What certificates should i expect the electrician to provide me with after a complete house rewire?
complete house rewire
- Thread starter Christien
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An Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC). This will include a signature for the responsibilty for design, installation and testing of the system.
Not all local authorities will provide a compliance cert....some will only provide a letter stating something along the lines of 'as far as they can ascertain, the installation complies with building regs'...
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It depends on who has carried out and notified the work.
The recommendation is that you use an electrician who is registered with one of the Part P schemes.
In this case, when the electrician has completed the work he will notify his scheme (NICEIC, NAPIT, etc) and they will
1. Tell the local authority that the work has been caried out in accordance with Building Regulations
and
2. They (the scheme) will send to the customer a Certificate of Compliance. It looks like this.
Note that the electrician must also provide a Electrical Installation Certificate.
The process is different if YOU are doing it yourself. In this case the council will want to satisfy themselves that the installation is safe and has been installed in compliance with the usual standards. They should then issue a Cert of Compliance. I've never seen paperwork provided on a DIY basis but I'll bet they will weasel word it so they cannot be sued later if your house catches fire.
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