlanglois54]

Glad to see you back del mate 😊

[@eastwayelectrical]

Thanks for watching.

[@shaynemacdonald3051]

Thats some class workmanship there. Would never od thought of doing that

[@dave_154]

Experience is everything! worked in those council blocks for years

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi David. Yes good experience working in council dwellings helps. Also in the seventies I worked on many estate when they were been built. This particular block was before my time but same principal.

[@shodan2958]

Nice video, good to see a new upload of yours. I wonder how long that issue has been there potentially, the meter in the cupboard appears to have been there a long while judging by what appears to be a "Y2K" compliant sticker. You might have been the first electrician to look at the wiring of the house in sometime.

[@jche8437]

I’ve watched a few of your videos. What a lovely bloke you’re, honest and a good professional.

[@remog38]

what a result i would never have thought it would pull through that far .

[@eastwayelectrical]

Thanks for watching.

[@weeniebeastie]

Good to see you post a new video Del. Always nice to watch one of your adventures.

[@JohnQuilyQuinlan]

Randomly got watching your upload, really like your calm style and your knowledge, just subbed, cheers

[@CraigMansfield]

I'm happy to see you again! I'd hire you in a heartbeat. I'm glad at least they had a pipe in the wall and didn't just plaster it in 😂😂😂 the people who did our extension just plastered the wires into the wall......yes I've drilled through them twice 😂 makes lovely blue sparks and wakes you up 😂

[@WilliamBrown-ew5jw]

I enjoy your videos because you can tell you are a genuine guy

[@tonywebb9909]

Nice job Delroy, good honest work we keep you busy forever. I remember doing those conduit estates, they would sometimes rust in the middle, snapping your draw wire off!

[@KevinSmith-ph6jv]

Great fix! Never would have tried to pull through new lines!

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

Good to see that there are still honest professionals around.

[@eastwayelectrical]

Hi NotALot Thanks for watching.

[@stevenrobinson5864]

Knowing my luck the cable would've snapped half way back through the pull 😅at least now it is a lot safer than it was before.

[@nevermind824]

Its an art to tie off cable on a pull through. Just experience. Got to make sure the tape uses the "weight" of the tape and its not loose at all

[@liamedwards2517]

Not sure I’ve ever seen or had cables pull through as nicely as those, good work!

[@Oldskoolhead]

Cheers for this Del, proper good insight into getting around that issue 👍🏻

[@cheeseburgerbeefcake]

I really wish the UK did more containment over clipping, that investment when the property was built saved the customer thousands in ripping/disposal and making good! Real shame they didn't continue that work ethic when the kitchen was refitted. Always good to see your approach on these jobs!

[@eastwayelectrical]

I agree with you with the containment over clipping. thanks for watching.

[@hbarnes2489]

The Flexi con great solutions to a previous poor install. Great idea gonna be using that myself if ever I need to.

[@dans5101]

Great to see you back Del mate

[@brianwimpenny1643]

Good to see you back delroy missed your videos 😊

[@davidpatterson1574]

Good to see you back Del

[@Geordie_Boy01]

I know nothing about the trade but absolutely love these

[@mitch123456789]

Good to see you back Delroy 🙌

[@mattrode8964]

Awesome effort to do that all by yourself mate - legend!

[@edglue6138]

Yes Del. Luck of the Irish with that cable run Is right

[@timhoward7037]

Nice one! I couldn't believe you managed to pull those new singles through - I never have that sort of luck!

[@zombienation68]

Hey, good to see you back Delroy...missed your unique style 😁

[@eoghanbarbour6703]

Great job Delroy! Brilliant stuff

[@blackdotkiller1]

Wow, the gods were smiling on you with that wire pulling normally it will get 3/4 of the way through, then hang up on a 90 bend good job mate 👍

[@eastwayelectrical]

To be honest it wasn't that difficult really. I've done this type of thing many times I have a sense of when thing will go wrong, I can tell from the feel of the pull.

