We are in dispute with the firm that did some building work and I suspect they will hold on to the P certificate.

Anyone know how easy / expensive it is to get electrical work P certified seperately after work has been done?

Thanks

Stu

By P certified I assume you mean get a completion certificate issued by building control (Part P)? And that it is a dwelling i.e. house not business?

Hi

Yes, I mean the P certificate for the wiring as the building inspector wants to see this before he will issue our certificate of lawfulness.

It is a house, not a business

Thanks

Stu

To be honest I did all the wiring in my house, got a sparky to check it and he signed it off. no problem

No such thing as a P cert. If a spark is registered with a Part P scheme when he has completed a job he notifies the scheme operator and they notify building control directly. Building control then issue a completion notice/cert/whatever.

If the spark is not part p registered or hasn't notified correctly the installation will need a periodic inspection and the report along with schedules of tests and results should be enough for building control to issue you completion cert.

My local building control are happy to accept my own testing results because I am a qualified spark with C&G 2381 and 2391. If I wasn't they would send their own electrician to test the installation themselves.

You need to ask the inspector (not a receptionist) if they want to test the install or you should get a spark to do it. Either way they will charge you a fee to issue the cert.

The other option is to get a part P spark to check it over and process it like he did the install himself. Lots of sparks will do this but it is not correct and if he gets caught you may be back to square one.

Was he someone you knew already? A couple we have phoned say they would never certify someone else's work.

Stu

Thanks Andy


I'll call the building inspector and ask if they can test it [or recommend someone who can].

Cheers

Stu

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Was he someone you knew already? A couple we have phoned say they would never certify someone else's work.

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Thanks Andy

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We are in dispute with the firm that did some building work and I suspect they will hold on to the P certificate.

Anyone know how easy / expensive it is to get electrical work P certified seperately after work has been done?

Thanks

Stu

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Originally posted by whitestu
We are in dispute with the firm that did some building work and I suspect they will hold on to the P certificate.

Anyone know how easy / expensive it is to get electrical work P certified seperately after work has been done?

Thanks

Stu

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If this is for work done as part of a building notice (or full plans application) then the BCO is not allowed to charge extra for electrical inspection....this was spelled out recently in an updated version of part Pee after a some councils were found taking the Piss...

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where for instance a kitchen fitter might not be competent enought to fill out paperwork himself, so he just runs all the wires and the company sparky connects and tests himself. Thats with a nationwide company too.

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Would you like a kitchen fitted by this man above ???

Watch you fingers!

Pat

Its not kitchen direct or Moben!

The building inspector has inspected part way through so he may have seen the wiring runs.

To be honest I don't object too much to paying the money just to get the whole thing finished, as I can't see any other way of sorting it out.

The contractors for the job [loft conversion] still have lots of small jobs to do and I think they will hold on to the electrical certification until we have paid them the final £500 quid, although they seem to have no intention of doing the outstanding work.


Getting the council to do it would bring some closure and we can finish the outstanding bits ourselves.

Thanks

Stu

Hi mate, something I can answer at last! They're not legally allowed to hold back on issuing the certificate, regardless of whether they've been paid or not. If you want to get funny with them you can report them to building control. What somebody said about the electrical testing being covered on original permission, is different around the country, round here they charge you £175 I think, and you would have to have told them from start so they can inspect first fix etc. So if i was you id call company and tell them building control said they have to supply certificate, do you know who they are registered with by the way.

I'm part p registered spark, so get in touch if theyr'e still not playing ball

Steve
I note it is your first post welcome. The addition of further expertise is always welcome Cheers