Changing a bathroom light switch in a rented property

tim123456789

Rovver125 wrote: »

It would seem the official stance is that replacing like for like is ok and doesn't need signing off.

Did see another post on here yesterday about the rules and regs regarding Part P etc all changing again this year anyway!

Yep, but AIUI only in a way that makes it easier/cheaper for you to get modifications tested/done by a registered person, not in a way that increases the things that you can diy.

Gromitt

The question you need to ask is what happens if something goes wrong? I removed an old light fitting in a bathroom once, thinking it would just be a quick replacement, then the insulation practically fell off the wiring as soon as it was disturbed as it had all gone brittle. So had to replace the wiring as well. Fine in your own house, but in a rental property, the landlord will be expecting you to pay for the job as you started it. Might be easier to just ask him to send someone qualified instead.

Rovver125

Gromitt wrote: »

The question you need to ask is what happens if something goes wrong? I removed an old light fitting in a bathroom once, thinking it would just be a quick replacement, then the insulation practically fell off the wiring as soon as it was disturbed as it had all gone brittle. So had to replace the wiring as well. Fine in your own house, but in a rental property, the landlord will be expecting you to pay for the job as you started it. Might be easier to just ask him to send someone qualified instead.

As said in a previous post I'm going to stick it in a letter with a load of other issues and let the agency deal with it for exactly that reason!

I mentioned 'half job' in my previous post, if the rest of this house is anything to go by, it wouldn't suprise me one bit if the ceiling came down trying to do a simple job like that!

Just a quick example of his brilliant building work, rather then move the toilet and basin in the bathroom, he squeezed the bath in on the shorter wall instead by chiselling approx 8" into a block wall.

I only discovered this after taking the panel off the side (made from untreated tongue and groove!) as I suspected we had a leak. Turns out he had sealed the bath plug and overflow with some sort of putty and both were leaking everytime we had a bath!!

That's just the tip of the iceberg though, virtually every socket and switch in this place is skewiff (drives me mad just looking at them as I'm a bit of a perfectionist!) and both bedroom light switches are behind the doors!! I could go on all day telling you all about his cowboy antics, can't for the life of me work out why they called him half job....

tim123456789

Rovver125 wrote: »

bedroom light switches are behind the doors!!

I've got a (commercial) new build like that - absolutely nuts

tim

robatwork

tim123456789 wrote: »

I've got a (commercial) new build like that - absolutely nuts

tim

You want to see the state of some of the people the big builders get in to finish their estates. I did. I mean tilers, brickies, electricians.. all doing as many houses as they can on 1 day and scarpering.

You wouldn't be surprised at the lack of quality....

I fact I'd be more surprised to hear of a new build being top quality than shoddy.