Electrics to shed - "Competent Person"

rtho782

Anyone can do the work, but if you're not part P registered you can't sign it off.

However, you can pay the council building control to sign it off for you.

A friend of mine does electrical work in this manner with a builder mate of his, he does the electrics for an extension (everything, from consumer unit to rings to lighting radials to cookers and kitchens) in compliance with the regs, then pays the council ~£60 to sign it off.

MrMoo28

rtho782 wrote: »

Anyone can do the work, but if you're not part P registered you can't sign it off.

However, you can pay the council building control to sign it off for you.

A friend of mine does electrical work in this manner with a builder mate of his, he does the electrics for an extension (everything, from consumer unit to rings to lighting radials to cookers and kitchens) in compliance with the regs, then pays the council ~£60 to sign it off.

Thanks, this is the sort of info I was after. If it's only £60 to pay the council for them to send someone out to sign it off then that's great! Any idea whether it's always a flat fee or if it will depend on the work and time for the contractor that he bills the council at?

Ectophile

You'll have to ask your local council how much it is - they set their own fees. It will depend on the value of the job; yours will probably be the minimum. But I suspect £60 will be optimistic.