House from hell

[Matty o]

Posted some quiestions a few weeks ago about rubber cable as i was going to do a PIR on a house that may have some.

said i would post some pictures sorry about the quality but i was shaking to much.

I wont bore you with all the details but some high lights.

Earth clamp bolt on the earth rod had fallen apart leaving wire hanging in thin air.
No bonding
Round pin sockets mounted on skirting with wooden back boxes.
Sockets on light circuits and lights on socket circuits
ViR cable with no insulation to great you as you pulled the switch fronts forward
class one lights with no earth
Shower looped off immersion in 2.5

It does have a 16th rcd board and the scary thing is it passed the IR tests

and he doesn't what it rewired as it all works

 

[Marvo]

Only SA heritage but I would jump at the chance to get knee deep in some of the UK stately homes. I belong to the heritage society so it's a labour of love more than anything. Unfortunately all too often it all goes the way of money. It's catch 22 where the old buildings can only survive if they can be used to house modern businesses so it's a struggle to make them usable so they pay their way without destroying the feel and character. If they don't function as usable spaces they're usually doomed as a viable building due to lack of state funding. A lot of original building elements such as thatched roofs constantly create electrical and fire safety compliance issues, some can be worked around and some not so easily.

 

[SMB]

Thanks Marvo. Wasn't sure if anyone would really get the heritage side of things.

I have worked for English Heritage.

Ive pm'd you.

Regards.

 

[Geordie Spark]

This looks like a house I'm working on just now ..... except mine has no earth at all & never has had.

It's a 1920's house & the electricity is fed from the house next door through a pair of tails that look like wet string struggling to be 6mm and there's not an earth cable in sight anywhere.

 

[Matty o]

The guy had had a thing through the door offering a free check up from the electricity company he knew it was old and that they would tell him it would need replacing so i got asked to look at it and to be a bit more objective.

One look and i knew it was bad but he was instant that he does not want to rewire just enough get it through another 10years !!
so i talked him into having a pir so that he could see what the problem was the main issues are the rubber wiring all the switches and sockets are on very dry pine back boxes and with the insulation falling off the cable its just asking to catch fire.