I'm renting a nice house in Bristol with a couple of friends but since moving in we've noticed a few things that don't seem correct, I've listed them below:
1. Our bathroom extractor fan is on 24/7. We've been told this is due to 'black mould' and that the fan has a built in humidity sensor but there are no controls on the face of the fan to indicate a sensor, it's just plain. There definitely isn't a switch for the fan and we're worried it could have been wired in directly. I plan on removing the fan tomorrow and looking for signs of a sensor at the back of the unit or a model number so I can google it. I don't expect to find a sensor, given our other experiences I strongly suspect this has been wired directly in to the houses electrics with no means to turn it off.
2. In built in cupboard there's a wire that runs the height of the floor with a switch in the middle, the kind of switch with its own light to indicate if it's on or off, we've been told this is for the light in the loft. The issue is the wiring nor the switch are secured to the wall, the just hang loose at the side.
3. In another cupboard there's another unsecured wire the runs horizontally unsecured across the space.
We've been told by our landlord that all is fine, he's brushed off requests for certificates to prove safe installation so I was wondering if any of the above is illegal or breaks any well known electrical standards.
The house isn't a student dump, we're all working processionals near 30, our concerns are that we won't be covered if there's a fire due to bodged wiring and we're also all quite keen not to experience a house fire.
Any advice or electrical safety standards we can chuck back at our landlord so he has to take notice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Ed
1. Our bathroom extractor fan is on 24/7. We've been told this is due to 'black mould' and that the fan has a built in humidity sensor but there are no controls on the face of the fan to indicate a sensor, it's just plain. There definitely isn't a switch for the fan and we're worried it could have been wired in directly. I plan on removing the fan tomorrow and looking for signs of a sensor at the back of the unit or a model number so I can google it. I don't expect to find a sensor, given our other experiences I strongly suspect this has been wired directly in to the houses electrics with no means to turn it off.
2. In built in cupboard there's a wire that runs the height of the floor with a switch in the middle, the kind of switch with its own light to indicate if it's on or off, we've been told this is for the light in the loft. The issue is the wiring nor the switch are secured to the wall, the just hang loose at the side.
3. In another cupboard there's another unsecured wire the runs horizontally unsecured across the space.
We've been told by our landlord that all is fine, he's brushed off requests for certificates to prove safe installation so I was wondering if any of the above is illegal or breaks any well known electrical standards.
The house isn't a student dump, we're all working processionals near 30, our concerns are that we won't be covered if there's a fire due to bodged wiring and we're also all quite keen not to experience a house fire.
Any advice or electrical safety standards we can chuck back at our landlord so he has to take notice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Ed