help needed very quickly,

[leekemp85]

I have very nearly completed a rewire of a two bed-roomed bungalow, as this was a friend of mine I charged £1400 all in, not a bad price as it took two of us a week (I have been paid already). since I have not been there for the last week the plumber has told the lady that he has spoken to his electrician and I have broken every rule in the regs and has threaten to get an inspector in unless I give £500 cash back tomorrow.
Candie is in the middle so unsure if to believe the plumber or me.
the thing i have done wrong are.
not taken fly leads to the back boxes,
the boxes have not got grommets, this is something I always do but I did not have any on the first fix I was going to do it on second fix but my mate connected the sockets up I totally forgot about it (but is that against the regs?).
there are a few cables close to the surface all in the correct zones I have bonded/ undercoated with plaster, when the finished cote is applied they cables will be fully concealed.
and that is the minimum distance for a socket from a tap.
please be honest with your answers as I will print this off tonight and will be going around tomorrow with it tomorrow.
I have offered to correct the problems (for nothing) but have been told by the plumber that his electrician will do it and finish the work and testing for £500. and he doesnt want me in the house again just the money and the key.
please give your views asap, and what could happen if a inspector did come around to see the problems if I cant cant sort them I am currently with elesca.

thanks and sorry for the long post

 

[Notsosmart]

One last thing: Ensure your friend gets a certificate from this plumber & that his registration number is valid & in date. It has been known for rogue plumbers who have once held corgi (now gas safe) to issue certs on out of date cards.

 

[galin]

As I am reading from your post you did the work meeting the regs with some things missed. As for me this plumber guy is trying to get some easy money for his electrician and the best that you can do with the owner as your friend is to give her a temporary certificate with advices of the work needed to be done and then to do it meeting all of the regs even if you need to invest additional money and time. After all it is your reputation that is being hurt. As for me the grommets are essential as the regs are saying that the cables must not be near sharp edges due to the possibility to be damaged and to make short circuits, the lack of the depth of your wiring can be explained with the safety zone of 150 mils off the straight line between the sockets if the wiring is going through the partitions between them, if not then you'll have to rewire them as the regs are strict about the 50 mils depth due to the longest screws used by the builders, as for the fly leads the regs are saying that all of the metal boxes and surfaces included in an electrical instalation must be earth-bonded as a prevention of an electrical shock if the live of the neutral wire get harmed which is something that can happens even to the most experienced of us especially in points like spurs and grids where we have a lot of cables in small volume.
best of luck in the dealing with the greedy plumber...

 

[bugsy]

If his sparky is so cleaver and regs wise why is he offering to certify your work - its a no can do and BC will not except a pir , all of the foregoing is correct bit iffy but it complies .
Don't loose your nerve and stick to your ground if need be take your regs book and part p building regs and ask him to demonstrate non compliance

 

[Cobraman]

Hi,
Just a small thing that may help with the grommets, could you snip them and fit them round the wires as a retro fit? maybe a smidge of superglue (on the grommets, not the the plumbers mouth).

 

[martinaeo7]

hi if you have done the work you would have needed to test all your work and supply certs, if you have not done this then you will have a problem.
You should have fitted gromets, as for flying leads check the regs as i dont think they are a requirement.
If you have put cables in the wall and are not a min of 50mm into the wall the circuit should be protected with a rcd .
If i was you i would check the work you have done to bs7671.