I qualified as an electrician a few years back (not Part P), but decided to pursue other avenues so am a little out of touch on the regs and have a few questions if someone could help
My sister is having an upstairs extension to her bungalow and she has asked me to do the electrics. I need to ensure it complies with the 17th edition, and building regs, as she will need a Certificate for the building inspector to issue a completion notice.She having a couple of double sockets each in the two bedrooms ,one double socket in the landing ,lights and a bathroom extractor fan At current the bungalow has an old consumer unit. Do i have to change it to comply with Part P/17th regs as sockets have to be rcd protected and something about i need to have atleast two spare mcbs? Also can you still extend the ring circuit with the use of junctions boxes? if so can i simply rcd protect the downstairs ring then extend to upstairs or do i need to run a new ring for the upstairs?Will i need to touch the downstairs wiring to make sure it complies or just the new extension wiring. Also roughly how much to get this sort of work certified by a third party?
Any help would be great
Thanks
My sister is having an upstairs extension to her bungalow and she has asked me to do the electrics. I need to ensure it complies with the 17th edition, and building regs, as she will need a Certificate for the building inspector to issue a completion notice.She having a couple of double sockets each in the two bedrooms ,one double socket in the landing ,lights and a bathroom extractor fan At current the bungalow has an old consumer unit. Do i have to change it to comply with Part P/17th regs as sockets have to be rcd protected and something about i need to have atleast two spare mcbs? Also can you still extend the ring circuit with the use of junctions boxes? if so can i simply rcd protect the downstairs ring then extend to upstairs or do i need to run a new ring for the upstairs?Will i need to touch the downstairs wiring to make sure it complies or just the new extension wiring. Also roughly how much to get this sort of work certified by a third party?
Any help would be great
Thanks