Posted a thread on here a few weeks back about a dodgy builder who I'm now building a case against, as he's taken a load of money off me but left jobs unfinished or has done poor quality work that needs redoing throughout my house. That thread was about gas safety and through the help of fellow lifers, I discovered he had illegally installed my boiler and gas hobs. So I thought I'd ask on here again for some help, but today's subject is electrics, as I'm a bit confused when I try and read online as to whats legal or not.
So, as part of the refurb to my house, there was some small electrical work that needed doing. One part was moving a plug socket to a new location on a wall. Is this something that should be done by a qualified electrician, or can anyone do this? Going to attempt to upload two photos of how he's left the plug socket, in the one you can see the wires coming out of the bottom of the socket - surely that's dangerous?
Another job that a sub-contractor of his did, was adding electrics to run a water-feature in the garden. Electrics go from pond pump into a newly installed waterproof socket in my shed. From there they go through my garden and into a new waterproof double plug socket on the outside of my house. This then feeds into my living room and connects to an existing plug in living room. It all seems to work fine, but fairly certain the guy who installed it wasn't an electrician. So was this illegal and could I also be liable if problems with any of this occur at a later date?
Cheers for any help again
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The installation of a feed to your water
Pump in your garden sounds a bit dodgy, I personally would have wanted it on its own feed, depending on what load it's pulling. I definitely wouldn't have incorporated into your General ring circuit. Again, this due to being an alteration of the wiring of an existing circuit should have been tested and then you should have been presented with a minor works certificate.
Obviously I can only advise you on what you've said, but at the very least the alterations should have been tested and signed off on a minor works certificate.
I wouldn't commit to saying its illegal without seeing test results etc, but sounds at the very least it's bad practice.
I'm no expert but I'd also say that the outside works should have not just a double o/s socket but one with a RCD built in. And the cabling should be properly marked and under a protective conduit or something.
Edited to add this stuff on Part P requirements is quite well put together. electrical.theiet.org/building-regulations/part-p/faqs.cfm
A little bit of knowledge or lack of it you could end up with a disaster.
The bloke who done that should stick to his day job and not someone else's.
A good guide for providing power to a water feature is https://www.davesdiytips.com/electrical-supply-for-a-garden-pond-or-water-feature/
I think nowadays you need it all Part P certificated under building regs/control. So you should receive that.
Both ways sound a bodge job, good luck, so many con men out there.
Out of interest, how did you end up choosing these for the job? Through recommendations or price?
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