Part F building regs...................

[Gavin John Hyde]

Had an email from some outfit suggesying to keep building control happy we sparks should do a course to certify our extractor fans, cooker hoods etc.. never been asked for one yet but maybe one day i will. If i recall in the niceic online portal there is a form dv1 for certificating such things.
Anybody heard of this lot (email below)


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[chris murphy]

Hello All,

I can see from the above messages that the responders to this thread are likely to know far more about this subject than me but I have been aware since about 2009 / 2010 that `Building Regulation Part F - Ventilation` requires some `Ventilation` work to be carried out by either a `Competent Person`- a Member of a Competent Persons Scheme [one of which was being run by CORGI at about that time] or direct Notification to the Local Authority Building Control who I am sure would be looking for `Design & Testing` details on all but the most basic Ventilation systems.

Although CORGI no longer run the Gas Register they do run Competent Persons Schemes - `Ventilation` amongst them - and I am guessing that they will have `Training providers` offering Ventilation Courses - from memory a person having taken a `Ventilation` Training Course can call themselves a `Ventilation Technician`.

Competent Persons who are registered on such a Scheme and carry out Ventilation work that falls into the category that has to be Notified to the Local Authority Building Control [does anyone know what is ?] can notify via the Scheme providers in a similar way that Gas Safe Registered Engineers notify via Gas Safe.

And I assume similar to how Electricians notify under `Part P` via whatever Scheme provider you belong to.

I remember thinking at the time [2009 / 2010] does this apply to Kitchen and Bathroom Ventilation Fans / Cooker Hoods ?

I did not have any motive to further investigate exactly what is involved in the Ventilation Training or exactly what `Ventilation` work is required to be Tested.

I have not installed any Open Flue Boilers since then that required Mechanical Ventilation to be provided - that would require the Intake Fan to be electrically linked to the Boiler operation so that in the event of a Fan failure the Boiler could not operate - also depending on the `Air Tightness` requirement of the Building such a Fan would obviously have an effect on that.

I would expect that this form of `Ventilation` work would be subject to `Design & Testing` by a Ventilation Expert and be subject to Notification to the LABC.

As the subject of a `Ventilation Competent Persons Scheme` may come up as required for some Electricians perhaps a Member will investigate further and post some information on the Forum.

Chris