Work like this (and an owner / manager who doesn't want to spend the money to correct the noncompliance) gets the big disclaimer:

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New work performed by EC will be done to applicable Codes; however, EC WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for previously installed (existing) non-compliant installations noted below. EC has recommended correction of said defects, and owner/manager hereby declines to have such corrective work performed at this time. Owner/Manager releases EC from any liability for secondary hazards property damage, or personal injury arising from said noncompliant wiring.

Have your owner/manager sign or initial by your notes - you know, the (well documented) mess you found when you got there, and clearly indicate in your invoice / work orders / "write ups" what you found, what you did (and how you did it), and that you advised folks to get their feces coagulated.

As they told us in Paramedic school: "If you didn't write it, you didn't do it"

That way, if the "handyman" work catastrophically fails, and they try to pin it on you, you can say "told ya", and get called as witness for the insurance company.

(Of course, if it's your work that fails.. well... there's a great future in the ocmputer industry!) [Linked Image]



[This message has been edited by DougW (edited 02-06-2004).]