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NICEIC domestic installer
Part P registered
City and Guild Approved Electrician since 1981.
City and Guild 2381 IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition
City and Guild 2391 Testing and Inspection of Electrical Installations
City and Guild 2377 Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment.
Public Liability Insurance of £2M held
All work complies with BS 7671 the IEE Wiring Regulations (2008)
NICEIC
The National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC) is a non-profit making organisation, set up in 1956 to protect consumers against unsafe and unsound electrical installations. It acts as the Electrical installation industry's voluntary Regulatory body for safety matters. Visit NICEIC's website
Enrolled domestic installers are subject to an annual audit by the regional NICEIC Inspector.
Part P
On January 1st 2005 legislation came into effect which brought electrical work in dwellings under the Building Regulations. This amendment to the Building Regulations, known as 'Part P', imposes safety requirements, and also classifies electrical installation work into two basic categories, notifiable and non-notifiable. As a general summary any major work such as rewires, fuse board upgrades and installing new circuits, plus work in bathrooms, kitchens and gardens is notifiable and it must be notified to your Local Authority's Building Control department
If the work is carried out by an electrician who is registered with one of the organisations who administer self-certification schemes, (such as the Domestic Installer Scheme run by the NICEIC) they carry out the work and report the details to their scheme organiser, who then notify the appropriate Local Authority that the work has taken place, and that it has been certified by the person who carried it out as being in compliance with the Building Regulations. On completion of notifiable work, you will be issued with an Electrical Installation Certificate by your electrician. Once your Local Authority has been notified, you will receive a further Certificate of Compliance for the work carried out.
Please remember that Building Regulations (Part P) state that nearly all new domestic electrical work now has to be certified by a registered company. Making changes to the electrical installation in your own home is an important issue and should not be attempted without full knowledge of the regulations. Non compliance with these Building Regulations is illegal and my may result in a fine, void home insurance and hold ups in house sales.
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