DIY (plumbing, electrics) and selling your home?

DevCoder

Owain is right.

Again any DIy'er messing with electrics should have and understand

1. Testing Kit
2. Proving unit to calibrate the testing kit
3. A copy of the BGB (Big green book), ie BS7671
4. A copy of the OSG (on site guide)

Even then for anything above simple circuits Id ask a sparky to check them and issue a cert/EICR.

baldelectrician

fluffpot wrote: »

I'm sure as a DIYer you didn't have the necessary testing equipment to test the circuits and complete the paper work, eh?

I have just bought a new tester (an all in one this time) - £965 inc software and VAT

Justicia

baldelectrician wrote: »

I have just bought a new tester (an all in one this time) - £965 inc software and VAT

What you bought? (being nosey )

Leif

On a related issue, do you need a certificate when a fan and shaver socket are installed in a bathroom? I assume you do, in which case I have some emails to send.

keystone

Leif wrote: »

On a related issue, do you need a certificate when a fan and shaver socket are installed in a bathroom? I assume you do, in which case I have some emails to send.

If they were like for like replacements on existing circuits then there is no Part P action required. It seems to be moot as to whether a like for like replacement requires an MWC or not. I have never managed to get a satisfactory, 100% in agreement answer from anyone I've consulted on the matter.

Cheers

Leif

keystone wrote: »

If they were like for like replacements on existing circuits then there is no Part P action required. It seems to be moot as to whether a like for like replacement requires an MWC or not. I have never managed to get a satisfactory, 100% in agreement answer from anyone I've consulted on the matter.

Cheers

The fan replaced a fan installed by cowboys a few months before, for which there was no certificate. The socket was installed then too. So both need certificates. Unless I can claim the socket was already present, and the fan was a like for like replacement. How many Home Buyers Reports take of a socket plate to examine the wiring, or go into the loft and examine wires. None I would say.