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<blockquote data-quote="phil d" data-source="post: 506546" data-attributes="member: 27126"><p>my daughter in law moved into her new house (new to them) and promptly decorated, a few weeks later she rings up she wants some new lights fitting so round I go, not only has she got lights, but also these rather attractive (her words not mine) light switches 'without those horrible screws showing' as she puts it. The only thing is the house is quite old and although it was rewired about 5 years ago it's got 16mm switch boxes! So now I have to remove the boxes and fit deeper ones without damaging the decor, ffs, it took me ages, WHY, didn't she either tell me she was going to do all this before she decorated, or ask before she bought the flaming switches!</p><p></p><p>She's a heart of gold this girl, but she doesn't think, she wanted power to a brick outbuilding to put her dryer in, as it happened I was fitting some armoured at work and needed about 85 mtr of 16mm, so I just ordered 100m and took the excess home, work also provided the main isolator at the front end and also the sockets and stuff for the outbuilding. She was made up, when she asked what she owed me I just told her to get me a packet of fags, well you don't charge family.</p><p></p><p>A couple of weeks later she rings me up, "my mate has bought a house like ours and wants power to that shed, I've told her you'll sort it" . When I said I'd have to look at it and give her a price she replied she'd already done that, "mind you I was a bit cheeky, I told her it would cost two packets of fags, after all she isn't family". Needless to say the job didn't get done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil d, post: 506546, member: 27126"] my daughter in law moved into her new house (new to them) and promptly decorated, a few weeks later she rings up she wants some new lights fitting so round I go, not only has she got lights, but also these rather attractive (her words not mine) light switches 'without those horrible screws showing' as she puts it. The only thing is the house is quite old and although it was rewired about 5 years ago it's got 16mm switch boxes! So now I have to remove the boxes and fit deeper ones without damaging the decor, ffs, it took me ages, WHY, didn't she either tell me she was going to do all this before she decorated, or ask before she bought the flaming switches! She's a heart of gold this girl, but she doesn't think, she wanted power to a brick outbuilding to put her dryer in, as it happened I was fitting some armoured at work and needed about 85 mtr of 16mm, so I just ordered 100m and took the excess home, work also provided the main isolator at the front end and also the sockets and stuff for the outbuilding. She was made up, when she asked what she owed me I just told her to get me a packet of fags, well you don't charge family. A couple of weeks later she rings me up, "my mate has bought a house like ours and wants power to that shed, I've told her you'll sort it" . When I said I'd have to look at it and give her a price she replied she'd already done that, "mind you I was a bit cheeky, I told her it would cost two packets of fags, after all she isn't family". Needless to say the job didn't get done. [/QUOTE]
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