I am planning to build a house next year and I want to do as much work as I can myself.
I want the house to be safe, legal and well-built. I know that there are things that I don’t want to tackle, for example wiring up the CU, but I am pretty confident about most of the other aspects of the electrics. Before part P changed, I did some fairly major electrical DIY work with a mate (we rewired a house), and I am reading up on the 17th edition.
What I am wondering is whether I will end up with a better, cheaper job if I go on a course to get part-P certified or if I get everything that I do inspected by the local BCO and get a proper sparks to connect the CU.
One of the areas that I know that I would be weak on would be testing. Assuming that the BCO gets somebody in to do the inspection(s) rather than them doing it themselves, is this something that the inspector will do?
I know that the inspections will cost quite a bit, but so would the course. My thinking is that the combination of getting somebody else in to install the CU and the inspections ought to pick up any major gaffes that I make.
Anybody got any advice?
Thanks
AA
I want the house to be safe, legal and well-built. I know that there are things that I don’t want to tackle, for example wiring up the CU, but I am pretty confident about most of the other aspects of the electrics. Before part P changed, I did some fairly major electrical DIY work with a mate (we rewired a house), and I am reading up on the 17th edition.
What I am wondering is whether I will end up with a better, cheaper job if I go on a course to get part-P certified or if I get everything that I do inspected by the local BCO and get a proper sparks to connect the CU.
One of the areas that I know that I would be weak on would be testing. Assuming that the BCO gets somebody in to do the inspection(s) rather than them doing it themselves, is this something that the inspector will do?
I know that the inspections will cost quite a bit, but so would the course. My thinking is that the combination of getting somebody else in to install the CU and the inspections ought to pick up any major gaffes that I make.
Anybody got any advice?
Thanks
AA