Doing a kitchen refurb at the moment which includes changing pendant for spots and moving / adding sockets which I gather is classed as minor works! Existing Kitchen circuit feeds whole house not just kitchen and is not on rcd/rcbo! As work carried out is only minor works, for it to have a cert...
Hi guys,
Just a quick question, I'm going to do two separate jobs on the same lighting circuit, now I was wondering if I would have to issue 2 separate minor works certificates? Or can I put both on the same certificate? And if yes, how do I put them on the same certificate? Or would I need to...
Hi Guys & Girls.
A bit of advice needed for my niceic assesment.
On my minor job,i am planning to install a socket on the landing in my cousins house, the system is a tt,the main switch on the cu is a 30mA rcd,i know this isnt to the 17th regs.
Main services are bonded,earth rod has no...
If you are adding something on a circuit, ie another light, fan etc, when doing the r1+r2 do you get that from the part of circuit you have added or from the last in line point on that circuit??
Thanks.
What tests do you do on a minor works job?? I know some certs ask for different ones but my main question is if it asks for zs and the job is an extra light or something extra off a lighting circuit then do you leave zs as it will all be live??
Thanks.
I had my assessment for joining the competent persons scheme with NICEIC last week. I showed the inspector my first job – one a full rewire with accompanying brand new 17th edition board – passed with flying colours. I then showed the inspector my second site which was the addition on a single...
Hi all its late and i`m tired:confused:,
Just fitted a new shower in my own house, question is, i have installed a new circuit for shower.
can i get away with a minor works?
been so long since i`ve just installed one circuit anywhere i cant remember if it`a minor works, or full EIC cert.
and...
Do I have to issue a minor works if I modify or extend a ring main in the main house if it runs through the kitchen on one circuit, even if I haven't touched a thing in the kitchen?:confused: I would say yes, but who am I? :rolleyes:
Hi all Im a new member, (a retired electrician and the worst kind of customer) Just had a new oil fired boiler installed in my kithcen, I must add the first time ive required the services of tradesmen. Its been a complete nightmare. The question is the electricians who came out and fitted the...
Hi all,
I'm working in a factory enviroment at present installing new boilers(straight swap new for old). Unfrotunately, one of the fuse spurs had to be modified and re-located slightly, because the new boiler location rendered the fuse spur as inaccessable. In effect I have now changed the...
Alright boys what would be the best way to go........
I'm re-wiring a kitchen in a ground floor residential flat.I've moved a couple of sockets and spurred off existing circuit for a couple as well.
I've added under unit lighting off existing circuit.
Added 1 pendant in a hall cupboard off...
A domestic TNS installation has a 100mA RCD main switch and 'Type 2' MCBs.
I Need to move a kitchen socket away from a hob, install an additional one, install a fused spur unit for an extractor hood, and move two light switches to the other side of a room.
The customer is a right pain and it...
Doing a job moving a light and adding one to a kitchen , its not rcd protected , is it ok just to mention that on the minor works cert or do I have to provide rcd protection?:confused:
Hi, could anyone answer a couple of questions for me; Is a like for like shower replacement (same wattage) Notifiable? I have read that it is a minor works? I think it says in approved doc p that its not notifiable?? Also, if I put a shower in on a like for like basis, given that the original...
Hi all,
Would a temporary consumer unit for a building site in my own property classify as a major job, obviously from that consumer unit will be several socket circuits and a lighting circuit?
Would they do as minor jobs?
would i need to inform the LABC?
Cheers in advance
Ryan
Hi all...I'm just using my mate eyeball account to post a question...If I go into a old property and the customer wants some extra sockets putting in and you take a look at the main earth bonding which is present but inadequate due to the size.
1..Do i need to update the main earth bonding or is...
My mate has converted a bathroom into a wet room etc. He has not installed any new circuits but moved old circuits (lighting) Sockets from a bedroom.
He has converted the bedroom into a wet room.
Does he need a part p cert or will a minor works cert be ok as he has added no more circuits ...
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