Oven wired to the mains in new house

Linetti

Old oven failed a few weeks back and in an effort to replace the it, we have just figured out that the oven is wired to the mains and has no isolation switch.

Now, the oven is in the extended part of the property which was done by the previous owner himself as he is a builder and we've been in the property for just over two years.

The extension itself was signed off in 2014 and we have been provided a copy of the NICEIC certificate which shows only the hob on an isolated circuit. The previous owners also took out indemnity insurance and we had a buildings survey undertaken which did not raise this as an issue either.

While this isn't the first of multitude of shoddy workmanship we've discovered over the last two years, as far as I'm aware, the oven connected to the mains is not compliant.

Does anyone have any idea if we can either get the work remedied by the original electrician who signed off the work or do we just have to put up with it?

Risteard

Linetti wrote: »

as far as I'm aware, the oven connected to the mains is not compliant.

Which BS7671 Regulation do you believe supports your view?

ComicGeek

Linetti wrote: »

The extension itself was signed off in 2014 and we have been provided a copy of the NICEIC certificate which shows only the hob on an isolated circuit.

So it can be isolated from the consumer unit then. Certainly not the best way of doing it, but I can't see that there is any recourse against anyone. Just get an electrician in to install a local isolator.

Linetti

Sorry, I blame Google for my assumptions. Will get an electrician in. Thanks