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No argument from me - I just didn't think that much detail was required......you've blown the OPs mind as it is. :)

I thought that poor MichaelTTs thread had been hijacked enough - so I thought I'd post this in a new one. Let's get into the spirit of DIY (and the ridiculous) For all you DIYers, here's how to save yourself a fortune. You have a 4 bedroom detached house with attached garage and utility...

You can't run 2.5mm cable off a 30/32 A fuse/MCB, unless it's a spur - which means you'ld be restricted again. If it's not a spur, but a new circuit from the board, then it's notifiable. Do you see what you lot have caused?? :)

So, you don't think that's possible - based on how you read Schedule 4??

This last post by Paul C kind of sums up why these discussions regarding Schedule 4 and what is/isn't notifiable come about. It's nothing to do with wanting to understand the Building Regs and follow them correctly. It's all about DIYers and un-registered sparks, looking for whatever...

Thank you!! :) This is exactly the point that I was trying to put over with my post regarding the two scenarios.........if you take it as read, then it becomes ridiculous, it requires 'INTERPRETATION'. Whose interpretation??? Well let's see, In the one corner we have me, (a working...

Okay, I'll phrase the questions a bit easier for BAS - a simple yes or no will do. 1) If I extend my existing downstairs 4mm socket radial - in 4mm SWA to my detached garage, where I feed 6 double socket outlets and then an FCU to 1.5mm T&E feeding three, individually switched, fluorescent...

So, just so I know that you're being serious........you're telling me that:- I can replace a broken socket outlet, but if it involves any 'new fixed cabling', then I'll have to notify (as per part 1) Yet I can run 10 meters of 4mm SWA to a detached garage and power 6 double socket outlets...

Michael, take it from me, it's really quite simple. Ignore anyones 'interpretations' of what the laws is or isn't saying.......I proved in my last post just how 'plain' the english is. It goes like this: Cable and lighting attached to the walls of your house - not...

Not being funny, John, but if you want to take the actual words of the law..... Why, in Scedule 4, Part 1, does it state that: So, you can only replace a socket outlet, without notification, as long as it doesn't include any 'new fixed cabling'. Yet BAS interprets that you can run a...

The EGTTBR endorses approved document P :- So, we have Approved Document P - Approved and Issued by the Secretary of State and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. We have the Electricians Guide to the Building Regs - from the good old engineers at the IEE. And we have the...

Taken from 'Notifiable electrical work descriptors Guidance for CPS registrants' - Published by the LABC :-

Wind your neck in, BAS, and admit you are wrong this time. Garden power and lighting are special installations - this includes cables crossing 'gardens', for want of a better word. Regardless of the distance, to get to a detached garage, you are crossing the 'garden' - so it's notifiable...

I beg to differ. I agree with the electrician - it's notifiable. It's nothing to do with the 'extending of the circuit' - it's the fact that the supply is crossing the garden/path outside. Approved document P states that work in a shed or detached garage is not notifiable unless it...

It's not that it's 'illegal' - you're perfectly entitled to do the job yourself. But as BAS has stated on numerous occasions, and I hapen to agree, you need to do it correctly. Building Regulatios in Scotland are different to ours - but you need to comply with them.....so you first need a...

Ignore the Part P link - as you're in Scotland. BUT.......You will still have to test and verify the circuit BEFORE and AFTER energising - switching on and seeing if the RCD trips isn't good enough!! (You didn't mention an RCD n your shopping list, by the way.) How do you intend to-...

Yes, but they still have to comply with the 'Regs' and they still have to be tested. Do you have test equipment? Are you competent to test? Because here's what you'll have to do - just for adding a 'simple' socket - 1) Establish that the earthing contact of the socket outlet is...

Coops, You can do it as many times as you like - subject only to the amount of 2.5mm conductors that you can fit into a 32A MCB - but they must be fused spurs if they are feeding more than one single/double socket outlet. :)

You haven't told us how long, (and what CSA), the submain to the garage CU is and what the loads are on this submain (including your garden lights). Volt drop is calculated from the origin so any chance of seeing your calcs?

This is probably the most sensible suggestion. :)