How do i make this safe?

[Adsy83]

So I removed some wood panel at the top of my stairs in a victorian house and found about 10 wires in what looks scary dangerous positions to me.


I know regs say it needs to be in earthed metal conduit if it is less then 5 cm from the surface of the wall.

The only way to put this in metal conduit i can see is remove every wire from the consumer unit... Take apart every part of the house.... And run them through. (obvs by an electrician)

So the only way I can think to make this safe is burry it further into the brickwork and plaster over.

Is this the safe way to do this?

Thanks for the advice.

 

[terryplumb]

Can't make it out from your pic ,are all those cables below floor board level ?

 

[333rocky333]

looks like its in the safe zone created by the corner

 

[winston1]

I know regs say it needs to be in earthed metal conduit if it is less then 5 cm from the surface of the wall.

That applies for new installations. Regs are not retrospective.

 

[Adsy83]

Can't make it out from your pic ,are all those cables below floor board level ?

They are coming up from under the floor which is where the fuse box is under the stairs and then up through the wall.

 

[Adsy83]

That applies for new installations. Regs are not retrospective.

It's not doing things to regs that I care about... Its doing things safely. But often the two mean the same thing I guess.

 

[333rocky333]

That applies for new installations. Regs are not retrospective.

When was that reg introduced?

 

[flameport]

I know regs say it needs to be in earthed metal conduit if it is less then 5 cm from the surface of the wall.

Only if the cables are outside of certain zones.

If those are within 150mm of the corner, then nothing else is required - fix them flat onto the brickwork and plaster over.

 

[Adsy83]

Only if the cables are outside of certain zones.

If those are within 150mm of the corner, then nothing else is required - fix them flat onto the brickwork and plaster over.

Thanks. Will do that then as it's within the 150mm. Is it worth putting some plastic trunking around incase any need to be pulled through in the future?

 

[winston1]

When was that reg introduced?

17th was it, or perhaps 16th?

 

[flameport]

Is it worth putting some plastic trunking around

No - the angle will make it impossible to add extra cables, and by the time those ones need replacing, the entire place will need rewiring anyway.

 

[JohnW2]

Is not what we are being shown typical of what can be found in millions of houses out there?

Kind Regards, John

 

[JohnW2]

17th was it, or perhaps 16th?

Are you sure it wasn't one of the Amendments of 17th - i.e. relatively recently?

Kind Regards, John

 

[winston1]

Are you sure it wasn't one of the Amendments of 17th - i.e. relatively recently?

Kind Regards, John

Maybe. Anyway not retrospective.

 

[333rocky333]

Are you sure it wasn't one of the Amendments of 17th - i.e. relatively recently?

Kind Regards, John

Im sure as FLAMEPORT says that still only applies to some cables, ie out of zone and not all cables, im not aware of any Reg saying ALL pvc cables less than 50mm have to be in earthed conduit