"Apparently kitchen electrics are about to be removed from building control and council approval, allowing DIY work to go ahead unnotified as from April"
Has any one heard this officially from their Electrical body?
No. But I assume, like bonding, it is assumed that everyone these days is RCD protected.
Well the draft seems to allow for alterations to be made on existing circuits, that does not mean new circuits can be installed without notification, and it's a draft and yet to be confirmed."Apparently kitchen electrics are about to be removed from building control and council approval, allowing DIY work to go ahead unnotified as from April"
Has any one heard this officially from their Electrical body?
It doesn't just because it is not notifiable, does not mean it is exempt of certification.Yes I realise that people were talking about 3rd party certification, however this seems to suggest there will be no certification required, and DIY'ers can just go ahead and install kitchen sockets and outside lights.
Do you really think that they would have gone to the trouble of changing the Approved Document if they were not sure if the law was going to change?Well the draft seems to allow for alterations to be made on existing circuits, that does not mean new circuits can be installed without notification, and it's a draft and yet to be confirmed.
Yes I realise that people were talking about 3rd party certification, however this seems to suggest there will be no certification required, and DIY'ers can just go ahead and install kitchen sockets and outside lights.
Indeed. Not only does it not mean that, but the new AP appears to explicitly state that installation of new circuits (in kitchens or anywhere else) will continue to require notification.Well the draft seems to allow for alterations to be made on existing circuits, that does not mean new circuits can be installed without notification ...
The classic answer to that is that people such as a housebuyer's solicitor or an insurance company (in the case, for example, of a fire claim) could ask to see them them. However, as for action being taken against anyone for failing to comply with Part P (for non-notifiable work) by not having relevent certificates completed, I think you can, in practice, forget that, either before or after the changes in April.if you are not obliged to lodge certification with anyone, how do you supoose failure to certificate will be detected, and what sanctions do you think exist for failure to certificate?
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