tomf":2x0uy5r1 said:
YorkshireMartin":2x0uy5r1 said:
Just in case you didn't know, because I certainly didn't when I looked at doing it...performing such an installation yourself, unless you're certified, would actually be illegal these days due to the part P regulations, perhaps building regs also..
Don't think so Part P is notifiable under building regs and building regs will fall under a civil action but nothing to do with the law.
Anyone can carry out Part P work as long as they are 'competent' you will however need to get building control in to ok the install if the person installing it can;t self notify.
Correct, I should have said "are able to certify or get someone to certify the work". I discounted the latter as I cannot imagine that anyone with a part P would certify such work unless they installed it themselves? They'd have to be mad. Also, I think a lot of electricians are covered for Part P only on company time, so wouldn't be able to help in such circumstances. Then again you have kitchen fitters who've done a short course and got part P and thus can do work a qualified electrician can't, so who knows. I spoke to 5 electricians. I'd bought the parts myself which they said was fine, but they said they would not issue a certificate on the consumer unit unless they installed it. To me that makes sense due to insurance and so on.
The other issue was, to connect a CU in the garage required a new MCB in the household CU. This apparently requires the removal of the electricity company fuse to the mains or something, which apparently the electricity company has to do as it's their property.
About the legal thing. If such work (in this case a new circuit) cannot be proven as certified, it is actually a criminal offence. So yes, it's not doing the work thats criminal, it's having it uncertified. Hence I felt it worth saying, as people may wrongly assume this type of stuff is a slap on the wrist type deal.
Personally, after my brief brush with it, I think Part P implementation is a total shambles and I feel sorry for qualified electricians in this regard.
Anyway no intention of doing the grandmother and eggs thing, just something I found out recently in similar circumstances and felt it worth sharing.