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Non compliant wiring carried out on a new build. How do they get away with it.

I carried out an EICR on what was a new build in 2018. The wiring was carried out by a company based in Staverton that also do, or certainly used to run training courses as i did my 2391 there a few years ago.

They have run about 16 meters of meters tails through the structure of the building so presumably covered in insulation, straight from the supply company main switch covered by the main 100amp fuse. The consumer unit is mounted higher than part M stipulates ( not overly but i doubt i would get away with it ) and the tails look like they come down to it tacked behind the plasterboard dab with no rcd protection.

The bathroom and en-suite extractors, neither of which have windows ( not that that makes a difference ) do not have overrun timers so do not comply with building regs. 

The ring earth cores are both sleeved together in 3mm sleeving in the same terminal in every socket, i know not a non compliance but a pain in the backside.

The gas bond clamp was flapping around.

No wonder the state of the wiring in new builds is p-ss poor if the companies that train electricians put out work like this. I presume the whole estate i was on today was done the same.

Gary

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  • How do they get away with it.

    Presumably because those who are supposed to make sure things are done right have a preference for believing abstract bit of paper over physical reality....

       - Andy.

  • Many years ago I was working for the EEB as an inspector when I had to go and connect a row of new houses on an estate.

    Strangly enough I knew the contractors had a certain time to bring the earthing/bonding cable sizes up to the current standard, So they didn't get connected by me. They ordered me to go back and connect them so I pointed out the information I had and the contractor had had sent by the EEB to all contractors working in the region. Apparently the information was not passed onto those who carried out the work either at contractor or inspector level. It seems I was the only one who had the instruction in writing. Someone else was sent and I refused to go. I don't really know how I lasted so lon before I resigned!! 

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  • Many years ago I was working for the EEB as an inspector when I had to go and connect a row of new houses on an estate.

    Strangly enough I knew the contractors had a certain time to bring the earthing/bonding cable sizes up to the current standard, So they didn't get connected by me. They ordered me to go back and connect them so I pointed out the information I had and the contractor had had sent by the EEB to all contractors working in the region. Apparently the information was not passed onto those who carried out the work either at contractor or inspector level. It seems I was the only one who had the instruction in writing. Someone else was sent and I refused to go. I don't really know how I lasted so lon before I resigned!! 

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