found this on a refurb

[jmtisme]

I am working on a refurb and when I lifted a floor board I discovered a junction box with screw terminals in it. My question is do I have to move this to an accessible point or is it acceptable to leave it there. It is not part of any circuits that I will be working on its the lighting for the lower floors

 

[not clever]

Leave it where it is

 

[Des 56]

I would argue that if you have found this jb then it is accessable
The very term accessable can mean so many things to different people
Does it need to be staring you in the eye to be accessable? or
Does picking up a carpet/floor board etc still mean it is so


I certainly wouldn't move it,note where you observed it on your paperwork if you feel inclined

Take into account
If you move it,you are now involved with the circuit and its compliance,where will your involvement stop if you then move it and find other non compliances along the way?

 

[baldsparkies]

As advised, or if inclined fit one of these, but no point moving it. If your making a note in your recommendations and you get the remedial work, you can price to sort it.

Maintenance-free junction boxes meet requirements of Wiring Regulations - Modern Building Services

 

[jmtisme]

thanks guys will note it on my paperwork and leave as is. I could see this job turning into a full rewire if I get involved in it.

 

[cornburn]

As advised, or if inclined fit one of these, but no point moving it. If your making a note in your recommendations and you get the remedial work, you can price to sort it.

Maintenance-free junction boxes meet requirements of Wiring Regulations - Modern Building Services

I picked some of these up last week, not had chance to try them out yet though. Not sure how you'd go about taking any of the cables out though once the thing's bitten into them!

 

[pennywise]

They have a buttons on the top of the block one push with the driver and their out.

 

[leekemp85]

Nothing to do with your post but I found a gold and diamond bracelet under a floor board last week. me being very honest I gave it to the house owner. did not even get a drink out of it :-(

 

[Jason Smith]

There are loads of stories of fivers etc. being found under carpets and the like, apparently the common answer is to leave them there but glue them to the floor board, as they are sometimes put there to test the honesty of the tradesman, this may be just one story repeated a million times. It is common to find a stash of ---- under the carpets though !

 

[Notsosmart]

There are loads of stories of fivers etc. being found under carpets and the like, apparently the common answer is to leave them there but glue them to the floor board, as they are sometimes put there to test the honesty of the tradesman, this may be just one story repeated a million times. It is common to find a stash of ---- under the carpets though !

Deviating even further; in the 80's working in an ex church (became the limelight club) we found a box (about 2m x 1/2m x 1m) full of ---- mags ~ apparently the presbetarians were saving souls gathering it from local stores & conducted ---- amnesties to the local populace etc.

Needless to say tea-breaks & lunch breaks were spent reviewing said rags by the whole site~ got a bit boring in the end. Having a Mrs saved my eye-sight though!

 

[jimmyjazz]

I like to deviate....found life size rubber buttocks & ---- in a loft the other week.

 

[pennywise]

Found a cat in the first floor, floor space. We then realized we had trapped it under there by accident the previous day.

 

[Spudnik]

Having a Mrs saved my eye-sight though!

How?

Did she bring you your glasses??

 

[Notsosmart]

How?

Did she bring you your glasses??

It just meant I couldn't take the more 'exotic' ones home like some of the other lads

 

[Anonomoose]

I found an old stamp showed it to the client she said keep it. Woo hoo! looked it up on ebay £1.20!! found an old comic on another job looked on ebay £2 woo hoo again at this rate i will be a millionare soon