Everybody in the trade have had part P shoved down their throats for the past few years yet Ive seen very little in the meadia making the general public aware of the current reg's
Why is it anybody can walk into a shed and purchase a C.U., meter tails, OPD's etc which under part P are all notifiable.
Most of the domestic clients I speak to have never heard of part P
I'll amend that just got a call from someone specifically looking for part p - well well well
I agree that the public know vey little of Part P. Most of my customers have never heard of it. It's a joke.
My main bug bear with it though is that LABC just couldn't give a monkeys about it. In fact I would go as far as to say that some of them encourage work by unregistered sparks. I'll explain.
Over the past week I've seen at least a couple of threads on here, with members who have had customers who have had work done by unregistered sparks. These customers now want Part P notification. As the member has not carried out the installation, they cannot issue an EIC. BUT the LABC will accept a PIR and then sign off the install.
WTF. A brand new install without an EIC. Thats a fundamental breach of BS7671 straight away. A fundemental breach of Part P, a building regulation. Who polices the building regs? It could be argued that LABC are breaking the law!
Now I don't blame registered sparks for doing it this way as it is the only way and work is work. But LABC should refuse to accept a PIR for new work. That way people would start to get the message that electrical work HAS to be notified in the correct way by registered sparks or through LABC with the appropriate fee. Once a few people have had their installations ripped apart and re-done then word would soon get around!
Of course the government bear responsibility for this. They have never advertised Part P.
On my radio over the past few months my ears are being continously bombarded by pointless government ads, about getting your driving licence renewed at DVLA or telling HMRC about changes to your circumstances, so they can adjust your tax credits FFS.
So it's okay for DIYers or cowboys to risk electrocuting someone or burning a house down, as long as their driving licence is up to date.
And the scheme providers have enough money off of us to advertise.
And slightly off topic but, why when there are a number of scheme providers do all the schemes cost the same to join? No-one seems to be cheaper than the other. There is no price competition between any of them that I can see.Strange that. Especially when the GAS SAFE scheme is a monopoly and only costs ÂŁ155 per year and is more strictly regulated!!
