Concerned about bathroom work carried out

[GLENNSPARK]

i dont like the idea of them FCUs behind that cover...i mean what are they supposed to do in there?...not accessable for maintainence really...is it...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

it hasn`t been designed hasn`t that...i keep scrolling back up to the pics and its just been erected without any real thought has that..

sorry mate.

 

[schmores]

What? The studwork etc?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

What? The studwork etc?

no...lol....

the electrical installation in question....lol...

circuits are designed as well you know.....

 

[NickD]

Im guessing as you haven't picked up on it having switches of this type in a bathroom is actually acceptable?

I guess your sparky's thinking is that behind a panel which must be removed with tools equates to outside the zones/location. Not saying I agree or disagree....

If a pattress and blanking plate is fitted on the finished wall in the appropriate position, does that create a safe zone for that cable?

 

[schmores]

LOL phew!

I spent weeks designing the stud and pipes etc on a computer, was getting worried!

Yeah I agree it does seem a bit thrown together.

On my plans I had the cables routed out above the mixer and around and down the stud running down the left hand side. Im not an electrician and wasn't even aware of the requirement for proximity but it seemed the most logical (and safest) route for them to travel. I wasn't expecting any switches in the bathroom, let alone that close to anything with water in it...

I guess in reality this was the easiest solution which required the least cable running...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

LOL phew!

I spent weeks designing the stud and pipes etc on a computer, was getting worried!

Yeah I agree it does seem a bit thrown together.

On my plans I had the cables routed out above the mixer and around and down the stud running down the left hand side. Im not an electrician and wasn't even aware of the requirement for proximity but it seemed the most logical (and safest) route for them to travel. I wasn't expecting any switches in the bathroom, let alone that close to anything with water in it...

I guess in reality this was the easiest solution which required the least cable running...

so if you have copies of these plans then you can show them to the constructor...and ask him why he hasnt followed those plans...if like you say the cable runs were all as you say on said plans...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I guess your sparky's thinking is that behind a panel which must be removed with tools equates to outside the zones/location. Not saying I agree or disagree....

If a pattress and blanking plate is fitted on the finished wall in the appropriate position, does that create a safe zone for that cable?

a safe zone can be created either side of a wall Nick...it then applies to both sides of that wall...

basically the point i was trying to get across at #11

 

[NickD]

a safe zone can be created either side of a wall Nick...it then applies to both sides of that wall...

basically the point i was trying to get across at #11

Yeah. Just struck me as easier on the wall that's being worked on. You did say that earlier, sorry, missed it.

 

[schmores]

Unfortunately I was out of the house when they did the work and I never showed them the plans... my mistake to be honest but I was expecting them to make decent decisions based on their qualifications and the fact they were very well rated on a rated trader website.

If you were in my position would you accept the job as it is or ask them to change it?

 

[D Skelton]

Unfortunately I was out of the house when they did the work and I never showed them the plans... my mistake to be honest but I was expecting them to make decent decisions based on their non existent qualifications and the fact they were very well rated on a parasitic rated trader website.

If you were in my position would you accept the job as it is or ask them to change it?

All this stinks of Electrical Trainee to me!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Unfortunately I was out of the house when they did the work and I never showed them the plans... my mistake to be honest but I was expecting them to make decent decisions based on their qualifications and the fact they were very well rated on a rated trader website.

If you were in my position would you accept the job as it is or ask them to change it?

well if theres no evidence to suggest that the cable is there..once covered over then its a non-compliance....so i would be getting them to sort it...

i dont like them FCUs in there either....

 

[NickD]

All this stinks of Electrical Trainee to me!

30YWs can do s**t work too

 

[GLENNSPARK]

All this stinks of Electrical Trainee to me!

aye....

they striketh forth again i`m sorry to say....

i mean come on...
no-one in the know installs a cable like that.....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

30YWs can do s**t work too

you mean 30 year wonders nick?...

as in:

its a wonder they made it to 30 years with the amount of pised off customers chasin `em....and they did a `wonder course`....