LABC and Regs

[Geps]

Apparently I can do the work on a DIY basis with site visits at 1st fix and 2nd fix - but I have to use and pay for a specific company to get them to test it which again breaches the approved document...

Anyway I'll get the BN put in and then crack on!

 

[1john]

Well you may as well try and buddy up with a self cert sparky and leave him to notify, it costs me £1.50 + vat to notify a job, whats it costing you??

 

[bernardgreen]

Work carried out by unregistered electricians

Where work is being carried out by an unregistered electrician on a DIY basis you will need to submit a Part P Building Notice to us. This will incur a charge to cover the cost to send an inspector to site to carry out first-fix and final inspections, and to verify your contractor's test results. Once this is satisfactory a completion certificate will be issued by us

What a badly worded document. open to even more "interpretation".

"" an unregistered electrician on a DIY basis "" and "" verify your contractor's test results ""

Is the unregistered electrician also the contractor ? or sre they two separate people, the word contractor implying he or she is "qualified" and/or registered.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

But to me there is a situation where someone who hasn't a clue with any regs can arise and rewire a house and Part P caters for this.

No it doesn't.

Someone without a clue could not comply with P1, and a bit of I&T at the end would not make their work compliant.

I don't think it's fair that LABC just says "Nope sorry we're not enforcing that part of the regs".

Take legal advice.