Firstly a thank you then legal advice needed

[getitright]

Tonight was the first time I used this site. I typed in "Space Saver RF" into google as my boiler (see above) had started to play up. The only entry on the world wide web came from this site!
Anyway, in a previous forum Q and A session, somebody had a similar problem to me and the problem was very easy to fix. Now, I am by no means Corgi registered and I do know that boilers are best left to the professionals, however, when the forum stated that his problem was the fan at the top that just needed some WD40 I decided to investigate. All I needed to do was blow on my fan and the problem has gone away...so firstly a big thank you for already saving me the cost of a call out.
(Oh and yes, I will be giving my boiler a proper check in the near future, to make sure I don't have a larger problem brewing)

Secondly, I have a question to ask. I have been extending the floorboards in my loft (extra storage space) and decided I needed a power point up there. After researching what I needed, I successfully added a spur to the ring curcuit. The wire I used is the black/red/earth and the shop said that it needed to be able to take 30amp and so that is what I bought and fitted. A friend of mine has since told me that what I have done might be illegal as it should have been fitted by a proper electrician. Is this right, and if so, how do I go about rectifying the matter?

cheers

Gordon

 

[breezer]

regarding the 2nd part try a search for "part P"

 

[getitright]

Breezer,

Thanks for that.

Gordon

 

[megawatt]

If you need legal advice Softus is your man ... Allegedly

 

[Yarn]

I would like to know why getitright thinks this might be ilegal?

I have added a socket in my loft (after 2005), that is a spur from my upstairs ring via a FCU. I was actually giong to post a very similar question because I am selling my house and have just had a question from buyers solicitor about any electrical work that I have done since part P. I asked a few question at the time on this Forum, and thought that this job did not need to be assessed.

The question I have to answer is:

If any works were carried out after jan 2005, please provide evidence of notification, self cert and/or Building regulations approval under part P requirements.

Not sure how to answer.

 

[JohnD]

part P requirements.

look them up and perhas you will find the work you did is not notifiable.

 

[getitright]

Yarn,

The reason I thought the work that I did might be illegal was purely because a mate said that there had been new laws (maybe just regulations) that had been introduced fairly recently. My mate isn't a sparkie so he was just feeding me what he had gleaned from the electrician that did some work on his house.
Anyway, I took Breezer's advice and searched "part P" in Google and it gave me what I wanted to know. Like you, all I have done is introduced a power point up in the loft so I don't need to hold a torch in my mouth when I am up there.

Hope this helps and thanks to all.

getitright