I fail to comprehend why you have been having a pop at persons here who have been trying to offer you informative advice.
You asked a question and didn't like the answer, throw insults and then go all silly with minor insults and catty remarks.
As you know, if you do a rewire you will have to get the work tested and signed off. If your current build work has any LABC inspections and you require a LABC completion cert your rewire will be noted by them and they will not give you a cert until your electrical work has been certified.
Certification for Part P can be via the LABC who will charge a fee and then arrange for an LABC contractor electrical Co to inspect, test and certify the work. Likely cost £500-£1000 depending on the work size and subject to being able to 'see' all routes for cables and all junctions, end fittings etc.
A Part P electrician working direct to you avoids the LABC fees and the 'money printing licence' that often goes with using an LABC contractor.
The cheapest, most cost effective method will be to employ a Part P guy and work in tandem with him.
It's perfectly OK for you to buy all materials, do all the cable laying, all the chasing and back box provision and simply allow the spark to review you work before walls and floors get closed off. Then he comes back at 2nd fix and does the work of terminating sockets, switches and lights. Then there's the testing using calibrated test equipment.
Although the house may be a 2 up 2 down (or a 8 bed mansion with swimming pool) there are design considerations that neither your builder or you have the skills to calculate. If the design is guessed then you will end up making mistakes and wasting money.
As part of the LABC rules that have become a burden to us all any person considering buying your property in the future have a right to ask for the paperwork that backs up your selling points.
So if you sell and tell them the property was totally refurbished, rewired, new bathroom, new boiler, new CH etc they will ask for the certs for Corgi and Part P, and the completion cert from the LABC.
When you can't provide these the sale will either fall through or the purchasers solicitor will request inspections and certs to be carried out.
So what am I saying ?
It's a false economy, don't waste your time and money cutting corners and doing the work outside the rules.
If you have a problem, say a house fire caused by poor electrical work your insurer won't pay out if the cert isn't produced. How common / likely is that? Well the fire brigade suggest that 60% of fires not caused by stupid people leaving a fag on the go, a coal fire embers burning or a cooker / chip pan fire are caused by failed electrics either due to age or poor workmanship.
So I'm sorry if the thought of doing a job properly with costs you haven't budgeted for upsets you- but failure to work inside the system will cost you more than you save.
I await your thoughts with interest, please try to remain mature and avoid further childish, immature remarks. Let's just see if you are able to avoid knee jerk insults.
Chris, but call me Christine if you want
You asked a question and didn't like the answer, throw insults and then go all silly with minor insults and catty remarks.
As you know, if you do a rewire you will have to get the work tested and signed off. If your current build work has any LABC inspections and you require a LABC completion cert your rewire will be noted by them and they will not give you a cert until your electrical work has been certified.
Certification for Part P can be via the LABC who will charge a fee and then arrange for an LABC contractor electrical Co to inspect, test and certify the work. Likely cost £500-£1000 depending on the work size and subject to being able to 'see' all routes for cables and all junctions, end fittings etc.
A Part P electrician working direct to you avoids the LABC fees and the 'money printing licence' that often goes with using an LABC contractor.
The cheapest, most cost effective method will be to employ a Part P guy and work in tandem with him.
It's perfectly OK for you to buy all materials, do all the cable laying, all the chasing and back box provision and simply allow the spark to review you work before walls and floors get closed off. Then he comes back at 2nd fix and does the work of terminating sockets, switches and lights. Then there's the testing using calibrated test equipment.
Although the house may be a 2 up 2 down (or a 8 bed mansion with swimming pool) there are design considerations that neither your builder or you have the skills to calculate. If the design is guessed then you will end up making mistakes and wasting money.
As part of the LABC rules that have become a burden to us all any person considering buying your property in the future have a right to ask for the paperwork that backs up your selling points.
So if you sell and tell them the property was totally refurbished, rewired, new bathroom, new boiler, new CH etc they will ask for the certs for Corgi and Part P, and the completion cert from the LABC.
When you can't provide these the sale will either fall through or the purchasers solicitor will request inspections and certs to be carried out.
So what am I saying ?
It's a false economy, don't waste your time and money cutting corners and doing the work outside the rules.
If you have a problem, say a house fire caused by poor electrical work your insurer won't pay out if the cert isn't produced. How common / likely is that? Well the fire brigade suggest that 60% of fires not caused by stupid people leaving a fag on the go, a coal fire embers burning or a cooker / chip pan fire are caused by failed electrics either due to age or poor workmanship.
So I'm sorry if the thought of doing a job properly with costs you haven't budgeted for upsets you- but failure to work inside the system will cost you more than you save.
I await your thoughts with interest, please try to remain mature and avoid further childish, immature remarks. Let's just see if you are able to avoid knee jerk insults.
Chris, but call me Christine if you want
