Please Help - Don't Know What To Do.

binao

knightstyle wrote: »

Did you get a certificate when the work was complete? Did the installer notify the local building control body?
If not you can now report them for not abiding by the regulations.
See https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/find-an-electrician/building-regulations/england/

"What electrical work is notifiable?
From April 2013 electrical work in a dwelling, or associated with its surroundings, is notifiable to a local building control body where the work includes:

the installation of a new circuit, whether at low voltage (typically 230 V) or extra-low voltage); or"

Does changing an "off peak circuit" to "day normal peak rate" by moving cables from one fuse box to another fuse box count as a "new circuit"?

Thank you so much.

macman

It's nothing to do with the subby. Complain in writing to the main contractor. Who selected the size of the heaters? Where are the coloured wires visible?

binao

macman wrote: »

It's nothing to do with the subby. Complain in writing to the main contractor. Who selected the size of the heaters? Where are the coloured wires visible?

"Off peak" circuits were changed to "normal all day peak rate" by moving cables from one fuse box to another fuse box. The two fuse boxes are adjacent to each other in a coat cupboard.

The existing cable was not long enough, so is now stretched diagonal, but the cable was still not long enough.
Coloured wire, previously within the first fuse box, is now outside the second fuse box to make the cable long enough.

Hope that makes sense.

Thank you so much.

knightstyle

To me a job like this should be notified to the local building control, ask at your local council.
Plus ask for advice on here https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/
as I am retired and not up to date with the latest regs.
Even if the work was not reportable you should have been given a completion certificate when it was completed so that needs chasing up/reporting as well.

DoaM

binao wrote: »

Coloured wire, previously within the first fuse box, is now outside the second fuse box to make the cable long enough.

Do you mean you can now see the blue and brown cores of the grey cable? Or have they patched in a different cable on the end to make it long enough?

Either way this sounds like a total botch job and breaches the wiring regs whatever the revision! (15 was the last one I worked with).

binao

DoaM wrote: »

Do you mean you can now see the blue and brown cores of the grey cable? Or have they patched in a different cable on the end to make it long enough?

Either way this sounds like a total botch job and breaches the wiring regs whatever the revision! (15 was the last one I worked with).

The grey cable would not reach the second fuse box with out some of the red and brown cores being out side the second fuse box.

These red and Brown core wires of the grey cable where previously inside the off peak, (first), fuse box.

The certificates, one for each heater, give lots of test numbers.

If the work breaches the regs, what can I do?

Thank you so much.

knightstyle

As I said above go onto the electricians forum and get advice from up to date professionals.
Plus ask at your council who your local building control body is and report this to them.

hollydays

Please tell me this was not a " cash job"

binao

hollydays wrote: »

Please tell me this was not a " cash job"

NO, it was not a "cash" "job".

Thank you for helping to bring the thread, "Please Help - Don't Know What To Do" to the fore.

Thank you so much.

DoaM

How much was it? (More than £100?)

How did you pay? (Credit Card? Debit Card? Other?)