I've submitted a building notice to South Gloucestershire council (see this thread).
My latest e-mail to them was still polite and contained the following:
I have arranged for a local NAPIT registered electrician to inspect and certify the work, as per your e-mail below. My understanding of the Building Regulations Part P is that Building Control will pay for this inspection, and I will pay for any consultancy required from the same electrician. Please confirm my understanding.
The reply I received was as follows:
Unfortunately, as stated previously, South Gloucestershire Council is not currently in a position to provide inspections of notifiable electrical works carried out by installers not qualified to issue BS 7671 completion certificates, nor are we able to pay for inspections carried out by electricians not working under contract to SGC. The basic requirement of the Building Regulations in this respect is that you (as the Applicant) retain responsibility for demonstrating compliance with the standards laid down by BS 7671.
Has anyone successfully managed to get SGC to pay for an inspection? I'll contact them again and ask if they can arrange an inspection under contract to SGC.
I'll follow this with an extract from the Wiki, provided by BAS in the other thread.
My latest e-mail to them was still polite and contained the following:
I have arranged for a local NAPIT registered electrician to inspect and certify the work, as per your e-mail below. My understanding of the Building Regulations Part P is that Building Control will pay for this inspection, and I will pay for any consultancy required from the same electrician. Please confirm my understanding.
The reply I received was as follows:
Unfortunately, as stated previously, South Gloucestershire Council is not currently in a position to provide inspections of notifiable electrical works carried out by installers not qualified to issue BS 7671 completion certificates, nor are we able to pay for inspections carried out by electricians not working under contract to SGC. The basic requirement of the Building Regulations in this respect is that you (as the Applicant) retain responsibility for demonstrating compliance with the standards laid down by BS 7671.
Has anyone successfully managed to get SGC to pay for an inspection? I'll contact them again and ask if they can arrange an inspection under contract to SGC.
I'll follow this with an extract from the Wiki, provided by BAS in the other thread.