@taps said:
Thank you PeterC.i should have added that the wiring in the ceiling only services that townhouse. I looked at LPI for pre-1974 as we are 1971 building and the wording is somewhat confusing but it says something along the lines of
if the wiring only services that lot then it’s the owners responsibility – and i have something in my head from years ago that this is still the case for this lot. Albeit this wiring is in the ceiling / roof cavity.
I can’t speak for non-ACT, but that accords with my expectation. Here, utility connections that only service one unit are the unit owner’s responsibility to maintain.
I do see your point PeterC that if it was ‘code’ then and doesn’t need upgrading – but i think that the building inspector who did the report was being cautious and when it comes to what is standard now to what was there is always changes.
If anyone has some input or can point me in the right direction for the rules? much appreciated.
It might well be that the building inspector was making an entirely reasonable recommendation that it would be a good idea to bring old wiring up to current standard. If anything suggested that the old wiring needed maintenance work, then the maintenance would have to meet the current standards anyway.
Adding insulation might well require a wiring upgrade anyway.