Yes, and there are some very strange requirements. A friend of mine did the Electric installation on his new house and it failed the Consuel check because there was no socket in the wet room! So he had to pay for another test. He put a socket at 1.5 mt. high so he could put a mirror over it and...
Hi Mike,
Thank you for your good non-judgemental post, with the very interesting links.
I realise that I have to get it tested by a "Qualified" person but finding a competent one is the difficult part. I have chatted to some local builders and they have all had the same experience as me. They...
Thanks very much for taking the time to reply, I am the landlord not the tenant. I could not sleep easy thinking one of these cowboys has passed it as safe. I know that if an accident happened they would just say "All OK when I left it!" Regardless of your qualifications in the UK trhey would...
Hi,
This is my first post, it is a bit long but I felt a full explanation is necessary.
I am a competent DIYer and I live in the South of France where the rules are quite a bit different from the UK. The agent of a house I rent out requested a Divi (Quote) from what they said was the best...
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