Hello all, I’ve recently moved house and I’d like a little advice on the safety of some of the wiring found.
In general the wiring looks clean/tidy and reasonably new but my electrical experience is in factories, not in the home.
There two things I’m not so sure about though, please advise:
1. Our en suite is upstairs, the shower extractor fan looks new and in the loft, the twin cable isn’t routed along any joists, it’s running loose over the top of insulation and there’s a junction box also sitting on the insulation (not fixed down). Isn’t this a fire hazard? My plan is to route it round joists as it’s also stopping me from flooring the loft.
2. There has been a BS546 socket installed in one of the bedrooms. To keep it tidy, the socket has been installed flush into the wall next to a cupboard and the twin cable travels up the cupboard wall and into the loft. This cupboard is a built-in wardrobe, so my daughter’s hanging up clothes will be touching the twin cable. It doesn’t feel safe (her junk leaning against it (cupboard is empty at the moment).
I’m not sure whether to rip this out completely and fit a blanking plate or rewire it with some protection in the cupboard. I would be replacing the BS546 socket with a standard house plug socket BS1363,
Any ideas / advice?
Ewan
In general the wiring looks clean/tidy and reasonably new but my electrical experience is in factories, not in the home.
There two things I’m not so sure about though, please advise:
1. Our en suite is upstairs, the shower extractor fan looks new and in the loft, the twin cable isn’t routed along any joists, it’s running loose over the top of insulation and there’s a junction box also sitting on the insulation (not fixed down). Isn’t this a fire hazard? My plan is to route it round joists as it’s also stopping me from flooring the loft.
2. There has been a BS546 socket installed in one of the bedrooms. To keep it tidy, the socket has been installed flush into the wall next to a cupboard and the twin cable travels up the cupboard wall and into the loft. This cupboard is a built-in wardrobe, so my daughter’s hanging up clothes will be touching the twin cable. It doesn’t feel safe (her junk leaning against it (cupboard is empty at the moment).
I’m not sure whether to rip this out completely and fit a blanking plate or rewire it with some protection in the cupboard. I would be replacing the BS546 socket with a standard house plug socket BS1363,
Any ideas / advice?
Ewan