Surface sockets on skirting boards

[nickblake]

Ha, code 5? we say 'goodbye' to code 4 in a few months!

Well thank god for that lol

 

[Lioned]

Also some of this is down to interpretation ,as we have seen from some reply's here.I've got to do a PIR for this bloke who wants to rent out his house,so he wants safety certificates but dont want to spend too much.
There are two bedrooms with 4 double sockets in each room with also the cables clipped along the boards,so it looks messy but its also a very old house with lathe and plaster walls so flushing in and fixing the back box's will be a pain.I'm already in for a new consumer unit and some other work,if i say the sockets are code 2 and 4 then its another few hundred quid for him to find !
Still undecided if could be interpreted as code 2 as well.

 

[IQ Electrical]

Also some of this is down to interpretation ,as we have seen from some reply's here.I've got to do a PIR for this bloke who wants to rent out his house,so he wants safety certificates but dont want to spend too much.
There are two bedrooms with 4 double sockets in each room with also the cables clipped along the boards,so it looks messy but its also a very old house with lathe and plaster walls so flushing in and fixing the back box's will be a pain.I'm already in for a new consumer unit and some other work,if i say the sockets are code 2 and 4 then its another few hundred quid for him to find !
Still undecided if could be interpreted as code 2 as well.

The coding of a defect is left in the hands of the competent person to assess the risk of the situation that presents itself, not what budget the client has!!!!!!!

Was there any evidence of damage to the sockets after years of use?

 

[i=p/u]

they should just make it fix or no fix and 6 months to fix

 

[IQ Electrical]

they should just make it fix or no fix and 6 months to fix

You might need to apply a touch more thought and technical basis to that....

 

[mogga]

iv been doing remedials for the past week on PIRs done 2 years ago Client couldnt make up their minds if they were off ;loading the properties , rewiring some, or just doing code 2s All code 1s had been taken care of as part of PIRs
the coding has nothing to do with clients ability to pay it is decided by the person carrrying out the inspection Likewise the Fix Or no Fix might seem simple idea but its a Lot more thought and deliberation required than that
as for changing to 3 codes IMO when carrying out a PIR there are items which should be coded and there are some other things that should be noted as "bad practice" or simmilar

4 testers could go ant inspect,test the exact same property with the same faults but list them differently Thats where interpritation comes into it and the term "In MY opinion "

 

[bugsy]

Difficult to say realyy would you code a 15th installation in relation to switch and socket heights?

 

[Lioned]

Wasn't worried about the cost,though it does beg the question if some less scrupulous sparkys might interpret things to their benefit,but nothing new in that i suppose.

These sockets look like they've been in for maybe ten years and no signs of damage so that would be a reasonable reason to say code 4, as previous posts have suggested.

 

[mogga]

check all the sockets for shutters ect note it on Obs and Recs with no code against it Socket heights ect dont come into code unless they are so low as to damage flexx on insertion I think the height thing is more building reg isnt it

 

[IQ Electrical]

check all the sockets for shutters ect note it on Obs and Recs with no code against it Socket heights ect dont come into code unless they are so low as to damage flexx on insertion I think the height thing is more building reg isnt it

That it is.

 

[Marvo]

From a common sense (rather than regulations) point of view I would insist sockets are installed high enough not to cause stressful deviation to any trailing cables when plugs are inserted and also high enough to be safe if the floors are mopped.

 

[i=p/u]

does sockets haer to have them shutters????????????

 

[IQ Electrical]

does sockets haer to have them shutters????????????

If they're BS 1363 sockets they do (the built-in shutter system)

 

[i=p/u]

so the ones that the sheds sell at 5 for £5 are old stock that dont comply

 

[IQ Electrical]

so the ones that the sheds sell at 5 for £5 are old stock that dont comply

They'll be old shape (square chunky corners) but they'll still comply, the shutter system was introduced in 1947.