Turning a bath around

[Richard C]

Be aware that Richard has rather surprisingly not told you the whole story!

If you call BC to inspect the work then you will have to pay them for that and its apparently about £130.

In addition when the work is finished they are likely to still want a test certificate from a qualified person who is a member of a scheme.

For a small job as Dan says its better to employ a suitable person at the begining.

You can keep the costs down by doing the wall chasing and reinstatement yourself.

Tony

Didn't go into the detail of BC cost as I was merely pointing out the missunderstanding/misconception regarding part P: I did, however, say it would have to be tested & certified by a qualified person before BC would issue a completion cert. I do agree it would be far easier (& probably cheaper) on such a small job to get a part P in to do the lot

 

[mikej2005]

mikej do you mean internal cavity or internal stud wall?

I did actually mean an internal stud wall - I've always called them internal cavity walls, due to the cavity/gap/void between the plasterboard sheets.

I'm guessing Richard thought I was talking about brick cavity walls, hence the comments about chasing.

My fault for not making myself clearer !

 

[Richard C]

I did actually mean an internal stud wall - I've always called them internal cavity walls, due to the cavity/gap/void between the plasterboard sheets.

I'm guessing Richard thought I was talking about brick cavity walls, hence the comments about chasing.

My fault for not making myself clearer !

If it’s an internal stud wall that's different! You can run cables within these as long as you stay within the ‘safe zones’. Cables outside the safe zones in any wall or partition must be at least 50mm below the surface or be protected by an earthed metal covering or enclosure to provide mechanical protection; steel capping is not considered suitable.