building regs question

[grant965]

Hi all, at work they have a tap for the mopbucket upstairs and there is no drain for any spill or splashback. As a result if you spill any more than 500ml it drips through the electrics in the floor and damages the lights and the tills on the floor below. Now work have said if it happens again you have to fork out for any damage. Is there anything in building regs that they should have done to prevent this. Surely they cant have a water supply with nowhere for waste water to go other than to pour into the electrics.
Thanks, Grant
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[DrSnoosnoo]

what an absolute stupid idea?! A tap without a drain. If it splashes, and it gets on something that's totally unfit for purpose and if they try to charge YOU for it, I'd tell them they need to find somewhere that is actually FFP. Weird!
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[Skudd]

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[angryjonny]

If there isn't something in building-regs about it then it'll only be because they can't include statements and rules to cover absolutely anything that you would expect to be common sense, like don't build fireplaces out of cardboard or don't plumb the toilet so that it flushes into the header tank.

An indoor tap, upstairs, that simply pours water onto the floor is lunacy and I'd refuse to use it until a sink or basin is installed. Plumbing and drainage go hand in hand.

The management saying you have to pay for any damage is no different to saying "If you fall off this balcony we haven't put any railings on (but we're making you use), you'll have to pay for the cleanup of your own remains" - nonsense and it illustrates that they're clearly idiots.

[Raffles]

Have you considered exercising a little more care when using the tap?
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[angryjonny]

In OP's position I'd be reluctant to expose myself (hur hur) to the financial risk of the washer going while I was using the tap. So I'd probably just not use it.

[Rogerborg]

Workplace H&S enforcement authorities.
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[BakesBeans]

It depends when the tap was installed. Building Regs only apply to new things built or installed. I.e. it could have been installed before building regs even existed.

What would apply is Health & Safety. And that is a big no no.

If they get difficult, ask to see their risk assessment of the tap!
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