Taylor Electric

I had to be on top of him to make sure everything was done right. While he appeared to be accommodating, insofar as he allowed time for me to install a new piece of plywood backing on the wall prior to installation of the new breaker box, a lot of things weren't done especially well, and the attention to detail was sorely lacking. While the breaker box and meter were new, he used a lot of old breakers. The combination of breakers he initially installed did not match the list I supplied to him on multiple occasions (a set of specific size breakers were required for the new HVAC system about to be installed, in addition to a new sump pump). When I asked him to also install a generator interlock kit for the breaker box, he had no idea what I was even talking about. I'd expect a professional to be up on his trade. He forgot to install the grounding rod. When I noticed a few days later, he was apologetic and came out and did it the next day. Of course, I can see it's clearly broken off at the top, meaning he couldn't get the full 8 feet into the ground. He put a junction box in the attic, but did not secure it to anything. He was supposed to arrange to have his work inspected, for which I was to pay an additional $150, he did not. I'm honestly concerned that he avoided the inspection so he wouldn't be called on the carpet for shoddy work. Without asking, he used my drill and drill bits to drill through the cinderblock in the basement. Not only did he fail to ask if he could use my drill - he didn't even bother to use the correct bits (I had masonry bits sitting right there, he used the conventional bits). The drill is not damaged, but a professional contractor should not use his client's power tools; esp. without even asking. A couple of my screwdrivers and my brand new pipe wrench were missing after he left. They had been near where he was working. The screw drivers I could possibly understand, could be an honest mistake while packing up... but it seems strange that an electrician would accidentally grab a pipe wrench. I asked if he "accidentally" picked them up, he said he'd look; replied later he didn't find them. I can say that nobody else was in my house during that time, and I'd just purchased that pipe wrench and put it, and the screwdrivers, right next to the oil tank in the basement where I'd be using it that weekend (that is to say, I did not misplace it). We were also missing a brand new bottle of laundry detergent; such a strange thing to just disappear from the laundry room (not something easily misplaced). I'm not leveling accusations here on Angie's List, I'm simply relaying the circumstances of my missing stuff; and the fact that they corresponded to the time that Taylor Electric was at my house. Also of note, this was not Taylor Electric of Ruffs Dale, PA, as listed above; it was Taylor Electric of Coatesville, PA.