Found cabling under floorboards, is it safe?

[South Spark]

Maybe an EICR to put your mind at risk

I like that

 

[dmxtothemax]

Pretty poor effort !
whilst not highly dangerous,
it is hardly best practice
I would get an electrician to put in a proper j box.
what else have they butchered ?

 

[gselliott]

Pretty poor effort !
whilst not highly dangerous,
it is hardly best practice
I would get an electrician to put in a proper j box.
what else have they butchered ?

I dread to think what else could be lurking under these floorboards! Going to get someone out to check it ASAP!

You say get an electrician to put it in a proper Junction box is that the only issue? Is the number of connections going in not an issue as well?

 

[dmxtothemax]

An electrician will use the correct type of connectors,
Usually five wires is too much for the humble chocky block,
so he will probably use a bigger screw connector.

 

[telectrix]

Is the number of connections going in not an issue as well?
it might be. all depends on what the circuit is. need a local spark to check it out. hang around on the forum. should be a member in your area.

 

[telectrix]

or have a look here:
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[Pete999]

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Been living in our current house for a couple of years and finally turning our spare bedroom (junk room at the moment) into a useable bedroom. I want to move a double socket a couple of feet to the left so we can fit some wardrobes in so I lifted a floorboard up today to see if it would be easy to move depending on where the cables run and found two terminal blocks as shown in the photo.

I’m guessing this has been installed when the downstairs dinning room and kitchen were knocked through by the previous owners to make the kitchen diner as some of these cables seem to run downstairs.

I’ve never come across something like this in domestic wiring, I’m assuming the terminal with the 5 cables going in is acting as a junction box? but can it have 5 cables going in safely? If so should this really be enclosed / proper junction box installed? I’m not sure why the second terminal block has been used apart from needing to extend the cable to the socket maybe?

All of the electrics in the house are working perfectly and have been ever since we moved in but should I be worried about this or is it ok?

Thanks

No it's not safe it's dangerous, needs sorting sooner not later

 

[gselliott]

Cheers thanks for the info much appreciated! I’ll call first thing tomorrow!

 

[Octopus]

An electrician will use the correct type of connectors,
Usually five wires is too much for the humble chocky block,
so he will probably use a bigger screw connector.

I doubt he'll use a bigger screw connector

 

[The Ghost]

As an (important)aside is there a Electrical Installation Certificate from the people who did the work on the extension/works? Maybe you could go back to them?

 

[telectrix]

As an (important)aside is there a Electrical Installation Certificate from the people who did the work on the extension/works? Maybe you could go back to them?

try platting fog. that's a DIY bodge.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Try not to move it about and get an electrician in to rectify it and ignore the scaremongering

poor op, has not had a wink of sleep from
last night with all this doom & gloom , trumpton town fire brigade
have stood down. but a had my tool box ready to rush down to Cumbria and watched his house burn down.

 

[davesparks]

The black core which apparently comes from a socket makes me think they’ve borrowed a neutral from the socket circuit for the lights, this is potentially dangerous to anyone working on the circuits or changing blown lamps.

 

[telectrix]

The black core which apparently comes from a socket makes me think they’ve borrowed a neutral from the socket circuit for the lights, this is potentially dangerous to anyone working on the circuits or changing blown lamps.

think that may be it. whatever has been done needs sorting ASAP.

 

[polo1]

poor op, has not had a wink of sleep from
last night with all this doom & gloom , trumpton town fire brigade
have stood down. but a had my tool box ready to rush down to Cumbria and watched his house burn down.

Buzz, sorry to be a humourless git, but I don’t think it’s helpful to put the fear of god into non-electricians, in an attempt at humour. The work is definitely carp tho’ and needs fixing.
Kind regards, Mr Happy.