Part P Question... Sorry!

[Stuuk1]

I shall be rewiring my own house in a couple of week (completed on the sale yesterday).

Part P just seems an issue as its more expense which I just don't see the need for as I am a 2391 qualified electrician.

My question is, what is stopping me from having a periodic carried out when I come to sell the property (whenever that may be) instead of the expense of having it part p tested now?

 

[Geoffsd]

I comply with regs everyday of the week.As previously stated I work for an Approved Contractor, installing and signing off notifiable work every day of the week. But if not informing the local council busybodies about work I've done in my own home, work that I do for a living, makes me a cowboy in your eyes and it makes you feel better, then hey you go for it. I'll not lose any sleep over it.

Then get your QS to issue the certs and notify.

 

[saveloy]

Then get your QS to issue the certs and notify.

Not possible with the type of company I work for.

 

[DieselShunter]

If the labc are going to go after someone for not complying with Part Pee, then it is unlikely they would chose a qualified electrician who has rewired his or her own gaff competantly.

I can just see the headline in the local rag:

"Council bureaucrats waste ratepayers money taking qualified electrician to court for rewiring his own house correctly"

 

[Knobhead]

"Council bureaucrats waste ratepayers money taking qualified electrician to court for rewiring his own house correctly"

I wouldn't be to sure after tonights news. The Muppets have removed children from the care of a foster family because they are members of UKIP.

 

[MDJ]

No one is suggesting your not a good electrician or that part pee isn't a joke here, just a warning fella that if you did do work in the kitchen or bathroom and didn't notify it and something happened you could be in for some trouble, if you want to take the risk then feel free to do so, just don't try to give us a hard time about it, your the one posting asking the question.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

No one is suggesting your not a good electrician or that part pee isn't a joke here, just a warning fella that if you did do work in the kitchen or bathroom and didn't notify it and something happened you could be in for some trouble, if you want to take the risk then feel free to do so, just don't try to give us a hard time about it, your the one posting asking the question.

well i also see part p as a necessary evil Mike....
yes yes we all know its a con......but a lot of this depends of course on how much notifyable works you carry out......the more notifyable stuff you do....the less it costs...
still not fit for purpose though....

 

[gizmo]

and this from someone who thinks you need to hold the C&G2391 to carry out EICRs.....lol.....lol...

Glen, apologies for the way I was speaking to you and the others last night, I'd had a few and sometimes some of the statements that people come out with as fact on here makes me want to scream !
In answer to the statement i'd made, it was meant that anyone with a 239-1 can sign off their own house. But I also agree with your statement about not needing it to test a job, so long as the QA counter signs the cert too.

 

[Dave 85]

A scam member? I would hardly put it that way. After all Part P is the scam... An electrician attempting to do his own job are not scammers.

If the rewire was carried out and the paperwork lost but a periodic carried out (fully tested) prior to sale, this is surely acceptable?!

ha ha
Wrong end of the stick pal

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Glen, apologies for the way I was speaking to you and the others last night, I'd had a few and sometimes some of the statements that people come out with as fact on here makes me want to scream !
In answer to the statement i'd made, it was meant that anyone with a 239-1 can sign off their own house. But I also agree with your statement about not needing it to test a job, so long as the QA counter signs the cert too.

well look, never mind about that....i can be a bit curt in here n all......
the only requirement for part pee (unfortunately) is the 17th edition....and deep pockets...sigh...
the C&G 2391 is a well respected qual to have as its old school written (unlike the 17th edition)...which is an online guess....
my advice to you would be as others in here have already mentioned......that is to get a part p registered electrician who will not just be able to sign off the works carried out.....but will also be able to guide you through it all as well.....
look at it like this....after the work is done....you may feel you want to register with a scam yourself.....there again you may not.....:biggrin:

 

[Octopus]

I shall be rewiring my own house in a couple of week (completed on the sale yesterday).

Part P just seems an issue as its more expense which I just don't see the need for as I am a 2391 qualified electrician.

My question is, what is stopping me from having a periodic carried out when I come to sell the property (whenever that may be) instead of the expense of having it part p tested now?

What you should do is contact your local LABC, discuss your experience and qualifications with them and if they are OK about you doing it then you'll have to part with some money and at the end of the rewire your new home will be rewired and compliant.

I appreciate that you want to save money but bypassing the LABC could cost you dearly in time.

No doubt you'll be stuffing your new home with TV's, gizmos etc so do the right thing and spend the little it'll cost to do it right.

 

[guinnessgixer]

I once did a job by notifying through labc before i was with a body, The guy came out from bradford council, he told me he and another guy in oxford are the only qualified sparks to work in the council labc in the uk, he popped up to the bathroom looked at my work, and i mean looked he just stood in the doorway and looked about, never took a downlighter out to check they were 12v never checked the extractor or anything, he just said post your minor works cert in to me and i'll sign it off, again didnt ask for qualifications or nowt, can't remember what i payed though!
currently on with 5 apartments new conversions and labc just said to us i dont care how you do it i just want a certificate in my hand my job is just a paper trail.