I've had an extension built which involved some notifiable electrical work -New light in kitchen, new sockets in kitchen & utility room, new lights in new bathrooms, wiring in of whirlpool bath and a new ring main.
When the work was finished I was given, via my builder, a DCM4 certificate from the sparky. This certificate, which is in two parts, has all of his details, the date and location of the work and a grid showing new circuits, sockets, light points etc. It does not show any membership number relating to a competent person scheme.
I have been told by the building inspector that if the electrician was Part P qualified and able to self certify then he must belong to one of the regulatory bodies, notify them of the work he has completed and they will in turn notify the local building control dept.
That has not been done. I am in the process of speaking to my builder to find out what the score is but would I be right in saying that either this sparky is not able to self certify in which case I will have to pay the building control dept to send out an inspector or he is able to self certify and has neglected to send notification to the right people (or he isn't qualified at all but I'd rather not consider that!!)
I just want to make sure that I understand how the system works because I obviously wont be happy with my builder if he has used a sparky that can't self certify when he told me that he can.
When the work was finished I was given, via my builder, a DCM4 certificate from the sparky. This certificate, which is in two parts, has all of his details, the date and location of the work and a grid showing new circuits, sockets, light points etc. It does not show any membership number relating to a competent person scheme.
I have been told by the building inspector that if the electrician was Part P qualified and able to self certify then he must belong to one of the regulatory bodies, notify them of the work he has completed and they will in turn notify the local building control dept.
That has not been done. I am in the process of speaking to my builder to find out what the score is but would I be right in saying that either this sparky is not able to self certify in which case I will have to pay the building control dept to send out an inspector or he is able to self certify and has neglected to send notification to the right people (or he isn't qualified at all but I'd rather not consider that!!)
I just want to make sure that I understand how the system works because I obviously wont be happy with my builder if he has used a sparky that can't self certify when he told me that he can.