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I have heard people refer to themselves as partP qualified / PartP electrician...
all very bizarre
all very bizarre
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There is no such thing as notification for part P.
If you do a google search for "Part P Qualified"... you'll see that there are a plethora of courses to become "Part P Qualified"... so me thinks you're fighting a losing battle.I have heard people refer to themselves as partP qualified / PartP electrician...
all very bizarre
It used to be part P but that was done away with as other members have said - it is now just approved. Even the c&g qualification is no longer called part p but instead it’s call building regs. Notifiable works (not called part p) go to the LABC either through the scam/scheme or directly (at an additional cost) - because the old school part p sparks don’t need to update to the latest building regs cert, they don’t always know this.... the only requirement is to have 18th edition certs. Hope that clears things up, or have I thrown a grenade??If you do a google search for "Part P Qualified"... you'll see that there are a plethora of courses to become "Part P Qualified"... so me thinks you're fighting a losing battle.
Doesn't make it right, and you have to wonder what else they c.b.a. to get right.I have heard people refer to themselves as partP qualified / PartP electrician...
I wouldn't because there isn't, and never has been, any such requirement - Part P is easy enough to read, it's only one paragraph and basically says "installations must be safe". Thete is no mention of notification or scam membership.Then how would you describe the process of notifying electrical work for the purpose of compliance with part P?
As above, it was NEVER Part P - other than in confused minds.It used to be part P but that was done away with ...
As a thought, how many other trades refer to "Part X" (substitute appropriate section for X) registeted ? Can't think of any ? Windows have the same requirement, either use a scheme member or notify LABC, but you don't see them advertising or talking about Part X. They advertise membership of (e.g.) FENSA in the same way a lecky advertises NICEIC or NAPIT.
Plumbers, I have often heard plumbers referring to part G, specifically G3 when talking about unvented hot water storage, will say they are G3 qualified or have their G3 ticket.
Don’t forget hard wired smoke detectors
Thanks for that I did forget until the Electrician mentioned. I think he mentioned Aico smoke detectors. Hallway, Landing, Kitchen, Living Room. I need to think about the home alarm as well - totally forgot its best to do it all at once!
I mentiond Part P as thats what when I was getting a kitchen fitted and a new cooker point was needed is what my kitchen fitter said I need to make sure the electrican had as a registration.
Aico are good units - but hardwire them. IMO radio is for when you can't hardwire, hardwired is better - except for the inexplicable fact that Aico decided to make some features only work over radio. Bear in mind that the radio modules for Aico kit cost about the same as the detector heads - so going radio puts the cost up considerably.I think he mentioned Aico smoke detectors. Hallway, Landing, Kitchen, Living Room. I need to think about the home alarm as well - totally forgot its best to do it all at once!
As I mentioned above, it's one of the options you have available to you. TBH, it will almost certainly be cheaper to use a scheme member than to go down the self notification route.... my kitchen fitter said I need to make sure the electrican had as a registration.
As above, if there's the chance to hardwire then hardwire. Wireless options all have drawbacks, and in principle are all susceptible to jamming - possibly with no warning for long enough for someone to get in and get out.many intruder alarms are wireless now and can generally be fitted in less than a day.
Aico are good units - but hardwire them. IMO radio is for when you can't hardwire, hardwired is better - except for the inexplicable fact that Aico decided to make some features only work over radio. Bear in mind that the radio modules for Aico kit cost about the same as the detector heads - so going radio puts the cost up considerably.
On their website, they have a lot of advice to help you chose the number and type of detectors to fit. Of course, as house differ in arrangement, each will have different requirements. The basic minimum is a smoke detector on each floor - typically hallway and upstairs landing. You may want a heat (& CO if there's gas appliances) detector in the kitchen, you may want a heat detector in the garage.
While it's not mandatory for your own house, in a rented house it a legal requirement for a CO alarm in any habitable room with a solid fuel burning appliance.
Last year I renewed/upgraded the detector in a one bedroom flat - probably overkill but smoke in the vestibule, heat&CO in the kitchen, and heat in the garage underneath, and a test/locate/silence switch. What was most annoying is that I'd managed to get a cable from the existing smoke location to the kitchen when the ceiling was brought down by a water leak upstairs, and I could cable from the CU to the garage, but I had to add two radio modules to link them which added (from memory) something like 50% to the cost of the units.
I'm thinking of swapping the heat detector for a heat&CO as there's a gas boiler in the garage - I have somewhere else I can use the heat detector. I initially didn't fit CO due to the risk of false alarms from car exhaust fumes - still not sure about that, but the guys that do the gas safety checks always check if there's a CO alarm (there's a free-standing battery one so they can tick the box).
As I mentioned above, it's one of the options you have available to you. TBH, it will almost certainly be cheaper to use a scheme member than to go down the self notification route.
As above, if there's the chance to hardwire then hardwire. Wireless options all have drawbacks, and in principle are all susceptible to jamming - possibly with no warning for long enough for someone to get in and get out.
We're going somewhere when we start calling Part P 'old school'..It used to be part P but that was done away with as other members have said - it is now just approved. Even the c&g qualification is no longer called part p but instead it’s call building regs. Notifiable works (not called part p) go to the LABC either through the scam/scheme or directly (at an additional cost) - because the old school part p sparks don’t need to update to the latest building regs cert, they don’t always know this.... the only requirement is to have 18th edition certs. Hope that clears things up, or have I thrown a grenade??
We're going somewhere when we start calling Part P 'old school'..
Proper old school...…….old school is pre partP when an electrician was just a good old electrician
non of this modern domestic installer carp
That was amazing stuff ! Rawl Plastic is was called... and it was traditional to spit in it to moisten... I can't believe so many of us are still alive !I recall dad used to have a tin of asbestos stuff that you mixed with water to plug awkward holes
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