Electrical

Wiring in of a new gas combination boiler

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.51 PM

Hi I'm a carpenter, and went to look at boxing in a newly installed combi boiler. I said I would not do anything until the following was addressed. The cable was hanging down over the copper pipes which came up through the floorboards touching them,and plugged into a 2 gang extension lead, which went across the lounge floor, it was plugged into a 5 gang trailing socket. Which was then plugged into a single socket outlet on the wall. Obviously this made me very worried. Questions: 1. The cable should not be touching the copper pipes , and surely should have a fused spur or its own dedicated socket at least ? 2. The existing two gang socket outlet. Which is now behing the pipes, was covered with a blank plate, resulting in the homeowner only having the one single socket in the whole long, she has a laptop. And charger, etc plugged into the 5 gang trailing socket, which also has the boiler plugged into it, via a the second trailing socket. This in my opinion is too much for the one socket outlet ? 3. I spike to the boiler installer. Who said he was not an electrician, and that he advised her to get one in to address the shortage of appropriate sockets, which the homeowner refutes. 4. How do we know, as he is not qualified, that the cable in the blanked off double socket have been correctly terminated ? Thanks in advance, for any help you might give. We are going to get a qualified electrician in to assess the situation. Regards Stuart, carpenter.