A friend called me because he was upset at the councils contractor from Wates Living Space which ibelive they then outsource the electrical contract work to Costswold Electrical. The new kitchen they fitting required a new wiring which for the most part is all good but then i seen this. The 1.5mm2 flex plastered into the wall heading into the back of the FCU. What is your opinion on this workmanship, I think it is shabby and very unprofessional but the FCU is 2 inches away from the side of the boiler and 15cm horizontally away from the the gas cooker hobs and vertically 40cm high from the cookers hobs. Further more the boiler timer is 1 inch above the FCU and being as the controller is around 6 inches wide is falls directly above a naked flame from the cookers burner at obviously ~60cm hight above the naked flame or cooking hob area. The plasterer did not plaster behind the pipes because he could not get behind them so his plan is to leave it like that or just cover the mess with tiles or pipe boxing. Note a small kitchen worktop about 65cm long is being fitted bellow the boiler...
looks fine to me. ultimately its up to the council to decide whether its good enough or not - they are paying for it. they also have a building control department.
Well it is a complete rewire so the FCU is brand new so why not use one of these and do the job properly.
You would need to check the cooker instructions for the area in which no combustible materials are allowed. If the fcu and timer are in the zone then yea, that's pretty rank.
It's a bit of a rubbish job, but I assume acceptable. Although, correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the cable need to be a minimum depth in the wall? That cable will be a PITA if it needs replacing. Would be easier to leave it in there and cut both ends at the wall. I would not be surprised he's sliced the outer insulation on that flexible cable with the trowel too.
i would say this is totaly wrong and shouldnt have been done (oh and the council dont worry about building control i have seen some of the **** they do and get it passed even tho its wrong)
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