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Hi all - just to round this post off... Contacted Building Control and it goes like this: They employ third party contractor. The contractor expects to inspect after electrical first fix. However, any covered cables are accepted if photographic evidence. The report goes to BC with...

Hi all - just to round this post off... Contacted Building Control and it goes like this: They employ third party contractor. The contractor expects to inspect after electrical first fix. However, any covered cables are accepted if photographic evidence. The report goes to BC...

Hi All - no inspectors available today so still waiting for answer to what the electrical certificate will contain. Regards Barry

Hi John I was definitely told by the inspector that I would get 2 certificates - one for building and the other for electrical. So tomorrow I will get confirmation and ask what the electrical works certificate comprises and whether it represents approval by the LABC of the electrical work...

Hi Eric I will query price again - on the LABC website it says regularisation charges are an IDC (individually determined charge). It bugs me when charges differ across the country for same situation. At least using the LABC I will get 2 certificates - one for building work and one for...

Hi all, Ok this is how the cookie crumbles... The LABC will not accept the argument that the new wiring in the extension is not a new circuit. Therefore the works are notifiable. For them to issue a certificate for the electrical works (which is what I want) they insist on there own...

Hi Ban-all-sheds Mains water into house is via 22mm plastic pipe that reduces to 15mm copper for kitchen tap. Mains bonding is to copper pipe. Couldn't agree more about sheds. They seem to breed. On the other hand there could be a lot of electrical work going for you to fit lighting and in...

Hi John, The LABC accepted my claim that it was a form filling oversight and agreed to retrospectively modify the Building Notice i.e. its as if I had filled in the electrical works section on the original building notice form. Whether I would have paid a higher fee originally is a moot...

Hi John thanks again for succinctly put explanations. All the while during these posts I have really only been concerned that the electrical work is safe for my family and is done to Building Regs and has had professional third party approval. I am also concerned that a future purchaser of our...

Hi John - this is news to me... maybe good news. The extension is a replacement and the electrical works (lighting/sockets) use the original feeds from the house. I thought they would be considered new circuits. If they are not and therefore not notifiable then the only item that would need...

Hi JohnW2 - thats right but it is not costing a penny more. As I said Vive le Building Inspectors (in North Herts) :mrgreen: Actually it seems a reasonable solution. The original Building Notice electrical works about notifiable work should have been filled in because the planning...

Very many thanks to all responders for the replies posted. I hope the info will benefit other forum users.

Hi eric - got the EICR definition off the net so just shows how careful one has to be. I am 100% for having a safe house so I'm not interested in massaging the planning bureaucracy... I have just got off the phone to the LABC. At first the girl wanted to charge £275 for a new building...

Hi JohnW2, I think the crucial point is that the vast majority of work is very much open to inspection. The bits that aren't I can present photographic evidence for and a cable detector will also verify show presence. If somebody really wants to be officious I can expose the few bits...

Hi JohnW2 - I can’t see how building control can assume there were no notifiable works. I demolished an extension and put up a much better replacement. The planning application described a kitchen and shower room and there are plenty of notifiable works in these two rooms eg lighting and...

After googling electrical inspections I find there are electricians who will perform an electrical inspection report (Safety check on electrical wiring in standard three-bed semi detached house) for about £200. Does anybody know if that would satisfy Building Control?

I dug out the Building Notice form. There was a bit at the bottom of the form that said "please complete this if the proposals include 'notifiable' works on an electrical installation." It then asks for name of electrician who would need to attend Building Control inspections and Final Test...

Ouch! there's a point. Many thanks for that. I paid about £600 building control fee and we have had regular inspections for foundations/roof structure and insulation but electrical work has never been mentioned by either side. I assume it was never included. Does that mean they will not...

Hi all, Does any body have any experience about getting notifiable wiring work approved by a Building Control Dept? Apologies in advance for length of post! About 3 years ago I started to build a fair sized (7x10m) extension including shower room and kitchen. Initially I intended to get...

Thank you EFLImpudence - will do. The cooker hood has a couple of 40w bulbs and motor power is less than 200w so extra load should not add much load. Many thanks for all replies