new builds and regulations

[Ian1981]

Hager wins UK's largest consumer-unit contract - Modern Building Services - http://www.modbs.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/4487/Hager_wins_UK_s_largest_consumer-unit_contract_.html

We do a Taylor wimpey site.
Hager consumer units need to have the lockable covers as specified

 

[Ian1981]

Hager wins UK's largest consumer-unit contract - Modern Building Services - http://www.modbs.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/4487/Hager_wins_UK_s_largest_consumer-unit_contract_.html

We do a Taylor wimpey site.
Hager consumer units need to have the lockable covers as specified

 

[MerlinGremlin]

Big house builders do it all the time. Buy land, obtain planning, do some petty work like a bit of grading and sticking a few man holes in, jobs been started so planning can't lapse. If there is a building reg change like u values for the amount of insulation etc it doesn't matter as it was designed when it did comply.

I think that shouldn't be allowed, if the install hasn't been started then when it is it should be installed to the current regs, in my opinion.

 

[FatAlan]

Would you want to jump on a plane with an engine part newly fitted 9 months after regulations had deemed it too dangerous. I'd like to see that argued in court?

 

[Ian1981]

Would you want to jump on a plane with an engine part newly fitted 9 months after regulations had deemed it too dangerous. I'd like to see that argued in court?

If it was dangerous it wouldn't be in commission
You don't C2 a plastic consumer unit if it's fit for purpose

 

[Liam1702]

On the site, all of the houses finished before 2017 are plastic. All after arent. The test sheet is written out to the 2015 ammendment with no comments or departures. Also I've just noticed it has no signature for a qualified supervisor.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I think that shouldn't be allowed, if the install hasn't been started then when it is it should be installed to the current regs, in my opinion.

I don't..your a house builder and buy a bit of land at x amount based on the current building regs. Building regs change and now the insulation depth is double that of the previous. Now its double the cost to insulate a house. Say they priced it at 4K material per house and it's now going to cost 8K per house and they have 300 houses. Due to the change they've got to find another 1.2 million. How would that be fare?

 

[static zap]

If it was designed prior to the change it complies

... The Designed loop-hole , helps get old stock off the shelf ,
It is a fiasco when the new stuff , is rare !
(there is some sense in this apparent madness)

 

[telectrix]

Hager wins UK's largest consumer-unit contract - Modern Building Services - http://www.modbs.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/4487/Hager_wins_UK_s_largest_consumer-unit_contract_.html

that article is 9 years old. wimpey taylor and the like will have since found a way to use cheapo chinese imports to maximise their profits.