DIYer query re whether a couple of kitchen/bathroom jobs are notifiable

[lfo]

Hi, I'm not an electrician but I have a (hopefully) quick query whether a couple of small kitchen/bathroom jobs are notifiable?

1) There's currently a built-in and wired-in fridge and freezer in the kitchen. If the wires for the built-in units are converted into normal plug sockets for new fridge and freezer, is that notifiable (not sure whether that constitutes an addition to a circuit, which in a kitchen I think would be notifiable, or a like-for-like job as it won't result in the creation of extra power points, which I think wouldn't be notifiable?)

2) replacing a ceiling pull switch in a bathroom (pretty sure this won't be notifiable but as it's a bathroom I wanted to check!)

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/info you can give

 

[bigbaddave]

Really? Is this a banned member taking the Micheal??

 

[wade88]

Dude, no, to both.

High five for bothering to check, but slap on the forehead for being a tool.

 

[lfo]

Not taking the Michael, it was a genuine query, seeing as "installing an additional socket from an existing circuit" is notifiable, then not sure why my query met with such derision?

Never mind (sigh) I guess I know what standard of customer service to expect from electricians.......

 

[stef]

What do you want? One post - two replies and lots of smiling faces :icon11:

 

[DJ Ovengloves]

The kitchen work will not be notifiable after the new financial year starts due to changes to part pee

Not taking the Michael, it was a genuine query, seeing as "installing an additional socket from an existing circuit" is notifiable, then not sure why my query met with such derision?

Never mind (sigh) I guess I know what standard of customer service to expect from electricians.......

 

[ruston]

Probably not, but you will still have to comply with the requirements of BS7671 . IE confirm disconnection times for the circuits and ensure the bathroom switch is outside, and/or complies with the zones in the bathroom.

 

[wade88]

haha YOUR sighing. *falls off chair backwards*​

 

[Guitarist]

Changing an SFCU for a socket is not considered "like for like", even though it does not entail alteration to the circuit wiring.
Are you a kitchen fitter or is it your own home, out of interest?

 

[IanHug]

Probably not, but you will still have to comply with the requirements of BS7671 . IE confirm disconnection times for the circuits and ensure the bathroom switch is outside, and/or complies with the zones in the bathroom.

Where do the building regs say that?

 

[ruston]

Well they do actually if you have a read of them.

 

[Knobhead]

Read the question again and then I'll lend you a shoe horn to get you're size ten out of..............

 

[Tesla1980]

Probably not, but you will still have to comply with the requirements of BS7671 . IE confirm disconnection times for the circuits and ensure the bathroom switch is outside, and/or complies with the zones in the bathroom.

You don't HAVE to comply with BS7671 at all it's not mandatory or even law it's only a recomendation.

 

[IanHug]

Well they do actually if you have a read of them.

Part P of the building regs =



There is no reference to BS7671.

BS7671 only gets mentioned in the guidance docs as something that will normally be accepted as a way of demonstrating compliance with Part P.

 

[ruston]

Yes I know that, but it is an accepted standard to comply with the building regs and some statutory documents.