Hi

To cut a long story short.....

Bog standard electrical socket cable running under the floorboards. I
need to reroute it and can only do so by extending its length. Rather
than rewiring, my question is would the Part P Building Regs permit the
cutting of the cable to let in a new length of ~ 1 metre ?

I'll have my electrician formally assess this, but as he's not
around for a few days I'm hoping someone can advise as it has
ramifications for my builder in the middle of a major extension
project.

Cheers
Gareth.

wrote:
Hi

To cut a long story short.....

Bog standard electrical socket cable running under the floorboards. I
need to reroute it and can only do so by extending its length. Rather
than rewiring, my question is would the Part P Building Regs permit the
cutting of the cable to let in a new length of ~ 1 metre ?

I'll have my electrician formally assess this, but as he's not
around for a few days I'm hoping someone can advise as it has
ramifications for my builder in the middle of a major extension
project.

Cheers
Gareth.

Unless this socket is in a special area, e.g. kitchen or outside, then
I do not belief that extending or modifying an existing circuit is
notifiable under the terms of Part P. Just add in a junction box and
make sure you isolate the circuit beforehand

You should ensure your new cable is run in a permitted zone and manner
in accordance to the latest IEEE wiring regs. If you end up adding new
colour cable (brown/blue) to old colour (red/black) then I believe the
wiring regs say you should add a notice to the consumer unit saying it
is a mixed colour installation.

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Bog standard electrical socket cable running under the floorboards. I
need to reroute it and can only do so by extending its length. Rather
than rewiring, my question is would the Part P Building Regs permit the
cutting of the cable to let in a new length of ~ 1 metre ?

If you mean the wiring regs then yes you can use a junction box to do this
as it's considered to be in an accessible place.

Part Pee can generally be ignored for this sort of thing even if it
applies because who is to know when the work was done?

I'll have my electrician formally assess this, but as he's not
around for a few days I'm hoping someone can advise as it has
ramifications for my builder in the middle of a major extension
project.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

have just got home and taken a look....

I won't need to add in a length of cable, but would need to cut the
cable (actually there's 5 of them) once, feed them through a centered
whole the a new joist, then reconnect the cables...

problem with a junciton box is that it would be under the floowbards
and thus not that immediately accessible - would that be an issue ?

thanks


Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:
Bog standard electrical socket cable running under the floorboards. I
need to reroute it and can only do so by extending its length. Rather
than rewiring, my question is would the Part P Building Regs permit the
cutting of the cable to let in a new length of ~ 1 metre ?

If you mean the wiring regs then yes you can use a junction box to do this
as it's considered to be in an accessible place.

Part Pee can generally be ignored for this sort of thing even if it
applies because who is to know when the work was done?

I'll have my electrician formally assess this, but as he's not
around for a few days I'm hoping someone can advise as it has
ramifications for my builder in the middle of a major extension
project.

--
*Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked?*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article . com,
" writes:

have just got home and taken a look....

I won't need to add in a length of cable, but would need to cut the
cable (actually there's 5 of them) once, feed them through a centered
whole the a new joist, then reconnect the cables...

From memory, I don't think that is in the list of things for
which you can avoid submitting a buildings notice.
However, if you were to cut through them all with a circular
saw, then you can repair the damage without a building notice.
Don't you just love Part P...

problem with a junciton box is that it would be under the floowbards
and thus not that immediately accessible - would that be an issue ?

Use crimps.
If you are competent at electrical soldering, another way is
to use junction boxes as normal, but solder the terminal
connections. However, don't try this unless you are already
very good at electrical soldering or you'll just create a
mess.

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Andrew Gabriel