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Dodgy Electrician Pt2
Hi,
sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. I've uploaded some pics to explain what I mean: www.houlker.com/1.jpg www.houlker.com/2.jpg Thanks for all advice |
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"-=D@n=-" wrote in message ... Hi, sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. I've uploaded some pics to explain what I mean: www.houlker.com/1.jpg www.houlker.com/2.jpg Thanks for all advice I would expect him to make good, and I hope that the double socket is on the ring and isn't already a spur. Peter |
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"Peter Andrews" wrote in message
k... "-=D@n=-" wrote in message ... Hi, sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. I've uploaded some pics to explain what I mean: www.houlker.com/1.jpg www.houlker.com/2.jpg Thanks for all advice I would expect him to make good, and I hope that the double socket is on the ring and isn't already a spur. Peter Fantastic. Is there a way for me to check whether the double socket is on the ring and not a spur? I have a Multimeter! |
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Fantastic. Is there a way for me to check whether the double socket is on
the ring and not a spur? I have a Multimeter! How many cables go to it ? |
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"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
t... Fantastic. Is there a way for me to check whether the double socket is on the ring and not a spur? I have a Multimeter! How many cables go to it ? 2 sets of cables coming in, one coming out (the extractor). |
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"-=D@n=-" wrote in message ... "Colin Wilson" wrote in message t... Fantastic. Is there a way for me to check whether the double socket is on the ring and not a spur? I have a Multimeter! How many cables go to it ? 2 sets of cables coming in, one coming out (the extractor). Taken of the ring main then. |
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"Peter Andrews" wrote in message
k... "-=D@n=-" wrote in message ... Hi, sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. I've uploaded some pics to explain what I mean: www.houlker.com/1.jpg www.houlker.com/2.jpg Thanks for all advice I would expect him to make good, and I hope that the double socket is on the ring and isn't already a spur. Peter Thanks for the reply, Peter. |
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-=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 :
I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. 2. From the photos it looks as if the actual cable size used is too small. Difficult to be certain, however.... It looks like 1.5mm and regulations require 2.5mm be used at least as far as the spur, which needs to be of the fused type. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.org |
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
... -=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. Excellent! 2. From the photos it looks as if the actual cable size used is too small. Difficult to be certain, however.... It looks like 1.5mm and regulations require 2.5mm be used at least as far as the spur, which needs to be of the fused type. Excellent again, I'll go and measure it. Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated. |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
-=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. Unless it's more than 50mm deep? |
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"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
... Harry Bloomfield wrote: -=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. Unless it's more than 50mm deep? Well, the cable appears to be 10mm, and less than 20mm deep into the wall. |
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-=D@n=- laid this down on his screen :
"Ian Stirling" wrote in message ... Harry Bloomfield wrote: -=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. Unless it's more than 50mm deep? Well, the cable appears to be 10mm, and less than 20mm deep into the wall. Which means it requires mechanical protection. 2.5mm should be the cross sectional area of one of the copper cores, not the overall width of the grey plastic. I also wonder about qualification of the installer under Part P? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.org |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
2.5mm should be the cross sectional area of one of the copper cores, not the overall width of the grey plastic. Well mm is not a unit of area so people will get confused! alex |
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message ... -=D@n=- laid this down on his screen : "Ian Stirling" wrote in message ... Harry Bloomfield wrote: -=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. Unless it's more than 50mm deep? Well, the cable appears to be 10mm, and less than 20mm deep into the wall. Which means it requires mechanical protection. 2.5mm should be the cross sectional area of one of the copper cores, not the overall width of the grey plastic. I also wonder about qualification of the installer under Part P? -- A spur of an existing circuit is DIY acceptable, maybe it shouldn't be! |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, Yes it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. and no. It is ok to install PVC directly into a wall - even without mechanical protection so long as it follows an "expected" route. This means horizontaly or vertically aligned with a visible accessory, or within a 150mm zone beside a room corner or adjacent to the ceiling. Since this cable does not follow the expected route (i.e. turns a corner above the extractor), it ought to be either 50mm deep (from both sides of the wall - so tricky in a 4" wall) or be capped. 2. From the photos it looks as if the actual cable size used is too small. Difficult to be certain, however.... It looks like 1.5mm and regulations require 2.5mm be used at least as far as the spur, which needs to be of the fused type. The "spur" is technically the run from the socket to the FCU. Since it is unfused it should be 2.5mm^2, (1.5mm^2 for a fused spur). The FCU needs to be fused appropriately for the cable feeding the hood. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:29:06 +0100, John Rumm
wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, Yes it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. and no. It is ok to install PVC directly into a wall - even without mechanical protection so long as it follows an "expected" route. This means horizontaly or vertically aligned with a visible accessory, or within a 150mm zone beside a room corner or adjacent to the ceiling. Since this cable does not follow the expected route (i.e. turns a corner above the extractor), it ought to be either 50mm deep (from both sides of the wall - so tricky in a 4" wall) or be capped. Wasn't the extractor plugged into a socket (= wiring accessory) behind the dummy chimney? The cable runs horizontally from that and vertically from the double socket... -- ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
-=D@n=- wrote on 26/08/2005 : I'm not on a witch-hunt for this guy, but I think the kitchen people are about to try and charge me for this work, when I didn't request it in the first place. If they do, then I'd like to be able to ask them to come back and finish it properly. 1. The cable should have been provided with some mechanical protection, it is against regulations to install the bare PVC in a wall without this. No it isn't, it depends where the cable run goes. -- Chris Green |
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In article ,
"-=D@n=-" writes: Hi, sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? Depends what he was asked to do. Given the quality of his chase, you are probably quite lucky he didn't try to do the making good afterwards ;-) www.houlker.com/2.jpg Nice camera shake ;-) -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[snip] Depends what he was asked to do. Given the quality of his chase, you are probably quite lucky he didn't try to do the making good afterwards ;-) Wouldn't really matter about his plastering technique, it'll fit in with the sad rustic feel of the wall. ;-) www.houlker.com/2.jpg Nice camera shake ;-) |
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"ben" wrote in message
. uk... Andrew Gabriel wrote: [snip] Depends what he was asked to do. Given the quality of his chase, you are probably quite lucky he didn't try to do the making good afterwards ;-) Wouldn't really matter about his plastering technique, it'll fit in with the sad rustic feel of the wall. ;-) Heheh shurrup, that's getting skimmed and plastered on Sunday. |
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"-=D@n=-" writes: Heheh shurrup, that's getting skimmed and plastered on Sunday. In that case, it doesn't matter that it hasn't been mad good yet. Strange order to do things. Are you going to take everything off the wall, or is the plasterer going to go round the extractor hood, sockets, worktop, etc? -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Strange order to do things. Are you going to take everything off the wall, or is the plasterer going to go round the extractor hood, sockets, worktop, etc? I was wondering that myself. I'm half expecting a "dodgy plasterer" post, about how he didn't remove the cooker hood, but plastered round it... -- Grunff |
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
.. . In article , "-=D@n=-" writes: Heheh shurrup, that's getting skimmed and plastered on Sunday. In that case, it doesn't matter that it hasn't been mad good yet. Strange order to do things. Are you going to take everything off the wall, or is the plasterer going to go round the extractor hood, sockets, worktop, etc? Sorry, my mistake. The whole section above the hob and under the hood is being tiled |
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
.. . In article , "-=D@n=-" writes: Hi, sorry to start another thread, but this is a very active group and I assume everyone has moved on from my other thread. I forgot to mention that the electrician that wired up my extractor, chiseled into the wall (no problem) to run the cable into the spur and the extractor. Am I wrong to expect him to then plaster over the cable and make good the channel he's made in the wall? Depends what he was asked to do. Given the quality of his chase, you are probably quite lucky he didn't try to do the making good afterwards ;-) Heheh, yeah I suppose so. I've got a plasterer coming in on Sunday to sort that out. www.houlker.com/2.jpg Nice camera shake ;-) Thanks! I've got a Pentax Optio S5i. I've had it for 6 months, and not yet read the manual |
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-=D@n=- wrote: Nice camera shake ;-) Thanks! I've got a Pentax Optio S5i. I've had it for 6 months, and not yet read the manual Just leave it on the 'auto' setting then. Regards the cable, the kitchen company should fill in the chase but that's the least of your worries when it comes to contracted fitters. |
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