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Part P Competent Person Self-Certification Schemes
Scammed By Electrician/contractor? Who Pays?
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<blockquote data-quote="HomeOwner" data-source="post: 316283" data-attributes="member: 22298"><p>Thanks for all those replies!</p><p></p><p>To answer some of the questions:</p><p></p><p>At this point in time, I'd rather not publish any of the certificates, because the installer's and contractor's names would be on them.</p><p>The reports we have from other electricians are pretty damning: </p><p>"The overall standard and presentation of the board was poor."</p><p></p><p>"Most connections needed tightening in the board."</p><p>"There was excessive use of chocolate block in the light switches and some lose terminals. 4 sockets listed on the original test result sheets could not be located."</p><p>"We understand from your Consultant, that at first sight the Part P Sign off is not what you would expect from documents required by Building Control."</p><p> </p><p></p><p>While the commercial part of the building is separated from the residential, some of the electrics are not. We have been told that therefore Part P applies to the commercial part of the building as well.</p><p></p><p>As for the building control certificate and insurance: We have an interim solution and for the time being have convinced building control that the building is safe (with the help of the additional Part P electricians we hired). That, however, has cost us a lot of money, and we simply want that money back from the person(s) who caused the problems in the first place. I also assume that we will need more in-depth testing (as most of the installation is hidden in the fabric of the building), which will be even more expensive than the first tests.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeOwner, post: 316283, member: 22298"] Thanks for all those replies! To answer some of the questions: At this point in time, I'd rather not publish any of the certificates, because the installer's and contractor's names would be on them. The reports we have from other electricians are pretty damning: "The overall standard and presentation of the board was poor." "Most connections needed tightening in the board." "There was excessive use of chocolate block in the light switches and some lose terminals. 4 sockets listed on the original test result sheets could not be located." "We understand from your Consultant, that at first sight the Part P Sign off is not what you would expect from documents required by Building Control." While the commercial part of the building is separated from the residential, some of the electrics are not. We have been told that therefore Part P applies to the commercial part of the building as well. As for the building control certificate and insurance: We have an interim solution and for the time being have convinced building control that the building is safe (with the help of the additional Part P electricians we hired). That, however, has cost us a lot of money, and we simply want that money back from the person(s) who caused the problems in the first place. I also assume that we will need more in-depth testing (as most of the installation is hidden in the fabric of the building), which will be even more expensive than the first tests. [/QUOTE]
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