Fuse board change help!

[Guitarist]

just read some of the more recent posts. one LABC wants £58.75 for notification, another want £180. what a bloody farce. no wonder so many sparks ignore part p.

Totally agree

 

[Mynamesmatt]

If anyones still interested ... managed to get in the house and have a better look at the electrics.



So, if im correct - The meter up the top is not being used (only shows 6units on the display and has been there for years) so it is quite obvious that there were storage heaters installed years ago which were replaced with central heating. All the outlets have been left though!

So my plan is to replace the two consumer units with a 1 brand new 15 way board

Im going down the expensive route and using RCBO's for every circuit rather than splitting up loads and using RCD's

Im going to keep the 6 exisiting radials for the storage heaters and replace them with double sockets (one in each room - which is handy because there is very minimal sockets in the house) and leave the upstairs ring/downstairs ring/upstairs lights/downstairs lights circuits as they are.

In addition to this im adding a shower circuit and cooker circuit.

So in total i should have 12 circuits (using a 15 way board so i have a few to spare for a later date)

Ill add bonding where it hasnt been done.
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Can anyone see anything wrong with any of that? or any advice maybe?

Also, do the electricity suppliers (SSE) charge to come and remove their meters and tails? Sure do hope not!!

 

[Guitarist]

Also, do the electricity suppliers (SSE) charge to come and remove their meters and tails? Sure do hope not!!

Give them a call and ask. Usually, DNO's will alter cabling/remove meters free of charge, but always worth asking

 

[Geordie Spark]

Me too, im all for dropping Part P,
which is what ive done in my house, just because ive not gone through Part P doesnt make it any more dangerous, its correctly installed and working fine

Mine is too.

As I've said before on this board; Pert P exists ONLY because WE allow it to.

Withdraw our support of it & that's the end of it.

 

[KevinS]

If it were MY house, I wouldn't even consider a split load board, I would use a board full of RCBO's
yes I understand your on a budget, but if you put in a Wylex board, you can pick them up on eBay 'reasonably' cheap
it will pay for itself over and over. You also have to remember that 1) you are not buying RCD's and they take away at least 4 spaces in the board!

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Sorry didn't read your last post before adding my comments.
cant see anything wrong with how your doing it

 

[sedgy34]

Mine is too.

As I've said before on this board; Pert P exists ONLY because WE allow it to.

Withdraw our support of it & that's the end of it.

And how do you get that to happen? The scams love it and they back it up every year on consultations by playing the safety card, but the scams are telling there installers they are with us on it against the part p they just say what you want to hear

 

[Guitarist]

Mine is too.

As I've said before on this board; Pert P exists ONLY because WE allow it to.

Withdraw our support of it & that's the end of it.

Unless everyone, all at the same time, withdrew from the 3 registered bodies, then it would never happen.
Imagine how busy the ones left "registered" would be...

 

[Rauer]

Unless everyone, all at the same time, withdrew from the 3 registered bodies, then it would never happen.
Imagine how busy the ones left "registered" would be...

Yep I would be like a headless chicken!!!

 

[sedgy34]

We would all become that Dave down the pub but doing the job properly

 

[Guitarist]

We would all become that Dave down the pub but doing the job properly

Think how busy all the pubs would be!

 

[sedgy34]

Think how busy all the pubs would be!

Ha yeh I'm liking it it would probably boost the economy lol

 

[valleybilly]

But in the mean time say 10 years down the line you have a fire and its cause could be attributed to any electrical work not certified at that time then your insurance wont pay out regardless of your compliance with the regs or competence . The risk is all yours sorry to say bud.

 

[drew35]

I personally don't understand all the hate for part P? If work no longer needed to be carried out to a standard and signed off why would anyone need an electrician? All new builds would be wired by the builder, or the plumber, and every extension wired by the home owner. Part P certificates brings work to us because nobody else can do it?

 

[sedgy34]

But in the mean time say 10 years down the line you have a fire and its cause could be attributed to any electrical work not certified at that time then your insurance wont pay out regardless of your compliance with the regs or competence . The risk is all yours sorry to say bud.

A what? A fire?? What you on pal maybe 30 years on it needs rewiring nowt else like a fire

 

[valleybilly]

A what? A fire?? What you on pal maybe 30 years on it needs rewiring nowt else like a fire

Any chance you can give me the lottery numbers for Saturday

 

[sedgy34]

Any chance you can give me the lottery numbers for Saturday

Im reading this and thinking you are cacking your pants that your work won't last no longer than 10 yrs so how many fires have you had mate

 

[Guitarist]

I personally don't understand all the hate for part P? If work no longer needed to be carried out to a standard and signed off why would anyone need an electrician? All new builds would be wired by the builder, or the plumber, and every extension wired by the home owner. Part P certificates brings work to us because nobody else can do it?

There isn't actually any hate for part P itself. I think that most of us agree that in principal it is a good thing. The problem comes from the fact that while many of us spend a fortune getting registered and doing things "by the book", there are loads of chancers out there who aren't part P registered, don't own test gear, don't provide certificates and don't notify work, and as a result can undercut us at every turn. Yes, there have always been these people, but what is really frustrating for us is that nobody in authority is policing these guys who break the law.

 

[sedgy34]

Guitarist you play a good tune

 

[alarm man]

There isn't actually any hate for part P itself. I think that most of us agree that in principal it is a good thing. The problem comes from the fact that while many of us spend a fortune getting registered and doing things "by the book", there are loads of chancers out there who aren't part P registered, don't own test gear, don't provide certificates and don't notify work, and as a result can undercut us at every turn. Yes, there have always been these people, but what is really frustrating for us is that nobody in authority is policing these guys who break the law.

id say most chancers are part p,quick course litle knowledge,part p,new tester and off they go...or the qualified spark doing a bit of work without telling the council..which is the worst crime

 

[Guitarist]

id say most chancers are part p,quick course litle knowledge,part p,new tester and off they go...or the qualified spark doing a bit of work without telling the council..which is the worst crime

In my experience, the majority of guys who don't bother getting registered (and I don't mean industrial sparks doing some work in their own home) don't bother issuing certs either when doing notifiable work, as they don't want to be traced.
All I ask is that we have a level playing field when competing for work.