Finding it a bit tricky to do a multi quote reply here..
Cable runs - he has not used any clips to secure anything I have seen - dishwasher, lights, even the big cooker cable (which I assume will be 6mm or perhaps heavier (?) which runs down the back of the unit and under the floor and emerges at the CU where there is one solitary clip as it crosses the skirting board. Some cables are "jammed" between the plasterboard and floor, some just left to sit as they lie.
Socket beside mains - thanks - I did not think there were rules there other than the 300mm I had read about. Seems senseless where he fitted it (surface box on a plasterboard wall) when it could have been behind the actual dishwasher and distanced from all the usual under sink pipes and taps. Absolutely NOT, a socket directly behind a washing machine is not accessible for isolation unless there is an isolation switch above the worktop
Lighting - no - there is a cable with twin going into barrier strip and off to the lights, hence I question why he presented it on a 13A socket. Is there not a rule that says you cant present a 13A socket as it could be reasonably expected that something that needed 13A could be plugged in there... and the 1.0mm would be on the limit with the original long runs within insulated walls. I guess it does not matter in reality as long as the mcb protecting it was 6A or similar. You have NOT answered my point about the 13A socket being required for a PSU
Water mains earth - is it code that it needs to be within 600mm of stopcock or did that go the way of earth bonding everything in the kitchen? I will tighten it, but I guess the question is that of is it needed these days? 600mm "where practical"
Junction boxes etc in walls - are they allowed if crimped or just not at all? I certainly would not want any PSU to be behind my kitchen tiles as we all know it wont last for ever, especially in an insulated cavity! No junction boxes are crimped to my knowledge, So has he crimped and then contained the crimps in an enclosure for added protection?
Cert - my thoughts exactly - they wont pay at this point. Should the cert cover every circuit that the spark has modified or installed? Definitely. MWC for each modified and an EIC for each new one.
Thanks guys... I was beginning to give up hope:dizzy2:
David
