A spark rewiring his own house

[Guest112]

Hi as title says just interested in what you other sparks would do in this situation. Im a spark on the books with a contracting company so bar my JIB card I am not registered with any scheme and never have been so am a bit unaware of what you self employed sparks would do in my situation. I know a lot of sparks who have wired their own houses and just kept it to themselves without notifying the LABC or being on any scheme at all. Can you sprks tell me the pros and cons of either stuation notifying the LABC or just doing it without. Im not looking for a loophole or to do anything wrong but as i mentioned this is my house and im not wiring it and renovating it to sell straight away Thanks in advance

 

[Deleted member 9648]

My company..(I,m employed).. allowed me to use an NIC cert and notified for me when I installed an en-suite....maybe yours will do the same if you ask nicely!

 

[Richard Burns]

If you are doing your own house you still need to comply with the Building Regulations.
I am not saying that it would be dangerous not to inform LABC, just illegal and may cause problems if selling that house later.
But I am also not saying that anyone would notice! Except that you have just posted on a public forum!

I am on a scheme so I would do the self certification, if your company does domestic you may be able to ask if they can notify it for you, but then you might need to pay your company for the job!

Inform building control beforehand and pay their fees. If you let them know you are qualified they may make it easier.
Get a Part P scheme member to do the work and notify it.

 

[alarm man]

Hi as title says just interested in what you other sparks would do in this situation. Im a spark on the books with a contracting company so bar my JIB card I am not registered with any scheme and never have been so am a bit unaware of what you self employed sparks would do in my situation. I know a lot of sparks who have wired their own houses and just kept it to themselves without notifying the LABC or being on any scheme at all. Can you sprks tell me the pros and cons of either stuation notifying the LABC or just doing it without. Im not looking for a loophole or to do anything wrong but as i mentioned this is my house and im not wiring it and renovating it to sell straight away Thanks in advance

just do it,i did, you know your work..

 

[Deleted member 9648]

just do it,i did, you know your work..

Fine until you want to sell....if it's picked up on a survey the solicitors will want to see the cert,and may check with LABC whether it has been notified.
We had an enquiry from a solicitor recently over a house sale,a survey picked up alterations and they checked with LABC regarding what work had been notified. It turned out our cert only covered some of the work picked up....someone else had done notifyable work after us and hadnt informed LABC.

 

[Geordie Spark]

just do it,i did, you know your work..

Agreed.

I rewired my old house & sold it with no problems & am currently rewiring my "new" house.

At my time of life the less I have to do with petty-minded "officials" the happier I'll be.

 

[alarm man]

i'll take the chance,id love my day in court,over 25 yrs with a jib card v the kitchen fitter with a part p cartoon..its the law,but its wrong..

 

[ezzzekiel]

Rewire and certify yourself and stuff the partp brigade

 

[Guest112]

appreciate the feedback guys i know its a bit of a sore-spot as electricians, I want to do this properly but like i said its my house and in ten years or so when it comes to surveys the estate agent will not care about when and who did the work theyll probably just want a cert so as im going to do it properly 100%, im not worried.

i am actually going to speak to one of the engineers to see if he can sign off my cert as i have worked with him for years and trust isnt a problem, but as alarmman said, hes like many electricians i know who have just gone ahead and done it. I will try my best to get it signed off from work and that is my intention

 

[Deleted member 19807]

I have had 2 calls this week from people wanting to sell thier homes but need a part p cert they have not got, wanted me to notifie the jobs for them (no chance) The solicitors won't proceed without the certs, eic's are no good as if if don't say part p on it they won't accept it.

 

[Richard Burns]

Really, if in ten years time you are going to sell your house and there are no part P certificates they will ask for a EICR to be done and as you did the work it will likely be OK. One place I was asked to sign off their own work (very dangerous work) on a new extension, I refused and I was told that building control would accept a PIR to be able to issue a building completion certificate. Didn't get the job so can't confirm it.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

You can do what you want in your own house. It matters not whether you are a qualified spark, brain surgeon, supermarket shelf stacker, or anything else. What you do in your own home is your business, no one can police it, so you can do what the hell you like as long as you don't alter its external shape.

This is where Part P falls over big time.

Cheers............Howard

 

[Goody]

Hi as title says just interested in what you other sparks would do in this situation. Im a spark on the books with a contracting company so bar my JIB card I am not registered with any scheme and never have been so am a bit unaware of what you self employed sparks would do in my situation. I know a lot of sparks who have wired their own houses and just kept it to themselves without notifying the LABC or being on any scheme at all. Can you sprks tell me the pros and cons of either stuation notifying the LABC or just doing it without. Im not looking for a loophole or to do anything wrong but as i mentioned this is my house and im not wiring it and renovating it to sell straight away Thanks in advance

All the builders do :banghead: and get away with it, why an experienced sparky should hesitate?

 

[Mr.Ian]

On selling a property and saying that it's been recently rewired we had the option of saying cert supplied / to follow / lost - if you couldn't remember who did the work and the cert had been lost what could be done?

 

[mattmoo1974]

£100 no questions asked

 

[Engineer54]

As a guess, ...a quick check with the LABC will call your bluff!!

 

[robsparky1975]

You could possibly contact the labc tell them your a qualified sparks,they will put you on their list as a non scheme member,do the rewire,test and issue your own certs,they will just come and have a look and sign it off for roughly £80,im with elecsa but why do we need this,having a bit of paper saying you are part p compliant contractor does not make anyone a better sparks,infact ive been to some places after nic and elecsa contractors and some of the work was poop.

 

[Engineer54]

WHY?? It's all to do with making money, ....same as it has Always been!!

It's all to do with making money from basically nothing, and with very little outlay in maintaining the money rolling in.
Everyone pays except the benefactors....

 

[wattsup]

just do it! Then get the cowboys in to do a pir gas board et al £50...I don't know gov, it was like this when bought

 

[wattsup]

I know plenty of part p 'sparks' who couldn't wire a christmas tree