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  1. Andy78

    Smoke alarms in HMO requirements

    Hi, just looking for a bit of advice for those who do more of this sort of work than myself, which is hardly ever. I have had a customer today ask me for advice about a house she is preparing to rent as a HMO. 3 bed house, not overly large, over two floors, so not a licenced HMO. The council...
  2. H

    Electrical Safety Council Question

    So I'm reading through the questions at ESC and I got to #47: Surely if the branching was all done in metal, you could prove it wasn't extraneous one day, then another spark comes in to work on apartment 2 and slaps bonding on 'to be safe' and all of a sudden every other apartment has an...
  3. gutterball

    wrong EICR form

    Just been told by the letting agent that the last lot of EICR's I've done have been rejected by the council, because it's not on the official NIC form. Been using PIRForm for the last 3 years, not a problem until now.
  4. G

    nearly lost our MCs accreditation......

    ....... because we'd not put a 'solar pv on roof' sticker on the mains incomer and our deadline to correct this was today. oops. Luckily the customer wasn't on holiday so we got it done tonight, but that gave me a minor case of squeeky bumcheeks. we did have a dual supply sticker, and the...
  5. S

    Live pipework in flat no power

    Called out to a 1st floor flat in 3 storey 9 flat council block. Leaseholder was getting shocks of the shower and the shower room floor. Suspected either static or insulation fault. Lifted saniflo cable and got a shock (just a nip but definitely not static!) when my hand brushed against the...
  6. L

    Quoting for works - How do I challenge NIC/EIC stipulated on requirements

    I'm NAPIT registered FULL SCOPE which states - and is therefore approved to undertake the design, construction, maintenance, verification and/or inspection and testing of electrical installations up to 1 kV within the work SCOPE OF APPROVAL Work Category Date of Approval Date of Expiry...
  7. K

    Working in Schools?

    Any advise for Quoting & working in a Primary School? Registration with the Local Council; Payment terms, conditions & methods etc Cheers, Kev
  8. T

    Register with Sparksafe to bid on Council work in Northern Ireland

    No, nothing to do with an American boy band. It appears that there's a new scam surfaced in Northern Ireland, in order to bid on local authority contracts you have to be registered with Sparksafe. I'm waiting for a guy to respond to some questions I've asked him re minimum qualification...
  9. L

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Niceic test

    Hi all, just joined this great forum im looking to start an electrical (domestic only ) conpany with my partner. I have 22 year experience as an electrician in a steel works but have bsc electrial &electronic engineering and my 17th edition. I have the ability to wire houses to the regs. My...
  10. G

    Work From Planning Applications?

    Has anyone won work from approved planning applications that are posted on local council websites? If you did who did you write your letter of introduction to - was it the architect/agent or the applicant directly? I'm thinking of using it as a good source of lead generation and including a...
  11. E

    Building Control BS7671 Certification

    Hi Guys , Haven't posted for a while. I carry out commercial, industrial Electrical works mainly & on occasions I have carried out Domestic Rewires, probably 1 or 2 a Year. I usually submit relevant certs etc through Building Control of at least 2 Council Authorities without a problem,pay around...
  12. M

    New sockets or not?

    Been to a customer today. 3 bedroom ex council house. The guy has bought from the council the bedsit next door with plans to knock through. But in the mean time the council have told him he needs to add the bedsit electrics to his own house creating one circuit. Easy enough.. Then I thought...
  13. J

    council advice

    just been to help my neighbour and thought I'd share with the forum, she's painting walls outside of her wet room / bathroom and got a belt off the paint brush, puts brush down and without thinking touches wall - another zap! so she phones the council helpline explains situation to call centre...
  14. B

    Light switch over stairs

    I have been asked by a customer who doesnt want a ceiling switch in a bathroom to move the exisiting plate switch to the other side of the wall - about a 5 min job. however this will put the plate switch for the bathroom above the second step on the stairs going downstairs. It doesnt come out to...
  15. A

    Local Council and Inspection and testing

    Hi all I have looked around the forum for the answer but haven't found as of yet. I've always had a grey area on understanding the building control for inspection and testing. I am fully qualified (17th edition, c&g 2330 level 2+3, 2394, 2395) and i'm not part of a body i.e NIC,Elecsa etc. I...
  16. S

    council - work advice

    hi there, just wondering if any of you know how to get a council works contract or at least get into sub contracting for them? any info would be of help thanks
  17. A

    very strange board set up

    my mum has an ex council house shes had for years, the tennant has finally gone and its time to sort the gaf out and she asked me to check out t'lectrix. im really unsure about this one. there is a very short spur from the 3036 board to a single socket outlet ( 3inches below board) and pluged...
  18. M

    Poole Council PV, interesting shading analysis tool

    An interesting way to waste council tax payers money ....... At least they put it on the South side !
  19. D

    Niceic v's the rest

    Deos anybody find or have noticed other contractors that get more work by being NICEIC as a pose to the rest ?
  20. ruston

    Bradford council rules , anyone clued up?

    A mate of mine is building an extension on a house . The boiler is a long run from the new extension so he asked the builder to add another boiler to the extension to run underfloor heating , hot water, etc. The builder told him that if he does it this way in will be classed as a separate...

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