Hi,
I live in a 5 storey 1920’s private block of 16 flats. I reported a smell of gas in the communal stairwell, and the gas board identified 2 gas leaks in the riser. Whilst they were there, I noticed there is alot of really dodgy looking electrical work in the same riser as the gas main on each floor, including fuse boxes, isolators and submains of various ages, including t&e submains, VIR meter tails which have been taped up in places, original 1920’s supply equipment, all kinds of other cables draped all over, a huge spaghetti of exposed intercom/alarm? wires, telephone junctions, sky tv cables, fibreoptic and god knows what else all zip tied to eachother. There is also water leaking through the roof onto all of this. I’ve reported to the managing agent that this looks really unsafe to me. Are they required to have all this tested/rewired periodically? And considering this is all located in a communal stairwell with a gas main which was leaking, does it seem acceptable? (Photos attached)