[@peterheywood7453]

All respect, great job.👍👍👍👍👍

[@DazDaz105]

Nice work. On the subject of builders and electrics. The wife has decided she wants a new worktops in the kitchen. So I was doing a rekky on the kitchen, I can’t even get the induction hob out as I don’t know where the supply cable terminates. It drops through a hole in the bottom of a cupboard and goes behind the units, I can’t even see the cable when I remove the kick boards. So now it’s looking like a full on unit strip out to find the cable. . This house was built in 2016 !! Surely they would have had the cable terminate in an accessible place underneath the hob , like behind the pan draw 🤷🏻

[@stevengrenville9600]

Well impressed you were able to pull those cables though. 👍👍. Why do you rub the polythene on the new cable?

[@gadgetman36]

There was a lubricant on the polythene applied to the cables to ease them through conduit.

[@lloydc1092]

He was rubbing cable lube on the cables to help pass through the tube

[@stevengrenville9600]

@@lloydc1092 thank you. Im a bricklaying gas engineer. Ive never seen that before. 👍

[@merlin5476]

I use a silicon spray on cables and they slip through amazingly.

[@loosecannon5813]

Great video again,showing realworld problems the jobbing spark has to deal with, including the new one 'customer is on a call' yes the 2020s video conference call - cant switch off the internet/power ,can't disturb them cos their work is more important than your work.😂😂😂

[@AAaa-wu3el]

You should've moved that socket backbox a bit deeper as the kopex adaptor is sitting now to close to the front surface and doesn't allow to fit tiles back to the wall.

[@Mickymaxywonder]

Del is a top electrician and a gentleman 👏 👌

[@Chazzygeoff]

Great video! Out of interest, if the cable had detached halfway through, how would you have been able to feed the new cable?

[@Schinney]

Nice one Del Boy, very interesting and informative 👍

[@davehunter6920]

nice work del

[@JamesGriffin-u2w]

Great work del, made it look easy

[@jerome8670]

Top job 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Our job is horrific at times 😳

[@jimm533]

Great video and fault finding thanks

[@thesilentonevictor]

This was an easy one you just needed your helper to save the back an forth

[@andrewmann3787]

The one under the sink id enclose the cable in caping

[@TonyAFC85]

Will arcing or loose cables always make a noise? I ask because there is junction boxes under my floorboards and I do worry sometimes if that connection came loose how would I know ?

[@neilwharton720]

For a minute then when she said there’s a noise in the wall then the washing machine goes off it’s tripping I thought that was a water pipe in that zone 🙈😂😂😂

[@oliverdaley934]

wow! unreal on the pull through!!!!! how the heck!!

[@pcg1276]

Hi Del, would you have done making good of the wall and tiles if the customer asked you too?

[@solb101]

How did he push fresh wires back through there?

[@tonybarden8563]

how the feck did you get that to pull so easy ,it must have at least three right angles in that tube ,i literally sat here thinking hes mad that aint never gonna pull thru there ,given that its old tube and probably rusted right up inside ,ive had straight runs rusted tight and not move before kudos to you

[@goldeneagleuk95]

What was that being rubbed on the cables?

[@hansdoel6375]

Great job mate hey do you guys have this spray that we use here in NZ its called cable glide and man that works a treat.

[@michaelfennell]

I'm doing level 2. So no expert, but a plug socket under the sink , what BS 7671 got to say on that?

[@POLEinTheUK]

Nice work, sir.

[@achillesdeathpunch220]

Only thing that I dislike is tape on the copex. Would have got a 20mm Conlock adapter with one side having the threads for the copex gland to screw into. Very lucky with that cable pull haha😂

[@Mike_5]

Managing customer's is one of the most important skills on jobs like this as well as having expert skills and knowing what you are talking about as it makes the job go smoothly for everyone

[@andrewcadby]

Lovely job

[@kyester123]

Some metal banding could've helped with fixing back that copex. The things you find behind kitchen tiles.

