Hello
New kitchen installed October 2007 by Core and Ore for Ikea. Needed new consumer unit for extra circuits along with new kitchen circuits. As far as I can tell PartP has only been issued for the new circuits. The circuits are not marked on the new consumer unit.... this is how the problem came to my attention as we since need a new electric shower and the elcetrician asked over the phone what the ampage off the current one was... I couldn't quickly say as unmarked.
Initially Core and Ore tried to say it wasn't necessary to have a PartP for this work. They told my husband "His line is that they do not have to supply a part p for circuits they did not fit,they do so for the ones they did fit. Further, the safety of the new circuit board will have been tested, and so long as there are no recommendations then the circuits in the rest of the house pass muster. However for a part p, that would have involved testing sockets etc. which was not their job at the time. He recommends a ‘Periodic Inspection’ which would be about £160 – but they don’t do them"
Then I checked to see who the electrician was registered with and his company name is not showing up on this website:
http://www.competentperson.co.uk/search.asp
I spoke to Core and Ore again today who say that they will get the electrician to explain it to me in 'layman's terms'.
So before I embarrass nyself could someone explain this to me in layman's terms?
What should it say on the Part P?
Thanks
Anne Marie
New kitchen installed October 2007 by Core and Ore for Ikea. Needed new consumer unit for extra circuits along with new kitchen circuits. As far as I can tell PartP has only been issued for the new circuits. The circuits are not marked on the new consumer unit.... this is how the problem came to my attention as we since need a new electric shower and the elcetrician asked over the phone what the ampage off the current one was... I couldn't quickly say as unmarked.
Initially Core and Ore tried to say it wasn't necessary to have a PartP for this work. They told my husband "His line is that they do not have to supply a part p for circuits they did not fit,they do so for the ones they did fit. Further, the safety of the new circuit board will have been tested, and so long as there are no recommendations then the circuits in the rest of the house pass muster. However for a part p, that would have involved testing sockets etc. which was not their job at the time. He recommends a ‘Periodic Inspection’ which would be about £160 – but they don’t do them"
Then I checked to see who the electrician was registered with and his company name is not showing up on this website:
http://www.competentperson.co.uk/search.asp
I spoke to Core and Ore again today who say that they will get the electrician to explain it to me in 'layman's terms'.
So before I embarrass nyself could someone explain this to me in layman's terms?
What should it say on the Part P?
Thanks
Anne Marie