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... You don't need CORGI for a self-install if you are a 'competent person' (CORGI only for paid work). And of course the answer to 'what do I need to know to...
"Just as important" is a two-edged sword <g> ... a Corgi registered fitter for gas installation You don't need CORGI for a self-install if you are a 'competent...
... "Jim Speirs, director general of the NICEIC said: "It is unacceptable for an electrician with this level of experience to have carried out work to such a...
Hello, I know you can bend conduit using springs, but the springs cost much more than those used to bend copper pipe. I've already got some springs for pipe,...
Stephen
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May 1, 2006 8:19 am
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Stephen, I bent all my conduit using a Hilmor Conduit Bender, the same as this one listed on EBay http://tinyurl.com/jqd2e it would make sense to get a second...
What I found interesting is that these prosecutions related to 'professionals' employed by a homeowner to work on their home, (Bathroom and staircase). An...
Plastic conduit is going to be easier to install... No question there... The metal conduit offers you additional benefits 1. Mechanical protection 2. EMI...
... For the umpteenth time, this is NOT true. Part P actually offers a choice. You can elect to have your wiring carried out by a competent person (which means...
Nigel All your points on advantages / disadvantages of Part P are irrelevant; Part P was implemented to comply with Euro rules, regardless of the outcome. The...
... Sometimes it seems like the century before that ! Even though part P - or indeed part M too - doesn't apply to our build, I still take the view that being...
You are absolutely right Mark, it is quite acceptable for a competent, but non-part P registered person, to complete an electrical installation. However, the...
... Eric, I know where you are coming from but if you apply this logic consistently why bother with building regs at all? Seemingly, its only the new ones...
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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I personally feel that 'Part P' is a new type of building reg where only qualified, registered people can carry out the work. I'm not aware of any other...
Hi Nigel I know what you mean about thin-ends-of-wedges. But Mark says (and I trust his offerings more than many) that we can continue to do our own wiring...
... Many of the Building Regs make absolute sense - indeed some were so logical that they were accepted without question a hundred years or more ago. I didn't...
I raised the subject with my BCO and told that because I started before Part P I didn't need it signed off... Would be interested to hear if anyone has managed...
Most of the BCO's round here haven't been on the training course... My sparky has come across one or two that are a bit jumpy, but its usually down to missing...
Based on a previous thread on this subject, I told my BCO that I understood that since my B'regs approval pre-dated Part P, my understanding ("endorsed by the...
My understanding is that the difficulty killing sheep with a .22 is that when you shoot them in the head, you have to hit the brain. No human comparisons...
Hello Eric I thought that the idea of Part M was to save the government on conversion costs further down the line? Tracey ... -- No virus found in this...
