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Installing Electric Shower - Can I Do It
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When part P came in they changed the cabling - so it's easy to spot post-2006 wiring instantly and any buyer likely to ask for the certificate for work - it's so obvious that a bright surveyor could spot new work let alone any electrical inspection. Part P demands expensive registration so while you can do it yourself for £900+ and the time for the exams you have to do a lot of DiY to make it worth registering. Part P electricians don't want to lose work to competent amateurs so the cartel sets the price of inspection of your work at around the price of doing the work themselves. I actually advise the IET on the setting of part P and I'm not allowed to do this myself. In my head I try not to resent the cartel by justifying that when we sell whipping out a part P certificate before asked will look like the house is well maintained and everything is above board.Is it worth cutting corners and installing this myself?
I am pretty good at DIY and electrics but this will need rewiring which i have not done before
Are there any implications for doing this myself?
Has anyone on the board done this before?0 -
No you need to conform to Part P regulations, so you either need a Part P electrician to do it for you or get the work inspected to make sure it conforms to IEE regulations.
Electricity and bathrooms are potentially a lethal combination so getting it wrong is not an option.
Seconded. I am technically able to do this too, but nowadays you HAVE to get an electrician to do the work.Under no circumstances may any part of my postings be used, quoted, repeated, transferred or published by any third party in ANY medium outside of this website without express written permission. Thank you.0 -
For notifiable work my understanding was that it either had to be installed by a part P electrician (who would notify LBC) or you could DIY having first notified LBC and they would arrange inspection and testing at your expense.
I’m sure the NICEIC have told us not to certify work by others except in exceptional circumstances (insolvency, death etc), we can of course do a periodic inspection which will confirm basic safety but won’t satisfy the part P building regs side0
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