Cables secured such that they will not be liable to premature collapse in the event of a fire

[bill01803]

If this is not meet on the stairs of a converted Victorian house of 5 floors is it only a 3 or can it be a 2?

 

[Spoon]

If this is not meet on the stairs of a converted Victorian house of 5 floors is it only a 3 or can it be a 2?

Please can you clarify your post. It's hard to understand what you are asking.
Is this an existing installation?
The rules for securing cable to stop collapsing apply to all building irrelevant of how may floors they have.

 

[bill01803]

On exisiting install with plastic trunking around and across hallway on stairs of flats, carrying out EICR

 

[Spoon]

On exisiting install with plastic trunking around and across hallway on stairs of flats, carrying out EICR

Oh, you are asking what code it is?
Have you checked inside the plastic trunking to see if they actually have no retaining clips for the premature collapse of the cables?

 

[richy3333]

Have you looked at the BP guide? What do you think and why?

 

[Julie.]

Depends - if it is not likely to cause entanglement then C3 (for example, a run across the width of the stair hallway, right at the top - in the event of a fire it only drops say 1-2 ft, however this is still several feet above anyone's head)

Under normal circumstances though it would be C2

 

[bill01803]

I think as it could impede the exit of residents I'll give a C2.