Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. Safe?

[ummidris]

I've recently had a complete rewire. It's been a nightmare. Electrician called back once because cables not properly chased in and some wires left exposed. Now I am securring the floorboards he had taken up and cables are running in the same groove cut into the joists for the central heating pipes. I've asked a plumber who says this is not acceptable.

I could cut another notch in the joist to seperate the cables from pipes, but this would still mean the cables are sitting just under the bedroom floorboards. Is this acceptable? I have been told it will make my completion certificate invalid.

Should I get him back to rerun the cables through the joists (holes are allready there from previous wiring)? To be honest I have little faith in him, but I have little money too and can't afford another contractor.

Any advice?

 

[BMelectrics]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

true true

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

yeah, but that was then. nowadays with these scams, if you know brown from blue, you're in , as long as the £500 is paid.

and herein lies the problem Tel....some of em dont....

 

[Guitarist]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

yeah, but that was then. nowadays with these scams, if you know brown from blue, you're in , as long as the £500 is paid.

I have to disagree somewhat with this. Although the guy was brilliant, my assessment with Elecsa was damned hard work. I was grilled on every aspect of BS7671, along with the building regs. I then had to demonstrate numerous testing procedures and explain the purpose they served. I got a clean sweep and was very proud of myself, but my point is that there was no way I'd have got through it without knowing what I was doing.

 

[telectrix]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

I have to disagree somewhat with this. Although the guy was brilliant, my assessment with Elecsa was damned hard work. I was grilled on every aspect of BS7671, along with the building regs. I then had to demonstrate numerous testing procedures and explain the purpose they served. I got a clean sweep and was very proud of myself, but my point is that there was no way I'd have got through it without knowing what I was doing.

i was not reaqly being serious, guitarist, but having seen some work by some registered sparks, makes me wonder at times.

 

[Guitarist]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

i was not reaqly being serious, guitarist, but having seen some work by some registered sparks, makes me wonder at times.

Sorry I missed that mate. I agree that after seeing some "competent persons" work, I am amazed how they ever joined a scheme.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

Sorry I missed that mate. I agree that after seeing some "competent persons" work, I am amazed how they ever joined a scheme.

because schemes arn`t really about competent persons guitarist....come on mate, where the hell have you been all this time in here...lol.....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

we`v come across wrong polarities n all sorts done by supposed `competent persons`....just the other day it was interlinked smokes n heats i found....conductors not identified, wrong polarity....that was 2 non-conformances straight off..lol.....

 

[Dave 85]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

Sounds like one of these "I can wire a house in a day" guys. Cables in notches is ruff ruff ruff! That said, good luck getting him to redo it if the whole house is like that. He'd have to do the whole job again. If theres earth bonding to water and RCD protection, its not particularly dangerous so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

 

[Dave 85]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

And why the hell does every single thread degenerate into a rant about part P? What in the hell has this got to do with part P? Its just a sparky whos more concerned about speed than quality. Its not like he wouldn't be doing the exact same thing if part P didn't exist now is it?
Broken records
yawn...

 

[Guitarist]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

because schemes arn`t really about competent persons guitarist....come on mate, where the hell have you been all this time in here...lol.....

I was merely making a point that the assessor I had was very thorough in making sure that I understood the regs, both electrical and building. As Dave says tho, it's not about blagging your way into a scheme, it's about how you work. No different to a driver who goes at 30 mph on his test, then does 70 mph and runs red lights through town once he's passed.

 

[telectrix]

Re: Electric Cables on top of bedroom floor joists, touching central heating pipes. S

No different to a driver who goes at 30 mph on his test, then does 70 mph and runs red lights through town once he's passed.

thought that was normal for any new driver under 25.