new kitchen - do i als need new consumer unit in garage?

[mylesw]

hi there

we are having a new kitchen fitted next month and have an electrician coming round next week to give a quote on moving a few sockets and fixing wiring for applinces - which is fine.

however, in our garage we have an old style fuse box. Are we also going to have this replaced with a consumer unit for the electrics in the kitchen to be signed off and get part p certificate?

thanks in advance

 

[Taylortwocities]

New regs only apply to new work. So there's no changes required if no work is done in the garage.
He may advise something needs doing if (for instance) there is no RCD protection for sockets that could be used for outside power.

BTW It will be a BS7671 certificate. There is no such thing as a "Part P Certificate".

EDIT: Sorry - Just re-read your post. If the fuseboard in the garage is the one for the house then you will probably need it upgraded. If its one of the re-wireable fuse ones then its most likely that a new consumer unit will be required to meet all of the new regulations./..

 

[riveralt]

hi there

we are having a new kitchen fitted next month and have an electrician coming round next week to give a quote on moving a few sockets and fixing wiring for applinces - which is fine.

however, in our garage we have an old style fuse box. Are we also going to have this replaced with a consumer unit for the electrics in the kitchen to be signed off and get part p certificate?

In most, but not all, cases your proposals will require the kitchen circuits to be protected by an RCD. This does not mean that you will need a completely new consumer unit to replace your old style fuse box.

Your electrician could split the incoming tails to the old style fuse box and run a new 6 way consumer unit with RCD protection for the kitchen circuits.
There are other ways to achieve this but it is one of the simplest.

However, a lot will depend on the integrity of the current cables in the kitchen - I would assume that the electrician will test these circuits before he begins his work. If as a result of this inspection the cables are found to be faulty then new cable would need to be run. If you are replacing your kitchen then this is probably the best time to do it anyway.