Hi,
A couple of months ago, I had a full rewire work done in a house that I rent out.
There were various problems, especially with a number of sockets that were missed. The electrician returned to supposedly resolve these issues about 6 weeks ago (after the tenant had moved in).
I have had a chance to inspect the work (inspection delayed due to tenant) and there are still many issues with the work, some of which I believe may be dangerous. In the interim, I emailed him a number of question about the installation, which he initially refused to answer, it now turns out that all the answers he eventually gave were outright lies. For example, he said that he had installed wall sockets for the kitchen appliances, but there are just, what appear to be, a number of single plug extension sockets under the kitchen units (see below), he also said that he had installed isolators for all the appliances, but no such isolators exist).
The electrician (who is NICEIC registered as a domestic installer) said that he would send me a "certificate" but has not yet done so.
As I understand it, he should have:
1) Sent me a BS 7671 electrical installation certificate
2) Sent a Building Regulations compliance certificate to me, and to building control
It has now been over 70 days since the initial installation, and over 40 days since he returned to "rectify" the issues.
He has so far not sent me either certificate, and I have no idea if he has sent the compliance certificate to building control.
I have checked here - www.checkmynotification.com - and the work is not listed
What is the best way to proceed, with regards to the documentation? Do I need to contact building control? If he does not provide it, will I need to pay another electrician to produce it?
A couple of months ago, I had a full rewire work done in a house that I rent out.
There were various problems, especially with a number of sockets that were missed. The electrician returned to supposedly resolve these issues about 6 weeks ago (after the tenant had moved in).
I have had a chance to inspect the work (inspection delayed due to tenant) and there are still many issues with the work, some of which I believe may be dangerous. In the interim, I emailed him a number of question about the installation, which he initially refused to answer, it now turns out that all the answers he eventually gave were outright lies. For example, he said that he had installed wall sockets for the kitchen appliances, but there are just, what appear to be, a number of single plug extension sockets under the kitchen units (see below), he also said that he had installed isolators for all the appliances, but no such isolators exist).
The electrician (who is NICEIC registered as a domestic installer) said that he would send me a "certificate" but has not yet done so.
As I understand it, he should have:
1) Sent me a BS 7671 electrical installation certificate
2) Sent a Building Regulations compliance certificate to me, and to building control
It has now been over 70 days since the initial installation, and over 40 days since he returned to "rectify" the issues.
He has so far not sent me either certificate, and I have no idea if he has sent the compliance certificate to building control.
I have checked here - www.checkmynotification.com - and the work is not listed
What is the best way to proceed, with regards to the documentation? Do I need to contact building control? If he does not provide it, will I need to pay another electrician to produce it?
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