As a retired Chartered Electrical Engineer with several years experience of design/supervising HV/MV installations and process control systems I rang the IEE to acertain the position of DIY home electrics and was told a building control notice needed to be submitted to the LA and the work undertaken by a competant person. Fine
The LA told me I should give them £180 for the work and they would only look when it was completed, i.e cable installation looked OK, bonding in place etc. but would not accept I could do it because I was not P registered. They suggested I employ a P registered person to do the work. Catch 22.
Does this mean we all have to pass C&G 2391 and register with theNICE to be able to self certify DIY work.
I also asked several Electrical Companies if they would independently inspect/test my work, but they preferred to install and test their own work.
My basic problem is does this mean that NO DIY beyond an accessory change is possible under the new regs?
I have now took the easy way out an employing a qualified electrician to undertake work I feel competant and qualified to do myself.
It makes me wonder why stores still sell electrical equipment if it is illegal for most people to install them - and they call this progress
The LA told me I should give them £180 for the work and they would only look when it was completed, i.e cable installation looked OK, bonding in place etc. but would not accept I could do it because I was not P registered. They suggested I employ a P registered person to do the work. Catch 22.
Does this mean we all have to pass C&G 2391 and register with theNICE to be able to self certify DIY work.
I also asked several Electrical Companies if they would independently inspect/test my work, but they preferred to install and test their own work.
My basic problem is does this mean that NO DIY beyond an accessory change is possible under the new regs?
I have now took the easy way out an employing a qualified electrician to undertake work I feel competant and qualified to do myself.
It makes me wonder why stores still sell electrical equipment if it is illegal for most people to install them - and they call this progress
