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Peter wrote:
However how would an insurance company treat work carried out in my home
by myself? If there was a fire or person electrocuted even if not
directly from the work that I had done but would the fact that I had
done some work count against me? Would the insurance company still cover
a claim?

What about doing some work for a friend - putting in an extra socket,
unpaid. I would be concerned that if he had an electrical fault
unrelated to the socket that I had put in his insurance company would
refuse to consider a claim because I had made an alteration.

Insurance companies think they are a law in themselves, but if they
refused a legitimate claim because they found out (how?) that DIY work had
been carried out, *and that work was satisfactory*, you could sue them.
Different matter with gas where the law states you can't work on anyone
else's installation, and must be competent to work on your own. No such
laws yet with electricity.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn