Colin wrote:

In Germany they do not have BCOs, the builder is educated and qualified

and

certified. he self certifies the build. It works. In this country, we
have an attitude that all workers are cowboys and have a layer to check
their work.


How does that work with DIY projects? Do the Germans have to get a qualified
builder in to certify the work?



In germany, you don't do DIY much. Certainly no th electrcal or plumbing
kind. Why should you? You can get a hghly skilled man in who can do it
in one quarer the time you could to a proper standrad, for not very much.
And you have adequate income as an intelligent professional, to pay him
to do it.

Not that I like Germany much as a place to live.



Colin