electricity work certificate

stranger12

Hi Guys,

when do you need NICEIC certificate?

All house rewired and certified, does new fuse / circuit need a certificate of change ?

what happens if you do it and don't get it certified?

in another word how does insurance work out what fuses/ circuits were certified if god forbids worst happens?

I am looking into getting someone to do it but curious what happens if I don't
I recall one of my builders told me, friend of his did rewire his whole house and did not get it certified.

he had a fire and insurance tracked it down to wires.
Insurance company said wires were installed recently and he claimed he didn't know ....


they apparently analysed the copper material and confirm it was changed post he moving in ( i don't know if this can be done) and as result insurance didn't pay out.

now what I am asking isn't as drastic. it is how do they work out which circuit was certified and how many connections or plugs or lights were on it ?

Ectophile

You never need an NICEIC certificate, because there are several other schemes who also register qualified electricians. The NICEIC just has a better marketing department.

Any decent electrician should issue a Minor Works Certificate for small jobs, or an Electrical Installation Certificate for bigger jobs - including installing a new consumer unit, or complete new circuits.

Some jobs are notifiable to the council under building regulations. Rather unhelpfully, the rules are different in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Carrot007

stranger12 wrote: »

I recall one of my builders told me, friend of his did rewire his whole house and did not get it certified.

he had a fire and insurance tracked it down to wires.
Insurance company said wires were installed recently and he claimed he didn't know ....


they apparently analysed the copper material and confirm it was changed post he moving in ( i don't know if this can be done) and as result insurance didn't pay out.

now what I am asking isn't as drastic. it is how do they work out which circuit was certified and how many connections or plugs or lights were on it ?

If that happened then I bet they just used an online comparison and went with the cheapest insurance.

This of course comes at a cost. Them trying their best not to pay out (they have to keep costs down).

Better to go for a reasonable priced insurance than has the stars and reviews of people to back it up on payouts. Rating on price means nothing.

Risteard

You should receive a certificate for any electrical installation work carried out. You are correct that an NICEIC Approved Contractor is a good enrolment for an electrical contractor to have.