sarjo Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 With the stringent laws nowadays with electrics in houses I was wondering if anyone knew if you could re-wire a house yourself and then pay a fully qualified sparky to come and certify it? Obviously the person doing the original re-wire knows how to, just doesn't have that final piece of paper to sign the job off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 With the stringent laws nowadays with electrics in houses I was wondering if anyone knew if you could re-wire a house yourself and then pay a fully qualified sparky to come and certify it? Obviously the person doing the original re-wire knows how to, just doesn't have that final piece of paper to sign the job off! there are no laws that i have heard that say you cannot do anything in your house, rewiring would be easy to do if you know what to do, then as you say get an electrition to certify it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I cant see why not, i recently kicked a sparkie off one of my jobs and the guy that finished it off never mentioned anything when he tested and gave me the cert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yeah you can do this.As long as the guy who signs the installation off has NAPIT or NICEC status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L33 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 people cannot undertake any electrical work in there own homes unless they are part p approved. thing is its hard to govern this as you can still buy materials in b and q! you really need to know the sparky and he has to know you as his name will be on the ticket!!! and if any thing goes wrong or burns down and its because of a electrical fault they are going to look at the sparkys name on the ticket for prosecution! im a electrician and i wouldnt sign off a "DIY" job and def not a rewire unless i know the bloke would do it to a good standard which part of devon are you from? depending on the size of the house mate i could come up with a reasonable price to do the work for you as your not a million miles away?! reason i say about size of the house, i will have to take holiday from work so i cant have a mansion that would take months!! http://www.dchdirect.co.uk/content.php/15320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJButler Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 With the stringent laws nowadays with electrics in houses I was wondering if anyone knew if you could re-wire a house yourself and then pay a fully qualified sparky to come and certify it? Obviously the person doing the original re-wire knows how to, just doesn't have that final piece of paper to sign the job off! Yes of course you can go down that road, i have a mate who is a fully qualified electrician with his seventeeth edition in place as well but because he has always worked as a maintenance electrician he is unable to produce a portfolio of checkable work to become approved. This has meant that following his rewire of his own property he had to pay a muppet who didn't even know about Zoning in bathrooms and was hazy on equipotential bonding to certify his work. So even if you know what you are doing and get it all right you can still run into problems, there are also some dodgy sparkys around who will certify without seeing the installation( i heard two spanish guys admit it when i did my seventeenth at the local college). My advice do it yourself by all means but do it properly and ask a reputable sparky to test it, the test wont be cheap, about £150 i would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Soon I will have my own Part P,for now my friend signs my work off.We worked together for 8 years and are best friends so I believe he can vouch for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 A very important and fundamental point to note is that DIY electrical work has not been outlawed. It has been brought within the remit of the Building Regulations and cannot be carried out as freely as it was before, and in many cases cannot be carried out without involving your local council, but you may still DIY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 as far as i was aware you can do any electrical work on your house but obviously need someone with the adequte qualifications to sign it off. not sure where you would stand regarding house insurance with electrics which you have carried out by yourself and not been signed off. also many electricians are fussy about signing off other peoples work and just as many will charge a premium for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarjo Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Yes of course you can go down that road, i have a mate who is a fully qualified electrician with his seventeeth edition in place as well but because he has always worked as a maintenance electrician he is unable to produce a portfolio of checkable work to become approved. This has meant that following his rewire of his own property he had to pay a muppet who didn't even know about Zoning in bathrooms and was hazy on equipotential bonding to certify his work. So even if you know what you are doing and get it all right you can still run into problems, there are also some dodgy sparkys around who will certify without seeing the installation( i heard two spanish guys admit it when i did my seventeenth at the local college). My advice do it yourself by all means but do it properly and ask a reputable sparky to test it, the test wont be cheap, about £150 i would expect. Absolutely spot on mate. My father in law is a first class sparky working as an electrical engineer for his local council. He cannot sign it off as he does not have that final qualification. He has said that he is reluctant to do the work because of those bloody regulations now in place - he employed someone recently to fit his own boiler in his house and has had so many problems with it he ended up fixing it himself!! Why pay a monkey to do the work which can be done yourself? I know regs are there to protect you - but that is surely for the benefit of mickey mouse and donald duck?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy07 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I am an approved certifier for electrical works to 17th edition and i would not sign off any job unless it passed all of the required inspection and testing regulations. But that work could of been carried out by a qualified sparky or a keen DIYer,it doesnt matter to me if it complies and passes the tests then it is safe and acceptable. There are electricians out there whose work is unsafe,so as long as its up to standards then by all means do the rewire yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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