Wow - thanks guys - I wasn't expecting such a fast response! Good to see a bit of healthy debate too
Coming back on a couple of points then - to be fair to the builder (I'm doing my best to be balanced here, I'm not being intentionally naive...!) it is in an older part of the house and the loft was a bit of a mess before. We've had a two storey extension built but also split an existing bathroom and bedroom into two new rooms. The area in the pictures would have originally contained the old bathroom light (one unit), a bedroom light (one unit again) and another one in the old corridor so some of the wiring would have been legitimately (or not???) borrowed I guess. The area we're looking at now has 7 new spots altogether plus the other bits and bobs. The electrician is NICEIC registered and has issued a certificate ("circuit alteration or addition in a special location, Install one or more new circuits").
I guess my question now would be should a certificate have been issued given the way the work has been done? Obviously it's much easier to argue the point on something not meeting a regulation and being dodgily signed off as opposed to something being bad workmanship. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy with the work and will be taking it further - it's just easier to do so when you know exactly where you stand! Should the building inspector have looked too?
Thanks so much for the help folks,
Steve
PS Owain - thanks for the tip on the extractors too - I'd been wondering about that too and was just starting to read up on the subject.
Coming back on a couple of points then - to be fair to the builder (I'm doing my best to be balanced here, I'm not being intentionally naive...!) it is in an older part of the house and the loft was a bit of a mess before. We've had a two storey extension built but also split an existing bathroom and bedroom into two new rooms. The area in the pictures would have originally contained the old bathroom light (one unit), a bedroom light (one unit again) and another one in the old corridor so some of the wiring would have been legitimately (or not???) borrowed I guess. The area we're looking at now has 7 new spots altogether plus the other bits and bobs. The electrician is NICEIC registered and has issued a certificate ("circuit alteration or addition in a special location, Install one or more new circuits").
I guess my question now would be should a certificate have been issued given the way the work has been done? Obviously it's much easier to argue the point on something not meeting a regulation and being dodgily signed off as opposed to something being bad workmanship. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy with the work and will be taking it further - it's just easier to do so when you know exactly where you stand! Should the building inspector have looked too?
Thanks so much for the help folks,
Steve
PS Owain - thanks for the tip on the extractors too - I'd been wondering about that too and was just starting to read up on the subject.