New Kitchen Electrics

Dustybee

As a handyman, what can I legally do regarding electrical work while fitting a new kitchen? i.e. can I move sockets, add sockets.

Alderbank

Which country?

Ectophile

Alderbank's question may sound strange, but the rules are different in each part of the UK.

In England, yes, so long as you are competent to do the work and you're not adding any new circuits.

FaceHead

Anyone can do anything, but some things need to be reported to building control, and if you aren't registered with a competent tradesperson scheme, then you'll have to pay for building control to inspect the work.

As a general rule, if you aren't touching the consumer unit, and it's not in the bathroom wet zones, then it's not reportable to building control. 

So yes, a DIYer can add sockets and move them without reporting the work to, and paying, building control. The DIYer in question still needs to comply with all the relevant regulations, but just doesn't have building control looking over their shoulder.

Dustybee

Sorry, yes I'm in England. That's a lot more you can do than I thought you could, especially being in a kitchen

onomatopoeia99

Dustybee said:

Sorry, yes I'm in England. That's a lot more you can do than I thought you could, especially being in a kitchen

In the last decade some of the restrictions on work you can do without LABC involvement or employing a person able to self-certify that part P brought in were removed.  You can now extend a ring, for example, which you couldn't ten years ago.