No. You may, alternatively, notify your LABC that you'll be installing the shower and the cable, and pay them a fee for certifying the work.relief123 said:do i ned to be part p qualified
BS7671 is a wholesome standard to adhere to, but there's no legal requirement to use this particular standard.relief123 said:...and what other regs do i need to watch if any???
Yes you need to be part p and BS7671 are the regs. You need to look at the rating of the shower, the size of cable and fuse etc.
Lee
RCD??? Don't think so.Fuse??? don't think so
Showers elec should be supplied through correctly rated RCD
Electricity at work Regulations, Health and Safety at Work Act. These do not apply to someone carrying out DIY in their own home, Part P of the building regs does (in England and Wales).Altough BS7671 Wiring Regs and the BS7671 On-site guides aren't statuary and the only legal document is the Electricity at Work act
Even once you have passed your course you still need to become a member of a competent person scheme in order to self certify compliance with the building regs.you may well find that your LABC wont pass your work if it doesn't adhere to the wiring regs. To be fair he might not pass it at all, here in Notts our LABC aren't yet qualified themselves and insist on you being part P or getting a part p firm in. A palce at Chesterfield run a part P course that enables you to qualify for C&G 2381 (16th edition) and 2391 (inspect and test) but comes in around £1500.
Lee
Not true.Yes you need to be part p
They may well "insist", but there is absolutely no legal basis on which they can do so, and the first time that somebody pushes back they will have to give way.here in Notts our LABC aren't yet qualified themselves and insist on you being part P or getting a part p firm in.
BS7671 is a wholesome standard to adhere to, but there's no legal requirement to use this particular standard.
BS7671 is a wholesome standard to adhere to, but there's no legal requirement to use this particular standard.
Although that's true, it must confuse the hell out of the average DIY'er. What other particular standard could we recommend that we're all conversant with?
That's not a hard task, particularly given that DIYers are unlikely to be using anything bigger than 10mm².Nothing wrong with that advice. It's perhaps easier for a DIYer to dig and prepare an appropriate trench than to expect them to terminate SWA glands correctly.
At most an extra metre? And why that many glands? You only need 1 to practice with. They should be encouraged to do it properly, not bodge an inferior solution.Let's face it, they won't buy 20 glands and some extra cable to practise with.
That's true no matter what cable they use....They wouldn't know how to test it correctly
I have a DIY book that reccomends using MICC! (nothing wrong with MICC but given it's sensitivity to damp, bad potting etc I wouldn't want to see it installed by someone who was unable to test)*grumble, grumble*... recommending shed supplies are installed in T+cpc, inside PVC conduit buried in the ground... *grumble*
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