Set Square wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Set Square wrote:
My understanding is that any such work now comes under the
provisions of Part P of the Building Regs - and that, legally, the
work needs to be certified by a qualified electrician - or by
Building Control if they are capable! Many competent DIY-ers choose
to ignore this - particularly if there's no obvious evidence as to
*when* the work was carried out.

Effectively, it doesn't matter when it was done, as long as there
isn't an exact record existing of what's there.

Well, on the basis of complying with the 11th commandment "Be thou not found
out" - it's as well to make sure that there's no incriminating evidence
which could prove that the work was done *after* the introduction of Part P.
This could be important if and when you want to sell the house.

For example, if the electrics are in an extension which was built this year,
they *couldn't* have been done before Part P.

There's the existing record, then - however, I shall be very interested
if anyone knows what information is collected - is it simply "electrics
passed", or is it "electrics passed, CU (type xxx), socket on wall X, Y,
Z; lighting to points a,b,c (type xxx) (etc., etc.)". What is recorded?