wolram
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A rather posh lady called around, she had heard that i used to be a sparky, she wanted me to fit a 13amp socket
in her new house, sure i said i can do do the donkey work but a certified electrician would have to connect it up.
So i went around to her house and eyed the job up, no problem i thought i will be done in a couple of hours.
I went home and gathered my up my tools, a quick cup of tea and the lady said she was going away for the week and would i be ok on my own, no problem i said .
The first job was to chase out the wall for the cable and socket, so i fetched out my bolster chisel and started work,
all went well until it came to chasing out for the socket, the wall is made of breeze block and as i was hammering away the whole breeze block gave away (it pushed back about 2inches), oh sh1t i thought all the plaster has cracked as well.
I thought better look next door to see what the damage is, well the newly decorated room had a neat oblong
bulge in the wall, the wall paper had ripped and there is breeze block dust all over her white shag pile carpet
So what to do should i call a builder to patch up the wall. a decorator to re paper the wall (heck knows if i can match up the paper) .and what about the carpet, i have washed it but it looks grey in that area now?
in her new house, sure i said i can do do the donkey work but a certified electrician would have to connect it up.
So i went around to her house and eyed the job up, no problem i thought i will be done in a couple of hours.
I went home and gathered my up my tools, a quick cup of tea and the lady said she was going away for the week and would i be ok on my own, no problem i said .
The first job was to chase out the wall for the cable and socket, so i fetched out my bolster chisel and started work,
all went well until it came to chasing out for the socket, the wall is made of breeze block and as i was hammering away the whole breeze block gave away (it pushed back about 2inches), oh sh1t i thought all the plaster has cracked as well.
I thought better look next door to see what the damage is, well the newly decorated room had a neat oblong
bulge in the wall, the wall paper had ripped and there is breeze block dust all over her white shag pile carpet
So what to do should i call a builder to patch up the wall. a decorator to re paper the wall (heck knows if i can match up the paper) .and what about the carpet, i have washed it but it looks grey in that area now?
