House fire as a result of pot lights installation
Few months ago John installed for us pot lights in roof soffit.
After couple weeks fire started in electrical box behind Timer installed in garage.
As a result we have partly damaged garage (walls, ceiling, roof, some studs should be replaced) and 2-nd floor bedroom (above garage). Total damage- $40K+
We were lucky enough that I came home in the nick of the time- as per firefighters- 30 more min and we could not save house (flame moved between the walls to the attic).
As per investigation (fire investigator and electrical inspector) in our and neighbor houses (where John did same job) job was done with electrical code violations- inspector forced John to re-do his job for neighbors in proper way in accordance with existing code.
After 4 months that passed after fire we still do not have repair done (a lot of paper work) living partly in mess created by badly done job.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $2,000.00
- Company Response
Yuri, I am really sorry for what happened back in January at your house. In my insurance company opinion the fire at your home was caused by a device failure (timer overheating). But what is important now is that nobody got hurt and the damage at your house is going to be fixed.
I just want to mention that I took a permit out for the work I did at your house and I performed the work accordingly to electrical code as I always do. I did everything right as always and in my opinion this was unfortunately just a bad timer.
Regarding the job at your neighbor I had a deficiency given by inspector and I haven’t been “forced” to come back, is just a very standard practice to correct a deficiency after an ESA inspection.