Running electric cables under radiator pipes

sirhobo

Hi all,
My builder moved radiator pipes underneath the concrete floor in the living room, and then also moved electric cables in that room under the floor. As you can see from the photos, in two places, the cables (which are in trunking) and pipes cross each other.

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I wondered how safe this configuration was. Could it pass Part P?Do I need to ask the builder to find another way of sending cables around the living room?

thanks to all that reply!

greyteam1959

Looks a right bodge job to me................

sirhobo

In situations like these, where you need to get electrics to the other side of the room, what should the builder be doing? Running the cables behind walls and around door frames?

cyclonebri1

What temp do you think the water pipe gets up to??.

60 degrees max and possibly 100 under energency conditions.

The only issue you have there is if the cable/pipes are actually touching, but the insulation will not melt at that temp, + the cables are in conduit that insures there is an air gap. The temp of the cable depends on the load in the circuit that short crossover will have no effect.

sirhobo

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

What temp do you think the water pipe gets up to??.

60 degrees max and possibly 100 under energency conditions.

The only issue you have there is if the cable/pipes are actually touching, but the insulation will not melt at that temp, + the cables are in conduit that insures there is an air gap. The temp of the cable depends on the load in the circuit that short crossover will have no effect.

I agree having the insulation is somewhat reassuring.

martinthebandit

mervyn11 wrote: »

Looks a right bodge job to me................

Why?

Looks fine to me.

sirhobo

Ok, so doesn't look like this job is a major disaster.