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Not wishing to add my twopenneth to a terminated thread, but along the same lines.

I was asked by an ex industrial client to install a couple of extra sockets in his brand new, 4 bed house, really nice joint, out in the sticks. Getting ready to move in.
No prob doing the job really, the garage wasn't involved...until I had a look in the external incommer box.
PME labelled supply, 80 amp fuse, isolator fitted
Henly blocks with one set of tails to the CU and a 10mm, 3c SWA also connected. SWA not glanded, just open, with one 10mm core taped g/y, end stripped and in mid air. No separate isolation or protection and a definite lack of room.
Hello, hello??



Trip to the garage. Insulated cu with swa supply not glanded and steel wire heatshrunk (or taped) not terminated or earthed.
The 10mm core taped g/y was connected to the earth bar with another 10mm off to a rod, in mucho crapo cheap plastic flexible conduit to a stop end plastic conduit box in the ground.
The garage is wired completely in plastic conduit, sockets all over the place, not an RCD to be seen.
At this point the builder shows up and explains that the electrician doing the job is NIC and when asked to provide the EIC he rushed off and came back with the Part Pee, not the full cert.

Anyway, it's up in the air at present. I'm 50 miles away waiting for the EIC details before I do a MWC with additional notes
 
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