1) ELECTRICAL CERTIFICATE:
We just got a loft conversion at our home in Scotland. The building contractor was very good (it seemed), but it turns out he used an unregistered electrician to carry out the electrical work and to sign the certificate.
This isn't passing muster with Inverclyde Building Standards, as it appears the sparky HAS to be registered with either NICEIC or SELECT.
We're trying to get the builder to sort the problem, but he insists there isn't one! And our designer doesn't seem to be able to persuade him either.
Am tempted to just get a qualified electrician to conduct a periodic inspection, but am worried in case i) we incur the cost of the builder's mistake; ii) if there are faults to be corrected, would we incur these if we've bypassed getting the builder to sort out a registered electrician?
This probably sounds like mince, but not having done anything like this before, I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone, and wondered if anyone of you could help. PLEASE?!
2) DOWNLIGHT:
Second prob is that I've just realised the sparky drilled a hole too big for one of the downlights so that it won't fit properly. Not only this, but he positioned it directly next to a wooden roof beam.
Have found way of re-positioning this light (and filling hole in plasterboard), but don't know if I should do this BEFORE a periodic inspection by a third-party (qualified) electrician, or wait to see what they say? (We probably need a qualified periodic inspection, as it's impossible for me to tell what other mistakes the original electrician may have made...)
Any advice would be gratefully recieved, as it's all beginning to do my nogging in - can't get the completion certificate as Inverclyde BS won't inspect the place until a valid electrical certificate is supplied.
Thanks,
Mark
We just got a loft conversion at our home in Scotland. The building contractor was very good (it seemed), but it turns out he used an unregistered electrician to carry out the electrical work and to sign the certificate.
This isn't passing muster with Inverclyde Building Standards, as it appears the sparky HAS to be registered with either NICEIC or SELECT.
We're trying to get the builder to sort the problem, but he insists there isn't one! And our designer doesn't seem to be able to persuade him either.
Am tempted to just get a qualified electrician to conduct a periodic inspection, but am worried in case i) we incur the cost of the builder's mistake; ii) if there are faults to be corrected, would we incur these if we've bypassed getting the builder to sort out a registered electrician?
This probably sounds like mince, but not having done anything like this before, I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone, and wondered if anyone of you could help. PLEASE?!
2) DOWNLIGHT:
Second prob is that I've just realised the sparky drilled a hole too big for one of the downlights so that it won't fit properly. Not only this, but he positioned it directly next to a wooden roof beam.
Have found way of re-positioning this light (and filling hole in plasterboard), but don't know if I should do this BEFORE a periodic inspection by a third-party (qualified) electrician, or wait to see what they say? (We probably need a qualified periodic inspection, as it's impossible for me to tell what other mistakes the original electrician may have made...)
Any advice would be gratefully recieved, as it's all beginning to do my nogging in - can't get the completion certificate as Inverclyde BS won't inspect the place until a valid electrical certificate is supplied.
Thanks,
Mark