alt.uk.law

"Ted" wrote in message
news:13gft3lgib2om80@ ...
> steve robinson wrote:
>> Ted wrote:
>>
>>> Toom Tabard wrote:
>>>> On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner wrote:
>>>>> I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house
>>>>> from plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing
>>>>> switches and said no problem however all the switches have now
>>>>> been changed except one and although I keep ringing him he says
>>>>> he has a problem finding the type of switch...I have not paid him
>>>>> for the work he has done...If he cannot find the switch and has
>>>>> to leave the old plastic switch what comeback have I got ?
>>>>>
>>>> Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
>>>> hasn't done.
>>>>
>>>> Toom
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he
>>> cannot get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start with
>>> and said he could get the materials...I would rather he took the lot
>>> out and put the old ones back then I could get another tradesman to
>>> do the job properly
>>
>> But the job is done properly execpt your one switch missng , it may
>> well be the switch is not in production any more or the local suppliers
>> have switched manufacturers , this is behond the electricians control
>>
>>
>>
> But when he looked at the job he said he would have no problems getting
> all the parts...If he had told me that all the switches were no available
> I would have chosen another type...

Agreed, it's annoying for you, but you both accepted the contract in good
faith. I guess that neither of you thought that there would be a problem in
getting enough switches to complete thr job.

Put yourself in the position of the electrician and look for an acceptable
compromise.

You accept that he has done the main part of his job to the best of his
ability.

You accept that he is an electrician, and not a design consultant

Can he find a close match and put the non matching switch in a less
prominent room? With the proviso that if/when you are able to get an
acceptable match, he'll fit it for free.