[@jayelectrician1889]

Perfect work sir...❤

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

trippoing is almost all appliance right?

[@waynehenson1094]

Good job!!!

[@audibell]

Nice job

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

how much was the final bill?

[@Hrossey]

Good boy is Del. Always good to see some positivity instead of negativity. This joke may polarise a few ⚡️😉 Achhhh I’ll get my coat 😅

[@edc1569]

Could have IR tested it on the first visit?

[@paulb4423]

Nice job pulling that cable through Delroy, may I be the first to say 'you jammy bastard' ;)

[@antyteistapolskix3275]

Kind of strange that you did not do insulation test at first visit after changing sockets😮😮😮

[@helopi8]

I feel your pain with the insulation tape falling apart 😂😭

[@tomshepherd5095]

Great video, I love your work. Do you need a coupling between the coreline and emt in the UK for code?

[@davidcantona1774]

I know but when she said the breaker was tripping on the 1st visit? Perhaps an IR test would have saved a second visit?

[@smartl4d]

Yep and I’m sure they’ll be a 3rd visit when the washing machine loosens the screws again on the socket that should have been relocated under the sink.

[@lloydbatkin1452]

If only pulling new cables was that easy all the time😄

[@shornsparks20005]

Nice one Del I like your videos and you are a really nice guy but what is with those gloves you wear they want throwing in the bin anyway keep up the good work

[@carpgirls]

How long does a job like that take you? Would be good to know roughly how long the jobs taken in your videos. Thanks for you time in doing these👍🏻

[@Nick-zg2ym]

You should team up with the people who wrote the Electrician Simulator video game (Take IT Studio!) - all your experiences could help make the game much more interesting.

[@alanjones3873]

thats why we should use trunking as in Europe. What a mess if you could not pull through but had to channel. That would be £2000❤

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Hope you looked after the lady on price for 2nd call out

[@josephking6515]

What was with _pleasuring_ the cable? 😲Did you have some talcum powder on the scrap plastic and you were transferring the talc to make the cables more slippery? 🤷‍♂ Are you able to share with us how long your cable pull took? She was quite concerned about the price and I have no idea what it costs for a sparky in UK. Hell, I don't know what it cost for one in Oz now. It used to be 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱. I have to go and watch your older videos as the last one I remember was just after your van got done over by those basturds. I hope you are recovering from that setback. *Thank You* for the video. 👍

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

i wonder if she did the electrics and joined the wires.

[@selfintuition2]

How much did you charge for this job on Day 2? Thanks!

[@clayton4573]

How much did you charge delroy

[@Holly-fy5dh]

Why did is ark under no load

[@Holly-fy5dh]

When reseted should of done a ir test on first visit on and after changing sockets

[@sebastiang.480]

1:35 that laugh hahah

[@philcullis8602]

The under sink point is running off an extension lead. A huge no no.

[@garnhamr]

i feel like she got lucky getting a sparky that knows the flats

[@joshuaprest1590]

That was mint that

[@andrewwhite3793]

This type of job is what I call Kenny the Kitchen fitter or Willie the DIY Job. In Scotland they are trying to license electricians where they should be clamping down on kitchen and bathroom fitters who fancy themselves as sparks. I had to condemn a £40,000 kitchen and bathroom refurb customer said how did you know an electrician was not involved before you even looked at the job. Easy I replied I spotted the old fuseboard above the front door , an electrician is obliged to fit a new safety consumer unit. One other point is the kitchen and bathroom fitters are not insured for electrical work so are personally responsible for any problems

[@t3mpomusic]

Did she say £2000 an hour rate?

[@heatpump8566]

Great vid this from a plumber. Well done

[@Robstorr86]

Where have you beeeeeen?

[@pinmast0r]

Did you just twist a cpc together and then tape it? I feel like I saw that.