I don't know if we will get an answer to Mike's question but the whole thread [in my very unqualified view] seems to confirm that all the regulation in the world is of no value if people are under pressure to move on to the next job /lack knowledge and integrity or simply don't care
Today's reports about the stalled tower block fire enquiry seem to confirm this. You can introduce more rules but attitude is more important when it gets ultra complex. Think sub prime mortgages or Child Protection. My daughter was at University during the Olympics building "boom" period in 2012 and living in Plaistow E London. Lots of things looked shaky. I wasn't surprised to see an article in the Observer subsequently about cowboy electrics and buildings illegally tapped into the supply, often even that of somewhere else altogether. This made Meter Readings a nightmare but that was the least of it by all accounts!
Dave W
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