Are builders so busy that they can set their own terms?

[Huge]

It wasn't entirely a joke ...

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Did you nail the cable, or was it someone else? I only ask, as it seems a cheek to expect you to wear the cost of repair if it was somebody else who damaged it.

[ARWadsworth]

The builder used a nail, just below the socket to fasten the skirting board to the wall.