Hi all,
our loft conversion failed the building inspection because of the dormer roof.
the building inspector didn't know if the electrics were compliant so he asked the project manager who shrugged his shoulders.
The wiring running down from the loft is chased in to the wall on the 1st floor landing. It takes a feed off the existing light socket on the landing wall. The vertical run is 160 mm from the right edge of the existing light socket.
Based on my own research I thought the wiring had to run directly vertically above and below the existing socket or within 150 mm of a corner.
Also the wiring is hardly chased into the wall at all and is visible even after plastering. The electrician said he couldn't chase it in any deeper. In that case, shouldn't it be in metal conduit?
The wall is 1930's block and I think it is about 80 or 90 mm thick so he could've chased it in a bit more in my opinion.
Also looking at the fusebox, the new wiring goes into the right hand side and the RCD is on the left. I thought all newly installed wiring had to link to an RCD?
The new switches on the fusebox do look slightly different and I wondered if they had their own individual RCD's?
I've attached images which hopefully show what I'm going on about
thanks in advance for any wisdom shared
our loft conversion failed the building inspection because of the dormer roof.
the building inspector didn't know if the electrics were compliant so he asked the project manager who shrugged his shoulders.
The wiring running down from the loft is chased in to the wall on the 1st floor landing. It takes a feed off the existing light socket on the landing wall. The vertical run is 160 mm from the right edge of the existing light socket.
Based on my own research I thought the wiring had to run directly vertically above and below the existing socket or within 150 mm of a corner.
Also the wiring is hardly chased into the wall at all and is visible even after plastering. The electrician said he couldn't chase it in any deeper. In that case, shouldn't it be in metal conduit?
The wall is 1930's block and I think it is about 80 or 90 mm thick so he could've chased it in a bit more in my opinion.
Also looking at the fusebox, the new wiring goes into the right hand side and the RCD is on the left. I thought all newly installed wiring had to link to an RCD?
The new switches on the fusebox do look slightly different and I wondered if they had their own individual RCD's?
I've attached images which hopefully show what I'm going on about
thanks in advance for any wisdom shared