Hi everyone,
A couple of years ago I built a home office at the top of my garden and rigged it up with a small CU, ring main and lighting circuit. I ran SWA back to the house and terminated it with the proper glands. The cartridge fuse CU in my house didn't have any spare ports to use and I wanted to replace it with a split load RCD unit anyway. Although I felt confident in doing the other work (I've got a degree in electric & electronic engineering and did some work as a sparky's mate ages ago) I wanted to get pro in to replace the consumer unit and hook up my new submain. After being messed around by a guy who never turned up when he said he would a few times I needed to get the office up and running and I didn't need much current (just a PC and light really) so I temporarily hooked up my submain with a normal plug and plugged it in via an RCD in the house... not the best thing to do, I know, but as I said I needed to get going.
Anyway, I've been putting off getting it all sorted properly for way too long and now I've discovered the new 'Part P' rules have come in. I'd still like to get a new CU in the house but I'm not sure how to get the submain connected legitimately - it seems that I can't go via my LABC as the work is complete other than the final connection and I assume that I'd have a similar problem if I asked a pro to do it. Or are they allowed to check and certify my work?
Does anyone have any recommendations for pro's that cover the Ipswich area?
Also, is my current situation legit - i.e. connecting via a normal socket?
A couple of years ago I built a home office at the top of my garden and rigged it up with a small CU, ring main and lighting circuit. I ran SWA back to the house and terminated it with the proper glands. The cartridge fuse CU in my house didn't have any spare ports to use and I wanted to replace it with a split load RCD unit anyway. Although I felt confident in doing the other work (I've got a degree in electric & electronic engineering and did some work as a sparky's mate ages ago) I wanted to get pro in to replace the consumer unit and hook up my new submain. After being messed around by a guy who never turned up when he said he would a few times I needed to get the office up and running and I didn't need much current (just a PC and light really) so I temporarily hooked up my submain with a normal plug and plugged it in via an RCD in the house... not the best thing to do, I know, but as I said I needed to get going.
Anyway, I've been putting off getting it all sorted properly for way too long and now I've discovered the new 'Part P' rules have come in. I'd still like to get a new CU in the house but I'm not sure how to get the submain connected legitimately - it seems that I can't go via my LABC as the work is complete other than the final connection and I assume that I'd have a similar problem if I asked a pro to do it. Or are they allowed to check and certify my work?
Does anyone have any recommendations for pro's that cover the Ipswich area?
Also, is my current situation legit - i.e. connecting via a normal socket?