big brother

yorkiediyer

Hi all
Why do certain works on a property have to be reported to the planning officer i.e. electrical work. how much more information are we in the future going to have to give over to the authoroties smacks of big brother to me.
how safe is this information thats in thir care & is any of it covered by data protection ?

everythingblogcast

Its for health and safety reasons. What happens if you sell and then the something happens to the new owners. Sure nothing is safe in the data protection act. Companies steal information anyway.

plumb1_2

blame that Fat Git-Prescot, sorry i ment cat

yorkiediyer

Health & safety I agree with But its just a money makng scam which tadesmen/women & our customers end up paying for.
Funny way to spell cat (Git).

filo_2

there's an excellent 'moan' about the new part p legislation on this website:

http://kevinboone.com/partp.html

also some useful articles about diy:

http://kevinboone.com/diy.html

i am finding this sort of legislation very irritating.

i heard that there is new legislation on the horizon which would mean that all bath hot taps on new houses will have thermostatically controlled valves because people are too stupid not to scald themselves. and don't get me started on the new working at height legislation.

yorkiediyer

I am looking for a job where there is no legislation involved and you can just do a normal days work. If anyone finds 1 please let me know.

BobProperty

filo wrote:

....i heard that there is new legislation on the horizon which would mean that all bath hot taps on new houses will have thermostatically controlled valves because people are too stupid not to scald themselves.....

That is actually more likely to save more injuries and deaths than Part P. There are a number of cases every year of this sort of thing happening, usually to children or the elderly.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3595030.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4743251.stm

filo_2

i'm not debating that it would be safer but i believe those sort of measures should be a matter of choice and that not all the responsibility for safety should be removed from the public - it just makes people more stupid and forces them to find ways around it - so when their mixed bath water is not hot enough they'll be boiling kettles to fill the bath and when they're not allowed to make changes to their ring main they will overload adapters. there are so many simpler more effective ways of making the home safer e.g making rcds mandatory.

besides, if i'm not going to be allowed to run water at 65 degrees into my bath then how come i'm still allowed to drive a car, stand on a railway platform, swim in the sea, cross the road, stand on 2nd floor balcony, buy 24 nurofen, go skiing etc etc?

tawnyowls

It's going to get worse too - apparently the home information packs, which have caused so many problems already are going to be passed on to the Valuation Office, so they know who's added a conservatory, improved their garden, etc (stuff that you wouldn't actually need PP for), so they can whack up the council tax for the poor soul who buys the house!

plumb1_2

yorkiediyer wrote:

I am looking for a job where there is no legislation involved and you can just do a normal days work. If anyone finds 1 please let me know.

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