Teahead said:Hi Fred, hows Wilma.
Have been reading your post and am wondering how the Local building control inspection business works.
Am looking at doing a CU change in my house in the future and would like to do as much as possible myself.
My dads mate is a time served spark but is not Part P certified. He knows what he's doing and would be able to do anything i wasn't to keen or sure of doing. I had thought that you had to get a part P certified spark to do the works or can you do all the work and get it tested/certifed by Building control before getting the Lectric board to move the meter tails.
Hi Teahead,
Good question. As it stands, it's a farce and every LA has a different interpretation of the rules and tus a different policy re inspection.
My LA stated that I need to notify them (which I did - £58 or thereabouts) and then, if the installation was carried out by an electrician with G&G quals then they complete the form and provide a copy of their certificates. If it was not carried by a qualified electrician then the installation needs to be inspected by a qualified (again to C&G) electrician and signed off. At no point did they say a BC officer would attend. I challenged this and stated that my £58 covers the notification and inspection and under no circumstances could they expect me to pay for a qualified spark to inspect- if they want a qualified electrician to certify then it's at their cost - my fee's been paid.
As it happens, if they just send a BC officer round to inspect without testing then I am going to pay for a test but but if they test then all the better - savces me cash.
If your Dad's qualified then you should be fine - call your local LA and ask what their procedure for such work is.
P.S. Wilma's fine thanks. Getting older and gravity taking its toll but she's still fine.