House rewire - no certificate ?????

landlordray · Mar 20, 2021

Just had a full property rewire completed, My contract was with a registered electrician ( sparky 1 ) , I checked prior to engaging him and he is registered with NIC IEC

The job took five days and the electrician had another electrician working alongside him

When the job was completed I was asked for payment which was made by bank transfer to sparky 1

Some days later I was handed a certificate , but this was completed by sparky 2 ( who I later found out is NOT REGISTERED )

I have refused to accept this certificate and have asked the original electrician to supply a certificate in his name,
I have asked several times for this and he always promises to sort it out.

Is he duty bound to issue a certificate
what can I do if he does not issue a certificate ?

The property may be rented out or sold in the near future so without a Certificate I am going to have problems

He ( sparky 1 ) has promised to e-mail a certificate to me , is this acceptable/legal assuming it is forthcoming ?

Can I report sparky 2 for issuing a certificate when he is unregistered, if so , how do I do this ?

many thanks

timhoward · Mar 20, 2021

landlordray said:
I find it hard to believe that anyone can issue a Certificate, if this is the case then I could download a blank certificate and fill it in myself ?

I'm making no comment about your skills as obviously I've no clue.
But for most ordinary people it would be highly unwise to do this.
The bottom line is that most people wouldn't want to risk having to stand up in court after a fatal accident and attempt to defend that they are skilled and competent, and explain why their inspection hadn't picked up a critical issue.
A properly conducted inspection leaves the inspector certain that the installation is safe to use and that the many variable factors unique to the installation (e.g. circuit lengths, type of earthing, distance of house from supply transformer etc.) will lead to the safe disconnection of the supply in various fault conditions within defined time limits.
A good unskilled inspection is checking the right colours are joined up in the right places with the right size cable and hoping for the best. There's a world of difference.

cloverman · Mar 21, 2021

What you have been given is an Installation Certificate which every electrician worth their salt will give you when they have completed any work be this a full installation, a minor works or an EICR.
The Certifcate from Building control is a totally separate thing, this is to say that the work carried out has been notified (Not all work has to be notified), although this is so in your case and this is normally posted out to you by your local council which from my experience can take several weeks.