Update circuit info plumber or me?

brush-head©

I've just had a new boiler & shower room installed. Usual bits not quite right but in the end all (almost) rectified.
During this work one electrical circuit changed function & one now defunct.
The distribution board has not been updated - should plumber do it (I think yes) or me - I can do it but surely it's part of the job for the plumber to do it?
Is there any legal requirement for plumber to do it? TIA

Myser

If you mean change the labels around, then either of you can do it. Strictly speaking, he should have changed them.

cyclonebri1

You have to ask if the plumber had the qualification to do the actual work, let alone the finish detail?????????

Myser

Is the new shower room RCD protected?

keystone

I think it would be useful to have a much clearer picture/understanding of the work that has actually been done.

Cheers

macman

Most plumbers are not competent to do electrical work.

Justicia

brush-head© wrote: »

Is there any legal requirement for plumber to do it?

There is no legal requirement for it to have been done. though the regulations do have an expectation that anyone carrying out electrical work provides/updates the relevant documentation and information relating to that work.

The questions posed by others above would be worthwhile answering...

fluffpot

If one electrical circuit has changed function, then it should have been tested to make sure it was up to the job and a certificate issued. Relabelling is rather a minor concern in relation to this.....

brush-head©

Hi & thanks to everyone who responded to my original thread.
The work I had done was fairly straightforward & carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer, except for the tiling in the shower room.
First job was to replace a boiler & indirect hot water cylinder which also had an immersion heater, with a combi boiler and that was installed in the cupboard housing the cylinder (now removed). The circuit for the immersion heater (now redundant) has been used for power to the boiler and the wireless receiver switching unit.
The shower room originally had an electric instantaneous shower with it's own circuit. This circuit is now redundant as the new shower takes water from the combi boiler. The cabling is still physically in place in the loft. This cable has been terminated and insulated in the loft & it's RCB switched off (not removed - I will remove it at some later point). I have written up the changes on the distribution board along with the dates. The board itself was installed & tested around two years ago by the previous owners (I have a certificate for the installation & testing).
Simple changes - which I think the plumber should have documented. I always thought - don't know why - that plumbers were required under their registration to be capable of simple or basic electrical work, short of new circuits? Still in nearly 40 years of home ownership & numerous different plumbers for different jobs I've usually experienced some disappointment, except when I employed self confessed "cowboys" who did some of the best plumbing & electrical work that I've come across, still highly serviceable & legal after 25 years.

Myser

That's what Part-P was all about - for trades who have a requirement to work on electrics such as Plumbers, builders etc. It's no substitute for proper training to be an electrician.

You would hope that the plumber is competent enough to carry out the wiring modifications for the new system? The labelling should really have been done but so long as you know which breakers are for which circuits, you can do it yourself.

phoneaplumber

Most plumbers are not do this job..