Got an urgent call to PAT test some tools for a customer. They dropped the tools into my house and I had them ready for collection next morning. The customer was very happy.

Very busy day yesterday. Started off changing a fuse board in Ballybrack. After that over to Killiiney to wire and install two extractor fans one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. Then an emergency call out to the Sue Ryder foundation in Dalkey to check faulty lighting. While there I got another emergency […]

Very busy week this week. Replacing Halogen down lighters with LED down lighters for customers in Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey and Shankill. Also wiring up fuse board in Bray. Replacing faulty socket in Monkstown. Fitting new emergency lights in Rathmines A very busy week this week

Time to test RCD’s, ELCB’, RCBO’s etc. It is important that the RCD is tested every three months as it can save lives.

Halogen Down Lighters generate a lot of heat in the void in the ceiling space. Have a look at the melted connectors that I discovered in a ceilinig void. This problem can be avoided by using LED down lighters.

Got a call out this afternoon to a house in Sallynoggin. The shower was not working. Turned out the pull cord switch was faulty. Luckily I had one in the van and had the shower working in a few minutes.

Nearly every week I come across Halogen down lighters fitted into the ceilings of homes. I have never come across a home with these in it without seeing burn damage to cables and surrounding areas of the lamps. Halogen down lighters can be very dangerous, but can easily be replaced by LED lamps which do […]

Busy day doing first fix on a house in Bray. A neighbour called in and asked me to look at his immersion heater. Fixed the stat for him. Then down to Sandycove to wire in under counter lights. Then up to Cabinteely to replace a faulty stat on another immersion.

I got a call out this morning to a customer in Cabinteely. They had no sockets working in the house. It turned out to be a loose connection on the main neutral bar. I checked all the connections on the fuse board and found a lot of loose connections. A hole had been drilled into […]

Busy week this week. 2nd fix on kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, then change halogen lamps for LED lamps (over 60 lamps). Started a rewire job in Foxrock. This job will last a while as there is some building work being done also. In the meantime continued looking after other customers. Replaced grill element and fixed […]