I'm currently doing a complete refurbishment and that will include rewiring. The work is being carried out under a Notice and I told Building Control today that I would be carrying out the work and when/what stage would they like to come and inspect.
Maybe I'm the first person to say this as the BCO was very confused and went away 'to check'. Ok - you know and I know that they have to do it within the terms/fees of the Notice that I've already paid for.
My question is this...at what stage would you expect them to come out/send someone out to inspect? When first fix has been done? If so, what sort of access is it reasonable to give them? Plasterboarded with the wires poking out of the holes? Or do they need to see the stud partitioning bare with the wires laid out and clipped etc?
It's an old black-and-white timber framed building and the walls will be Kingspanned. I intend to run the cables behind the Kingspan (between the Kingspan and the brick infill panels) as that will be in the cooler side. But if they need to see all the cable runs then that makes life difficult.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Maybe I'm the first person to say this as the BCO was very confused and went away 'to check'. Ok - you know and I know that they have to do it within the terms/fees of the Notice that I've already paid for.
My question is this...at what stage would you expect them to come out/send someone out to inspect? When first fix has been done? If so, what sort of access is it reasonable to give them? Plasterboarded with the wires poking out of the holes? Or do they need to see the stud partitioning bare with the wires laid out and clipped etc?
It's an old black-and-white timber framed building and the walls will be Kingspanned. I intend to run the cables behind the Kingspan (between the Kingspan and the brick infill panels) as that will be in the cooler side. But if they need to see all the cable runs then that makes life difficult.
Any suggestions? Thanks