Is this acceptable/good practise?

[Knobhead]

Got to admit I’d be peed off if I found this thread and had not been consulted first.
What made you ask the question in the first place?

 

[DurhamSparky]

bunch of *****££££""AAAA thats CBW's finest effort!!

 

[Dave 85]

Yeah Pic 2 is not quite right as already said. I gotta say, im sure glad Im not working for you..."So I've been posting photo's of your work on an electricians forum because I dont believe you're competent and...." "Bye then" Vroooom

 

[DurhamSparky]

dont forget the invoice for part work done and then the CCj at court for the unpaid invoice and costs and before you know it ! BANG! charging order on your house...!!

 

[simplespark]

Presumably the spark is going to fit a cooker connection unit on the end of the horizontal cable, which will bring it into the zone

 

[simplespark]

Sorry jumped the gun there and didn't see the second photo. Sometimes I surprise even myself...

 

[simplespark]

I think it's best if I spend a small amount of time actually reading the post properly and looking at the pictures. My actual opinion is as follows. The cooker cable running horizontally is out of the prescribed zone, which can be seen from looking at the picture posted earlier. The regulations require the cable to be run in the prescribed zone in order that an RCD complying with the specification provided in BS7671 for an RCD intended to provide additional protection may be used as an alternative to mechanical protection, as described in chapter 52 of BS7671. As for providing covering for the cables - I think it's unlikely that a plasterer would cause damage to the cables seen in the pictures with his trowel and although I personally would have covered the cables with capping instead of oval tubing, it's at the discretion of the installing electrician, having assessed any potential for damaging cables, how he chooses to protect cables from damage during installation.

 

[cbw]

bunch of *****££££""AAAA thats CBW's finest effort!!

I'll have you know that its all being boarded and soundproofed to a depth over 40mm so wind your necks in.

Took me hours to get my clout nails into the mortar.
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.Just kidding, not guilty this time!

 

[BACON]

So if the sparky was to carry his horizontal below F F L would that count, as diagrams only show down to floor level ?

 

[Adam W]

Technically speaking none of the cables are out of the zones because at present they're surface mounted. If an accessory is going in line horizontally with the cables that would put them in a safe zone, likewise if they were exposed, say, behind the cabinets, then they would be OK because they would be surface mounted.

So in conclusion it would be best to query the cable routes with your electrician, rather than him arriving at your house in the morning and being met with the Spanish inquisition.

With all due respect a couple of pictures on an internet forum aren't really enough to get a feel for the job.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

To my mind, the vertical run on the left of picture 2, requires some kind of accessory, otherwise it is not in a prescribed zone.
The horizontal run, should be at the level of the accessory back box that is alread fitted, there would then be no need for the vertical run on the right.

 

[jase]

hopefully that socket in pic 1 is the end of a radial, as you could not put a spur from a spur

 

[Plonker 3]

hopefully that socket in pic 1 is the end of a radial, as you could not put a spur from a spur

Unless it is fused down correctly.