Hi everyone,
I had some renovation work done to my home, nothing that required any contact or approval with building control - just interior decorative work, etc, but part of this involved moving a a few light switches and a new consumer unit fitted. My contractor supplied an electrician who did the work but didn't provide a certificate as promised. Prior to this, I didn't even know a certificate was necessary but I've been told (by a friend) that I need it for my home insurance should anything go wrong.
Anyway, the work finished and the contractor left. A few bits of the work were not up to scratch and now the contractor has gone awol. The bits I'm not happy with are things that I'll just fix myself but the problem is we still don't have a certificate for the electrical work.
So I guess my question is, for the electrical work I mentioned, how important is it to have a certificate? Do I need to notify my insurance company? I spoke with building control and they tell me that they don't need anything so is it really worth me arranging and paying for another approved electrician to come, check the work and supply a certificate?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
R.
I had some renovation work done to my home, nothing that required any contact or approval with building control - just interior decorative work, etc, but part of this involved moving a a few light switches and a new consumer unit fitted. My contractor supplied an electrician who did the work but didn't provide a certificate as promised. Prior to this, I didn't even know a certificate was necessary but I've been told (by a friend) that I need it for my home insurance should anything go wrong.
Anyway, the work finished and the contractor left. A few bits of the work were not up to scratch and now the contractor has gone awol. The bits I'm not happy with are things that I'll just fix myself but the problem is we still don't have a certificate for the electrical work.
So I guess my question is, for the electrical work I mentioned, how important is it to have a certificate? Do I need to notify my insurance company? I spoke with building control and they tell me that they don't need anything so is it really worth me arranging and paying for another approved electrician to come, check the work and supply a certificate?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
R.