Reporting an unqualified electrician

[andrew1919]

Hi, i recently had a new bathroom installed. The guy who did the work made a complete mess of it and ended up costing me a lot of money. At the start of the job he told me i didnt need an electrician as i was not making any fundamental changes to the electrics. I have later found out this is not true as under part P any electrical work undertaken in a bathroom (special zone) would need to be certified by a qualified electrican. The work that the guy did was faulty and he nearly started a fire as the electric towel rail he installed overheated and melted the switch. I have since had an electrical report done and all the faults corrected (faults were found with the wiring to the elcetric shower and to the new spotlights as well as the towel rail).

What i want to know is can i report this guy to stop him from doing this to anyone else? i have called trading standards who said i should contact NEICS (cant remember the exact name) but when i did they told me they couldnt help as the workman wasnt registered with them.

Would really apprecitae some guidance on this if anyone could help me. Thanks in advance.

 

[andyb]

If he's doing work in special location and not notifying building control or whoever ain't he breaking the rules?

Not rules m4tty, the law.

 

[Risteard]

If he's doing work in special location and not notifying building control or whoever ain't he breaking the rules?

I didn't say that he/she shouldn't notify Building Control if (and only if) in England or Wales. I was disputing that he/she must be a member of a club.

Also he/she is not breaking the law - the homeowner is.

 

[Risteard]

Are you saying that a non qualified person should be reported but not someone qualified?

No. I was suggesting that you could not report a Qualified Electrician for not being a member of a club because they are not obliged to be.

 

[andyb]

No. I was suggesting that you could not report a Qualified Electrician for not being a member of a club because they are not obliged to be.

Your right Risteard, I was replying to the op re dangerous work and non registered persons or not notifying.
Of course there is no law at all that says that electricians have to join a scheme.

 

[Notsosmart]

No. I was suggesting that you could not report a Qualified Electrician for not being a member of a club because they are not obliged to be.

Well said Risteard

As long as building control has been informed (either directly of through a scheme), and the work is done to the correct standard then there is no reason to report anyone ~ the OP's issue is that the work wasn't done professionally (or in safe manner by the sounds of it) the fact that it wasn't disclosed to Building control just compounds the issue.

 

[mogga]

doesnt Anne Robbinson deal with things like this ?? or Dom Littlewood lollol

 

[m25maintenance]

wooo hang on a sec, what did u hire him to do, building r electrics. did u ask him if he was qualified to do electrical work, if not the buck stops with you, you are the home owner, would you biuy a car without asking if the seller owned it

 

[rocker]

If the guy hasn't notified, which he hasn't because he said it 'didn't need to be reported if they didn't do that much' or words to that effect, then yes he DOES have to be part of a club/gang/crew/one of the happy clappers or to put it in proper terms a registered member of a part p scheme.

This is all, however, just schematics. From what the OP said, this berk deserves to be nicked, and moreover, people need to realise that others like the aforementioned berk should not be trusted to tie their own shoelaces, let alone be let loose on a live installations with a neon screwdriver.

 

[martysparky]

The fine from LABC is for the person who does the work or the building owner so if the person who done the work has vanished etc whats the next step.

I guess there is an element of people being afraid of shooting themselves in the foot.

fine 5k plus £50 per day of contravention the last I heard.

Good old UK eh!

 

[Notsosmart]

Agree with you there Marty; that's another place where the system falls over, if the dodgy spark doesn't report it then the savvy householder won't either, for fear of incurring the fine. Part P has not been publicised widely enough and enforcement seems virtually toothless.

 

[acat]

Agree with you there Marty; that's another place where the system falls over, if the dodgy spark doesn't report it then the savvy householder won't either, for fear of incurring the fine. Part P has not been publicised widely enough and enforcement seems virtually toothless.

What enforcement

Chris

 

[martysparky]

I was speaking to a retired spark the other day and he said most of his mates have not bothered with Part P and most of them do work in domestic.

He said they say as long as its safe who cares.

Why is P not advertised and made public??????????????????

 

[Notsosmart]

Loving the new avatar chris

Perhaps we should get watchdog to investigate the Part P shambles!

 

[andrew1919]

thanks for everyone who has replied so far. i wasnt expecting this much of a reaction so it seems like its a touchy subject. I will take the next step of reporting him to building control and then my local mp. I am not expecting anytyhing to happen as no one seems to care but i will do as much as i can as i am extremely angry about the whole situation. Surely electricians should be protected to stop people like my builder doing work they should not be doing.

 

[m25maintenance]

thanks for everyone who has replied so far. i wasnt expecting this much of a reaction so it seems like its a touchy subject. I will take the next step of reporting him to building control and then my local mp. I am not expecting anytyhing to happen as no one seems to care but i will do as much as i can as i am extremely angry about the whole situation. Surely electricians should be protected to stop people like my builder doing work they should not be doing.

as i said u let him do it