Excellent Wiring !!!!

[Spike1947]

Hi

Took this picture of some new wiring in my nieces house ( 1930s build ) done by a qualified electrcian , allegedly ! .
It is located on the underside of the 1st floor floorboards .

Spike

 

[Andy5678]

There is no ceiling and it’s all accessible. What else have you found?

 

[James]

Wow, that will be a nice surprise for someone if they try and lift a floor board

 

[telectrix]

non-metal clips..... shocking.

 

[Andy5678]

Why would they lift a floor board when there is no ceiling? It’s been painted as if there never was a finished ceiling on there
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Just to add, If it was me installing I would clip to the joist.

 

[telectrix]

if that were my property, i'd board betwen the joists, leaving 2-3" exposed below. sanded and stained.

 

[Spike1947]

Above that is the living room , the room below is where you walk into the 3 story house , maybe I have not explained it properly but how on earth can you lay a cable direct to the underside of the floor boards , whatever level it is , surely that is against the regs ? .


Spike
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Why would they lift a floor board when there is no ceiling? It’s been painted as if there never was a finished ceiling on there
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Just to add, If it was me installing I would clip to the joist.

It is going to be boxed in later on , I think half way down a joist height !
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There is no ceiling and it’s all accessible. What else have you found?

My opinion is that the cable should of been clipped to at least 50mm down along the joist !

 

[DPG]

Yeah, it's OK until someone boards the ceiling.

 

[Spike1947]

Yeah, it's OK until someone boards the ceiling.

What about the run notched in the joists they are also not safe !

 

[DPG]

What about the run notched in the joists they are also not safe !

Indeed, although very common!

 

[Andy5678]

It’s okay for now. But sort it out before it gets boarded and move on. There’s a lot worse out there than that.

 

[Dan]

Need some insulation involved too. Huge heat loss there.

 

[Spike1947]

Indeed, although very common!

If they are only going to notch down such a small distance ( I would never ever do that though ) they should put in place some safe plates etc .
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Well guys , thanks for all your feedback on this post .

The next question is , would you agree or not , that I should say to my niece that she should get the sparky back in and do it properly , being, clip cable to beam 50mm from top and remove JB .

And re feed cable across the beams at the end , through the beams , 50mm below floor boards ( there is holes already drilled through some of the beams were there had been cable through before !) .
What do you all think should be done or not done ? .

cheers

Spike

 

[telectrix]

If they are only going to notch down such a small distance ( I would never ever do that though ) they should put in place some safe plates etc .
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Well guys , thanks for all your feedback on this post .

The next question is , would you agree or not , that I should say to my niece that she should get the sparky back in and do it properly , being, clip cable to beam 50mm from top and remove JB .

And re feed cable across the beams at the end , through the beams , 50mm below floor boards ( there is holes already drilled through some of the beams were there had been cable through before !) .
What do you all think should be done or not done ? .

cheers

Spike

agree with the above. do it once... wrong. do it twice.... right.

 

[DPG]

Can't see why they would have lifted the boards and notched the joists when it is open underneath. Strange.