Hi all Friday at last!
Just like to get your thoughts and opinions on this, just been on site today for a new 16 x studio flats over 4 floors in the center there is a donut shaped stairwell and in the center of the donut is a lift access for each floor (check photo)
According to the client (an old school chums uncle) the job had been taken on by a sparky who was never on site and only sent subcontractors to do the work so naturally stood in the stairwell I looked up and saw that there was 1mm singles in 20mm conduit for the beginning part of the lighting circuit going into a light fitting and coming out the other end was 1.5mm T+E clipped direct to thin wood that looked like that had been stuck on with silicon. (this is partially wired from the ground floor to the 2nd floor)
I've always been taught where there is a high public footfall (corridors stairwells) you use FP200 and all round band/metal cable ties in the event there is a fire and the cables would fall if using plastic clips trapping people and the fire services path.
Also some smoke alarms had been wired in standard T+E. Again I've always used red FP200 for smoke alarms on commercial sites but for flats what do you all use?
The whole thing just seems messy! Be good to get your thoughts.
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Just like to get your thoughts and opinions on this, just been on site today for a new 16 x studio flats over 4 floors in the center there is a donut shaped stairwell and in the center of the donut is a lift access for each floor (check photo)
According to the client (an old school chums uncle) the job had been taken on by a sparky who was never on site and only sent subcontractors to do the work so naturally stood in the stairwell I looked up and saw that there was 1mm singles in 20mm conduit for the beginning part of the lighting circuit going into a light fitting and coming out the other end was 1.5mm T+E clipped direct to thin wood that looked like that had been stuck on with silicon. (this is partially wired from the ground floor to the 2nd floor)
I've always been taught where there is a high public footfall (corridors stairwells) you use FP200 and all round band/metal cable ties in the event there is a fire and the cables would fall if using plastic clips trapping people and the fire services path.
Also some smoke alarms had been wired in standard T+E. Again I've always used red FP200 for smoke alarms on commercial sites but for flats what do you all use?
The whole thing just seems messy! Be good to get your thoughts.
