Replacing a wooden Consumer Unit

[Daz at home]

Hi, This may have been covered at some stage but I am new and only just discovered this place.
Lets get down to bizz.
My old folks have a wooden framed CU that recently caught fire, well almost.
What I want to know Is can the CU be replaced as a DIY project without infringing on the new leglislation jan 2005.
I was a sparky a few years ago, when it went to 14th ed regs, tinkered around a bit sibce but I am no longer knowledgeable about the regs, I know they were getting silly then so god knows what they are like now.
What I am trying to do is save them ££££'s by installing the CU myself.

 

[andy]

Hi, This may have been covered at some stage but I am new and only just discovered this place.
Lets get down to bizz.
My old folks have a wooden framed CU that recently caught fire, well almost.
What I want to know Is can the CU be replaced as a DIY project without infringing on the new leglislation jan 2005.
I was a sparky a few years ago, when it went to 14th ed regs, tinkered around a bit sibce but I am no longer knowledgeable about the regs, I know they were getting silly then so god knows what they are like now.
What I am trying to do is save them ££££'s by installing the CU myself.

under part P you cannot do the work. altho if your confident youll be able to do it SAFELY, then you started it last year.

 

[gjelect]

have you had any quotes for replacing the consumer unit?

 

[shaggy]

Andrew said:

altho if your confident youll be able to do it SAFELY

Tell me you did mean 'competent' Andrew.

 

[fido]

It all depends on where you are. You can still do it quite legally up here in Scotland.

 

[andy]

Andrew said:

altho if your confident youll be able to do it SAFELY

Tell me you did mean 'competent' Andrew.

safety should come higher than anything else

 

[ban-all-sheds]

My old folks have a wooden framed CU that recently caught fire, well almost.

Why? How?

What I want to know Is can the CU be replaced as a DIY project without infringing on the new leglislation jan 2005.

Not unless you either started it last year and finish it before April, or you notify Building Control in advance.

I was a sparky a few years ago, when it went to 14th ed regs, tinkered around a bit sibce but I am no longer knowledgeable about the regs, I know they were getting silly then so god knows what they are like now.

A source of endless fascination and arguments.... A copy of the latest OSG would be a good investment.

What I am trying to do is save them ££££'s by installing the CU myself.

Mmm. I wonder what else needs doing, though....

 

[Damocles]

If it was a choice between waiting for the fire insurance to pay for rebuilding the whole house, or breaking the building regs and replacing the CU yourself, then I know exactly which I would do.

I think this exactly demonstrates one very serious problem with part P. A repair delayed is a fire started.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I'm not saying he shouldn't DIH - only that maybe there's more to be done than just a CU....

 

[Damocles]

Wasn't arguing with you at all BAS