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Sooty:
If the regulation are there to stop numptys from killing the rest of the world then I am sure there are many more regulation just like this to be introduced and there will come a time when the line will have to be drawn or we will need a "qualified" person the open our front gate in case we kill a passer by.
As for Tims comment about a yearly(or 10 yearly) electrical test I think that will come one day it is only a matter of time.
The one group of people that will love this (apart from the electricians) is the insurance companies, one more get out clause, but will that reduce my premium, I don't think so.
Tim has got a valid point and so has Bob, one more case where the numpty minority cost the rest of the population more money, the world is grinding slowly to a regulation induced halt (but maybe a little quicker than my 110 comes to a halt :lol: ).
There will come a time when you are not allowed to change a flat tyre on your car in case you fit it wrong and kill another person in a RTA caused by a wheel coming off.
Hay Ho, its life Tim but not as we would like it.

Range Rover Blues:
Err, change a tyre? not on a motorway, that's already a no-no.

Thankfully car designers know a little bit more about car owners than politicians do, the torque settings for a wheel nut are quite relaxed for example so that we can do the job ourselves without invalidating the waranty.

ian_s:
there is a simple way for people who already own a house to get round this legislation.
--- Quote ---i did it before the laws came in
--- End quote ---
how are they gonna prove it?

for people like me who are only looking for a house now, it will certainly affect me, and affect what houses i can buy. if the kitchen or bathroom needs electrical work, thats now priced that house out of my range. although that might also work in my favour.

ChrisW:
Hmmm hmmm yeah hmmm... and they want £500 quid of your hard earned to register you as approved.

Most reputable firms are already NICEIC registered or moving towards getting registration and as such would be inspected for 'Part P' of the Building Regulations as a matter of course.

I think in the most instances, the need to comply with this would fall under extensions or new buildings - where planning application / building control applications need to be made.

As far as the periodic inspection of domestic installations goes, the wiring regulations recommend an interval of 10 years between inspections - I think this is probably going to be most noticeable when buying or selling properties - it will probably become a condition that a periodic inspection report is provided for the property, in most cases this happens anyway, but more in the form of an electrical survey without the formal paperwork being produced.
Of course this does make for a good bargaining tool for the people looking to buy if the report shows any defects in the installation - question is if they get the price reduced to take account of the work needing to be done would they get it done and certified or still go the cheaper route?!

I have been known to do little jobs for friends and relatives from time to time  :wink:  but something like this requiring inspection on completion and certification would make me inclined not to bother - most jobs are less than a hundred quid for me - to get someone in to certify the installation on completion would probably add at least another hundred to the price. I get the feeling that most people would rather seek to sort the little jobs out themselves without paying the extra for paperwork.
I'd have to go self employed and get a pretty decent order book in order to go for approval.

Mind you, having been an inspection and test engineer in a previous incarnation and still being pally with the previous company does have its uses!

Looks like I'll have to pack the foreigners in and just go for overtime instead!  :lol:

ChrisW:
Now then while we're on the subject... what about the wiring colours?
Red, yellow, blue, black, green/yellow
OR
Brown, black, grey, blue, green/yellow

Twenty years time, a newly qualified college leaver is going to walk into a building and see both colours in a distribution board, start working and go bang :!:

Still waiting for someone at work to realise they can't put 1B, 1B, 1G on the DB schedules :lol:

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