Illegal DIY - are you bothered?
Discussion
As everyone here surely knows by now, DIY on electrical installations in your kitchen/bathroom and garden is to become regulated in 2005.
I have registered with the Domestic installers scheme, but it's going to cost £400/year.
At the moment, I only do a few Govvy jobs, but with an outlay like that, I need to justify the expense for the few jobs that I do, so....
1, Do you think DIY'ers will bother getting their work checked, or just ignore the new rules.
2, Should I jack in my job and concentrate on being an electrical contractor full time?
I just dunno what to do.
I have registered with the Domestic installers scheme, but it's going to cost £400/year.
At the moment, I only do a few Govvy jobs, but with an outlay like that, I need to justify the expense for the few jobs that I do, so....
1, Do you think DIY'ers will bother getting their work checked, or just ignore the new rules.
2, Should I jack in my job and concentrate on being an electrical contractor full time?
I just dunno what to do.
DIY will continue. In actual practise the regs are more prohibitive than the corgie ones for gas whihc is far more dangerous.
A sensible way would have been to inspect consumer units only.
But that said it won't stop a soul, it will just mean more cowboys will make money out of people offering safty insp.
A sensible way would have been to inspect consumer units only.
But that said it won't stop a soul, it will just mean more cowboys will make money out of people offering safty insp.
Byff said:
As everyone here surely knows by now, DIY on electrical installations in your kitchen/bathroom and garden is to become regulated in 2005.
I have registered with the Domestic installers scheme, but it's going to cost £400/year.
At the moment, I only do a few Govvy jobs, but with an outlay like that, I need to justify the expense for the few jobs that I do, so....
1, Do you think DIY'ers will bother getting their work checked, or just ignore the new rules.
2, Should I jack in my job and concentrate on being an electrical contractor full time?
I just dunno what to do.
I suspect that no one except people who need to rent out their properties will get the work checked...
btw, many appo-logies oh fixer man, I will get my ass in gear ASAP!
No doubt when this comes into force and you want to sell your house you will have to declare in enquiries before contract whether or not any electrical work has been carried out, and if so, whether it was carried out by an approved installer. If you've done the work yourself but don't declare it, and something goes wrong later on, then you will leave yourself open to a claim for misrepresentation.
All imho of course.
All imho of course.
Depends how draconian it really gets, ie if it's possible to still buy the materials (you can buy a gas fire or boiler in B&Q, they don't exactly ask you for ID ) then people will still do their own. I know I bloody will.
Byff, if you need any staff let me know, I know my surface pattress from my ELCB...
Actually, probably not a good time to be talking about DIY; I've just ripped two tiled walls of my bathroom out - along with the plasterboard... and the shower, sink, pipes, wires, radiator etc.
Just got the bog plumbed back in, I used it earlier after I turned the water off and it was getting a little unsavoury...
Right, now for some plasterboard...
Ian
) then people will still do their own. I know I bloody will. Byff, if you need any staff let me know, I know my surface pattress from my ELCB...
Actually, probably not a good time to be talking about DIY; I've just ripped two tiled walls of my bathroom out - along with the plasterboard... and the shower, sink, pipes, wires, radiator etc.
Just got the bog plumbed back in, I used it earlier after I turned the water off and it was getting a little unsavoury...
Right, now for some plasterboard...
Ian
viggen114 said:
bylf said:
All this work was done prior to 2005 gov, honest.
they changed the cable to a different colour
so anyone with stock of the old has a valuable asset
Don't get me on about the colour changes
We can have a mixed installation where we have a trunking containing old and new circuits. Old three phase red,yellow and Blue and a new single phase brown and blue. Your in the middle of the trunking and need to repair the single phase neutral - which blue wire do you cut? Ones live, ones neutral.
Obviously anyone with an ounce of sense would know, but I'm talking about those dodgy electricians that don't know their arse from their elbow
>> Edited by Byff on Friday 3rd December 19:42
This means we've only got 28 days to finish the kitchen.dnb said:
Hmm, MEng in electrical and electronic engineering, MIEE, soon to be CENG. Does this mean I can wire a plug up when I'm at work? No.
It seems I'm allowed to design the power station, but not to use the electricity.
Know exactly what you mean.
I can build a 11000 volt line supplying a whole village and then a 415/240 line in and around the village and put the cable into your house up to the meter.
But I cant wire a light switch
come on !!! BB
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