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I know what you are saying he may indeed have misunderstood or taken a course with a rogue college. But who is now responsible? Is it him or Core and Ore who didn't check he was competent? Who should now be informing building control? Me? C and O? The incompetent electrician?

Since he didn't label the circuits on the new CU, and has not provided any evidence that the existing circuits were tested, I think I am right to be concerned. I dislike the compensation culture and hope I won't have any sleepless nights (though I am annoyed that we still can't get our new...

Soory, I'm not sure I understand. How might the electrician be a victim? Could be really have been that stupid as not to know that he should be registered as a 'competent person'? How can he assist me in this? What can he do to rectify this? In any case my contract is with Core and Ore not...

Well I have spoken to an electrician who he trusts. Basically he says that NO electrician can certify this work now. The only way forward is for Cardiff LABC to come and inspect it and sign it off. I have to discuss this with Core and Ore but obviously they should have to pay any costs. I am not...

When I said allow I did indeed mean pay for. The electrician initially suggested his mate in Pontypridd but I have told Core and Ore taht I want my own electrician to do testing and they said that is fine of course. James says that they think the college have committed fraud as they lead Kevin...

Phoned by the electrician this afternoon- very apologetic- he is not registered with NICEIC or anyone else. He was sending all documentation to the college he did the '16th' exams with. He will have to close his business now. Up to me if I want to take it further. Core and Ore will allow me...

Spoke to Rob and he assures me that Kevin has left the installation job he is working on to go home and get his certificates so that he can verify his registration. Rob says that they are unsure what name Kevin is trading under which is perhaps why we can not track him down with NICEIC.

Hello ebee if you get a chance could you catch up on my Partp kitchen problem? Thanks, Anne Marie

Have just spoken to Rob in Core and Ore. Kevin is the electrician who does most of their work and they are very confident that he is infact registered even if NICEIC do not think that he is. Rob blames the local authority not being aware of any work being done on the fact that NICEIC have had to...

James from Core and Ore has told me that Kevin is registered with NICEIC and given me a registration number. Kevin in not listed on the NICEIC website. When I got through to them I established that the number is not one of their numbers, that there is no K Martin in Cardiff registered with...

We have an address but no landline number for the electrian and Core and Ore don't seem to want to give it to us although to be honest I am not very keen on speaking to him.

Sorry, I din't notice the last few posts. Yes we paid Core and Ore not IKEA... although there was a £250 admin charge to IKEA and the work is meant to be guaranteed. A few weeks after the installation the oak worktop split. We emailed a picture to the IKEA handler who straight away arranged...

Ok- thank you all very much for your advice and sorry but we haven't had time to scan the documents or upload any pictures yet. But we will try to. Unfortunately the news is not good. We faxed our Kewtech documents through to Core and Ore last Friday and were expecting Kevin, the electrician...

If we had just had any old kitchen installer doing this then I wouldn't be surprised. But the 3 people who turned up to the house to do the plumbing/electrics/installation were sub-contracted to Core and Ore who have the contract for installation for IKEA for Wales and South West at least. (The...

I'm pretty sure that this link shows the kind of certificate we received... just 2 pages and no mention of a change of consumer unit. http://www.pat-services.co.uk/kewtech-electrical-installation-certificate-706.htm

Thank you. I don't have it in front of me but know that there are only 2 pages of Part P documentation. And no we haven't received anything from the local authority. Should we?

It seems that Mr Martin is away from the house at the moment and will contact me on Monday about the paperwork. Core and Ore wished to assure me that they sub-contract to this electrician all the time... 8 or 10 jobs a month.... and that they are not cowboys. He used that term before me. But he...

If an electrician uses a Kewtech certificate how do you know which body they are registered with?

Thank you. No they definitely changed the CU and connected all existing circuits. The certificate was a Kewtech one- which you can buy on ebay. And the electricians tading name was "K Martin" with an address in Cardiff. I can find no K Martin registered as a competent person in Cardiff...

At thetime of the consumer unit change the electrician did point out that very usually there was a switch for the shower beside the consumer unit. There is no pull-cord in the bathroom. He said this was wrong but didn't offer to change it. I suspect that he may have known that the electrics in...