Hi,
Been up to my mates house preparing to plaster his nursery, when I discovered something im not happy with.
He had his house rewired a few months ago by a company. Got the Cert, once a bloke checked the work out.
The nursery has 2 plug points, both used to be on the ring mains, but since the rewire one is now a spur? But the thing that worries me is how they have put the wire to it!
As you can see from the photos the wire comes up from behind the skirting then curves into the cage but the wire is protruding 5mm out of the wall, the cage is also protruding about a cm. The plug used to be a single socket. The old wires have been cut, as seen in the photo.
Also noticed the cages arn't earthed!!
Can any body tell me if this is illegal? to me its proper dodgy.
Just want some advice so I can pass it onto my mate before he phones the company, basically so he knows what hes talking about so they cant fob him off.
Another thing I noticed was this:
Do the wires suppose to go through the center of the joists or is that just recommended? And surely wires should remain as flat as poss, cant really see from the photo but looks worse up close, there all twisted round one another, causing more resistance?
Any help will be gratefully appreciated,
Regards,
Gareth
Been up to my mates house preparing to plaster his nursery, when I discovered something im not happy with.
He had his house rewired a few months ago by a company. Got the Cert, once a bloke checked the work out.
The nursery has 2 plug points, both used to be on the ring mains, but since the rewire one is now a spur? But the thing that worries me is how they have put the wire to it!
As you can see from the photos the wire comes up from behind the skirting then curves into the cage but the wire is protruding 5mm out of the wall, the cage is also protruding about a cm. The plug used to be a single socket. The old wires have been cut, as seen in the photo.
Also noticed the cages arn't earthed!!
Can any body tell me if this is illegal? to me its proper dodgy.
Just want some advice so I can pass it onto my mate before he phones the company, basically so he knows what hes talking about so they cant fob him off.
Another thing I noticed was this:
Do the wires suppose to go through the center of the joists or is that just recommended? And surely wires should remain as flat as poss, cant really see from the photo but looks worse up close, there all twisted round one another, causing more resistance?
Any help will be gratefully appreciated,
Regards,
Gareth