Non-rebated ceiling for spotlights

[mushypeas]

Hello,

We had a company at our place that lowered our ceiling by 40mm on half of the ground floor for the electrician to install spotlights. Now, when the electrician was going to install the spotlights, about 10 (out of just over 20) didn't fit; it was only lowered about 30-35mm there. The electrician has now had to drill larger holes himself to be able to install the spotlights. Should one accept this, or what is the right course of action? File a complaint about the lowering? Send the electrician's invoice with the extra hours for the hole drilling to the construction company? Or is it just something to expect that this can happen?

 

[Paul-Staffanstorp]

One of the reasons to hire people who work together and communicate is to minimize errors.

But if they have understood that 40 applies, I don't understand how it can be less in any place 😱

Hours to drill a few holes with the hole saw hardly seem correct either. Minutes of work. 🙃

It's time to complain about the reduction now because it's hardly worth having them redo it.
Then you should have stopped the electrician so they could redo it and he wouldn't have to use the hole saw in the old ceiling.

 

[mushypeas]

One of the reasons you should hire people who work together and communicate so mistakes are minimized.

But if they've understood that 40 applies, I don't understand how it can be less in some places 😱

Hours to drill a few holes with the hole saw hardly sounds correct either. Minutes of work. 🙃

So it's time to complain about the lowering now because it's hardly worth redoing it.
You should have stopped the electrician so they could redo it so he wouldn't have to use the hole saw in the old ceiling.

The thing is, the new ceiling panel has been in place for a long time, and if they needed to redo the lowering, it would have to be torn down. They had agreed with the electrician that it should be lowered by 40mm, as we had already decided on spot type etc. So it's strange that it hasn't been done correctly. And in some parts, it has been lowered both 50 and 60 mm 🙃 But the ceiling looks straight, though. So perhaps it's the ceiling where the beams are attached that's faulty.

 

[Paul-Staffanstorp]

Yes, then it really is too late to redo it, so you'll just have to live with it.

However, it's bad of them not to check more carefully because if the old roof was crooked and they were supposed to straighten it, they should have started with the lowest point at the 40mm, so it was probably the first time they lowered a roof, it seems.

 

[mushypeas]

Yes, then it's really too late to redo it, so you'll just have to live with it.

However, it's poor of them not to check more carefully because if the old roof was crooked and they were going to straighten it up, they should have started with the lowest point of the 40mm, so it feels like it might have been the first time they've lowered a roof section.

It's too late to redo, but is it too late to file a complaint? Get a discount on the hours, for example, since it didn't turn out as agreed? Now we have an electrician with a considerably higher hourly rate who has had to arrange tools and redo a job we've already paid the carpenters for.

 

[Paul-Staffanstorp]

Is it too late to redo, but is it then too late to claim? Get a deduction on the hours, for example, since it didn't turn out as agreed? Now we have an electrician with a significantly higher hourly rate who had to arrange tools and redo a job we've already paid the carpenters for.

If your electrician charges significantly more than the builders and doesn't even own a set of hole saws, you might consider not hiring them again. 😱

As mentioned, the minutes it takes an electrician to drill a dozen holes with a hole saw, I don't see as justifying hours in deductions anywhere as the electrician hasn't redone the job the builders did.

 

[mushypeas]

If your electrician charges significantly more than the builders and doesn't even own a set of hole saws, you might want to reconsider hiring them again. 😱

As I said, the minutes it takes for an electrician to drill a dozen holes with a hole saw don't justify hours of deductions anywhere because the electrician hasn’t redone the work the builders have done.

They probably have hole saws, just needed to get one as it was an additional step when they realized it was necessary. Very good electrician!

Okay, but I get it now. 😊 It's just a bit odd when it was expected to be properly lowered everywhere.