Plug socket lowered, new cables through old back box?

[Wardy88]

Hi all,

Hoping you can help.

We've recently had an electrician in to lower a plug socket that was previously used to feed a wall-mounted TV.

The wall was chased and new cables run down the length of the chase, however the old back box was left in the wall, with the new cables simply run straight through it. Is this normal practice? I'm concerned it's going to make my plasterers job very difficult as the old back box is flush with the wall!

 

[pete01]

No not normal practice it's a new one on me.

 

[morqthana]

No not normal practice

It is for the lazy.

 

[pete01]

It is for the lazy.

Yes very strange, just remove the old box would be so simple.

 

[morqthana]

But more work than leaving it.

 

[SUNRAY]

Lazy a*s*h*le couldn't even be bothered to fit grommets.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

Get him back to remove the old box!!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Get him back to remove the old box!!

Yep, but I'd be curious about what he had done in the ceiling, to extend the cables.

 

[pete01]

My bet would be taken the cables through a junction box and put them on connectors by the side.

 

[SUNRAY]

Yep, but I'd be curious about what he had done in the ceiling, to extend the cables.

I don't know why but I'd got the impression this is in a bedroom and assumed the joins are in the loft. But that may easily not be the case.

 

[securespark]

Yes, I would deffo remove the old box.

And after seeing that mess that he was happy to leave for the customer to see, I would lift up the floor to check how he has connected up under the floor.

Did he leave any paperwork?

 

[Wardy88]

Thanks for the replies everyone. The property is a bungalow, the cables are routed through the loft space. I've been up to look and can see a Wago Box was used to run new cables from an existing circuit. I didn't receive any form of paperwork for the work carried out, should I expect a minor works certificate? Not sure what is typically covered under minor works.

 

[ebee]

Ruf as a Badgers judging solely by your post and, as pointed out already, no grommets