And how does one know when buying a house if electrical work was done after
2005?
I'd say it is rather hard to enforce, unless of course you are wiring an
extension and it is obviously new wiring.
Anton
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On 5 Jul 2014 19:22, "Brad Rogers" <brad@???> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 18:35:13 +0100
> Daniel Llewellyn <diddledan@???> wrote:
>
> Hello Daniel,
>
> >> "competent person" who will check your work before s/he signs off on
> >> it all.
>
> >That's not entirely accurate. Building regulations Part-P requires that
> >all domestic electrical work be audited and approved by a qualified
> >Part-P
>
> Except for the term Part-P (head went blank, so I wrote "competent
> person"), that's what I said. Note: "s/he signs of on it all".
>
> >In practice, and as far as I'm aware, this isn't actually an issue
> >until you come to sell the property - all work carried out on the
>
> True. Also, given the level of understanding (i.e. almost nil) >90% of
> the general population have of the legislation, the door is still wide
> open for the cowboys. If anything, it opened wider because the
> responsible electricians doing all the Part P installation, testing and
> so on, are going to have to charge more because their costs have gone
> up. Poor buggers. :-(
>
> OTOH, they do pick up a few testing jobs from sparkies like me who
> aren't Part P registered.
>
> Plus, of course, certain jobs are exempt. Although that's not
> applicable in the case of Stephen's barn job, of course.
>
> >premises must have a valid Part-P certification paper for the legal
> >side of changing ownership.
>
> As for properties that have had nothing done since the instigation of
> Part P in 2005 (I had to check - head blank again); they won't have
> certificates. What happens then? No need to answer, the question is
> (mostly) rhetorical.
>
> >Note also, I'm not sure whether a Barn wired to a domestic premises is
>
> That will depend on what it's being used for. Local Planning Dept.
> will, or at least should, know even if the home owner doesn't.
>
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