Surely there must be a Reg against this?!

[SSE]

My neighbour has put up a large garage that sits alongside his house but not joined to it. He asked me to wire & fit out lights inside & sockets as well. Told him he needs to get SWA to supply it as he was insisting on runnning the supply in (save money I assume) & for some reason (mainly cos he's tight) he's went & put a plastic pipe from the house to the garage & run a 10mm twin & earth & a 10mm earth through it!! It looks rough as & to be honest I'm pretty annoyed as the cable was going to be run underground to in ducting to supply it. He's adamant he's leaving it like that unless he's breaking any rules! Anyone help?!?! If there's Reg that's not being complied with he'd have no option than to do it the way I said!

 

[Knobhead]

He's got the ulitmate option, tell you to swivel and get Joe from down the pub.

 

[UNG]

If you don't like it spit your dummy out and walk away

Other than that you don't say how far the garage is from the house if you have concerns then may be posting a picture would be more helpful in getting the right advice

 

[Deleted member 9648]

As long as there is adequate protection from sunlight...(in plastic pipe should be ok)....and adequate protection from mechanical damage I cant see a problem. Nowhere in Bs 7671 does it say the only cable that can be used externally is SWA.....Did he check the price of SWA?....would be surprised if it cost any more than what he's done TBH.
As above..........it will be your name on the rest of the install so if you are not happy with the supply arrangements walk away.

 

[monkeyelectric]

I recently done a job like this, guy ran all the cables himself and was so pleased with himself, he said it took him 3 days to dig the conduit in and thread the t+e down it, apparantly threading the cable was the hard part! Some people think this is a cheaper way of doing it for some stupid reason but each to there own, i just noted on the cert that cable was already in place if it ever got questioned which i doubt it would

 

[Farmelectrics]

its a rough design but not aware of any reqs hes broken

 

[HandySparks]

I guess my only concern would be if the plastic pipe filled up with water, which would be unlikely if both ends are inside but entirely possible if one or both ends are external. The T&E wouldn't be suitable for immersion. Otherwise, just note it on the cert (and invoice) as monkey says.

 

[SSE]

Apparently he's away offshore yesterday so I may just tell the wife it's against the regs to do it this way & that I'd have to do it the way I said. Like you guys have said, it's my name that's on it & the last thing I want is other sparkles thinking that I'm rough which I'm not! Does the SWA have to be further protected going down the side of the house or just cleated?

 

[telectrix]

can be cleated surface on brickwork, no prob.

 

[monkeyelectric]

Apparently he's away offshore yesterday so I may just tell the wife it's against the regs to do it this way & that I'd have to do it the way I said. Like you guys have said, it's my name that's on it & the last thing I want is other sparkles thinking that I'm rough which I'm not! Does the SWA have to be further protected going down the side of the house or just cleated?

what happens if he finds out its not against regs? he's your neighbour so you can't get away from him and you'll see him all the time, i know i wouldn't be very happy if someone done that to me, i would just do it the way he wants as its within regs and just note it on the cert. What makes you think other electricians will be round there looking at your work? surely if you do a good job you'll be his first choice for future work