New build part p ans being registered

[Pete999]

Part P (not scheme registered yet), initial inspecting testing & 17th edition amd 3. Whys that Pete999, gonna give me a bashing now as I’ve not done am apprenticeship?

No not at all

 

[Pete999]

Fitzy does have a point there.

However, last month I was in a scheme, this month I'm not. Does that change my competency - no wise arsed remarks please

No my point exactly

 

[telectrix]

 

[Midwest]

Arrh another musical interlude, wot about this;

PS its not very catchy

PPS JW what a very chic jacket

 

[Octopus]

Just because this company is not in a scheme, doesn't necessarily mean they are not competent to carry out the work, supply the appropriate certification and supply a compliance certificate, as I alluded to in # 5.

I never said the contractors weren't competent .......... I was simply pointing out that the In-Laws need to address this issue NOW ....rather than when they have paid all the bills and difficult questions are being asked .........

 

[Midwest]

I never said the contractors weren't competent .......... I was simply pointing out that the In-Laws need to address this issue NOW ....rather than when they have paid all the bills and difficult questions are being asked .........

Seems like they are paying for a company to build them a house, the electrics being done correctly seems a minor part of the concern.

 

[Midwest]

Just because this company is not in a scheme, doesn't necessarily mean they are not competent to carry out the work, supply the appropriate certification and supply a compliance certificate, as I alluded to in # 5.

If you binned Stroma tomorrow, would that make you incompetent as an electrician?

So ou rate my #46 as optimistic, what about my last sentence in my post #39?

 

[Midwest]

Well I'm sure it'll all come out in the wash

 

[pirate]

This a "new build", so I was wondering if it is:
a) a new house being built by an NHBC builder, which I suspect it's not as the OP wouldn't be getting the electrical works done by someone else?
b) a new house being built to the design or requirements of the owner, possibly a "kit" home being erected by a building company who are not NHBC registered? If this is the case, I would have thought there must be an architect involved, in order for a Certificate to be issued in place of the (useless) NHBC certificate, otherwise, without either of those (other versions are available) there would be difficulty on a resale within 10 years at least. So, assumng an architect is involved, I would have thought the best route is to get him/her to select the electrical contractor as he/she will have experience of working with some firms and know which ones will do the job correctly, and will get everything through Building Control. That way, the owners have a comeback if anything is amiss.
It may be tempting to use a cheaper option for the electrics, but I feel it is wiser to pay the right money for a safe job, and maybe spend a bit less on the shiny bits in the kitchen, bathrooms etc. Huge value when finished, a few hundred extra on electrics is a better route. Folks seem always to skimp on the unseen bits, the services, electrics and plumbing, yet these are the very heart and veins that power the dream home...

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Around here if you are doing a new build you pay x amount based on square footage or value for the house to building control. If part of the new build involves electrics by a non scheme member then add £250 on to the other fees. This covers BC paying a spark to inspect. When BC hire another electrician they are in effect a temporary BC inspector and as such come under the councils statutory powers and need not be a scheme member themselves.
If you wanted to do notifiable electric work outside of the new build then its £492!!! In this area. The councils have clubbed together and work as a regional building control team instead of seperately.
I no longer hear of people regardless of qualifications or competence being able to notify direct to building control with a eic or eicr... those days are gone.
Happened this week to me with a moody cu install... wouldnt accept just an eicr even though im in a scheme. Have to do 'reinstall' eic then notify via scheme.
Its all about money...at £492 a pop at least half of that fee is straight in the councils bank as profit.

 

[Pete999]

Arrh another musical interlude, wot about this;

PS its not very catchy

PPS JW what a very chic jacket

Yes it is very nice, M and S is it JW

 

[Hoon]