I went to a job last week for a friend of mine.
All he wanted was 3 wall lights wiring in the living room, a couple of single sockets changing for twins, the dreaded downlighters fitting in his bathroom, and a few other odds and sods.
He has had some building work done to his house and the builder brought in his own electrician to do a few alterations for a wall that was being moved, such as move the landing two way, remove an old shower circuit, wire a bathroom fan, and a few other bits.
This electrician told my customer that he had checked the installation an all was ok.
I turned up having being told this expecting a nice easy job.
I found the following:
TT installation.
No RCD to either lighting circuit
No RCD to cooker.
Unable to trace connection to the earth rod. I pulled the wire going from the rod through the wall it was cut off!
Water bonded in the wrong place
Gas bond inaccessible and in the wrong place.
Downstairs lights fed in three core. The red was hanging out of the fuseboard!
The CPC for the downstairs lights was cut off at the CU.
Joint box for kitchen light inaccesible under newly tiled bathroom floor. This was installed by the other electrician
Supply to the alarm fed in 1.0mm² direct of the 32A sockets CB. The wire was loose in the sockets CB. This cable also had a loose joint box on it to supply the boiler. The CPC was cut off at the boiler.
No RCD to bathroom lights, and no cross bonding in bathroom.
Old shower supply stuffed up into loft with taped up end.
SWA to outhouse running staight into insulated CU. Armour cut away and not earthed.
Two way for landing lights doesn't work due to incorrectly wired switch.
But apart from that...
All he wanted was 3 wall lights wiring in the living room, a couple of single sockets changing for twins, the dreaded downlighters fitting in his bathroom, and a few other odds and sods.
He has had some building work done to his house and the builder brought in his own electrician to do a few alterations for a wall that was being moved, such as move the landing two way, remove an old shower circuit, wire a bathroom fan, and a few other bits.
This electrician told my customer that he had checked the installation an all was ok.
I turned up having being told this expecting a nice easy job.
I found the following:
TT installation.
No RCD to either lighting circuit
No RCD to cooker.
Unable to trace connection to the earth rod. I pulled the wire going from the rod through the wall it was cut off!
Water bonded in the wrong place
Gas bond inaccessible and in the wrong place.
Downstairs lights fed in three core. The red was hanging out of the fuseboard!
The CPC for the downstairs lights was cut off at the CU.
Joint box for kitchen light inaccesible under newly tiled bathroom floor. This was installed by the other electrician
Supply to the alarm fed in 1.0mm² direct of the 32A sockets CB. The wire was loose in the sockets CB. This cable also had a loose joint box on it to supply the boiler. The CPC was cut off at the boiler.
No RCD to bathroom lights, and no cross bonding in bathroom.
Old shower supply stuffed up into loft with taped up end.
SWA to outhouse running staight into insulated CU. Armour cut away and not earthed.
Two way for landing lights doesn't work due to incorrectly wired switch.
But apart from that...
