Hows about my days work today then, this PIR on a 4 bedroom house threw up 8 Code 1's, 6 Code 2's, 2 Code 3's and 5 Code 4's.
Tell me I was over-zelous with my Code 1's, I know you will!
Should have condemned it as a rewire straight away really, but its a friend of the family job, so I owed it to them to spend the day there. Shabby standard of installation combined with the rigours of periods of unoccupation and damp. I had continuity across one of the walls!
1 Break in CPC continuity to cooker (non-RCD protected circuit too). (1)
2 Metal switch plates not earthed. (1)
3 Severe corrosion in most downstairs socket back boxes. (1)
4 More spurs than outlets directly on ring final. (2)
5 Spurs from ring final created by inaccesable joints. (2)
6 Unfused spur off a spur connected with 1.5mm2 cable, feeding 2 further double sockets. (1)
7 Wiring in multiple places run outside of permitted zones. (2)
8 Some backbox fixing lugs missing or broken, leaving loose accessories, exposing live parts. (1)
9 Supplimentary bonding missing in bathroom. (4)
10 Inaccesible joint buried beneath plaster and tiles in kitchen. (2)
11 Unnacceptable L-N insulation resistance reading on Ring 2 (3)
12 Undersized supply tails (4)
13 Earth sleeving ommitted on most points (4)
14 Solid green earth sleeving used on some points (4)
15 Concealed cables not protected by a 30ma RCD (4)
16 Screw terminals very loose on 80% of accessories (1)
17 Incorrect light fitting (chandelier) in Zone 1 in bathroom (2)
18 Class 1 fitting (chandelier) in bathroom not earthed (1)
19 Exposed single insulated wires on ceiling pendant in dining room (2)
20 Unacceptable Insulation Resistance readings on both lighting circuits (3)
21 Signs of charring caused by overloading and shorts on cables feeding two kitchen socket outlets (1)
Tell me I was over-zelous with my Code 1's, I know you will!
Should have condemned it as a rewire straight away really, but its a friend of the family job, so I owed it to them to spend the day there. Shabby standard of installation combined with the rigours of periods of unoccupation and damp. I had continuity across one of the walls!
1 Break in CPC continuity to cooker (non-RCD protected circuit too). (1)
2 Metal switch plates not earthed. (1)
3 Severe corrosion in most downstairs socket back boxes. (1)
4 More spurs than outlets directly on ring final. (2)
5 Spurs from ring final created by inaccesable joints. (2)
6 Unfused spur off a spur connected with 1.5mm2 cable, feeding 2 further double sockets. (1)
7 Wiring in multiple places run outside of permitted zones. (2)
8 Some backbox fixing lugs missing or broken, leaving loose accessories, exposing live parts. (1)
9 Supplimentary bonding missing in bathroom. (4)
10 Inaccesible joint buried beneath plaster and tiles in kitchen. (2)
11 Unnacceptable L-N insulation resistance reading on Ring 2 (3)
12 Undersized supply tails (4)
13 Earth sleeving ommitted on most points (4)
14 Solid green earth sleeving used on some points (4)
15 Concealed cables not protected by a 30ma RCD (4)
16 Screw terminals very loose on 80% of accessories (1)
17 Incorrect light fitting (chandelier) in Zone 1 in bathroom (2)
18 Class 1 fitting (chandelier) in bathroom not earthed (1)
19 Exposed single insulated wires on ceiling pendant in dining room (2)
20 Unacceptable Insulation Resistance readings on both lighting circuits (3)
21 Signs of charring caused by overloading and shorts on cables feeding two kitchen socket outlets (1)
