Consumer unit replaced. Certs needed?

[BotusBuild]

Hello electrical experts/trades people.

 

I had an old consumer unit replaced with an 18th regs compliant version last year. No change to the circuits was involved.

 

Should I have received a certification or testing report and/or building control document from the installer?

[nod]

There’s a lot of jobber electricians that arnt able to certify As they haven kept up But if he can it’s handy to have 

[BotusBuild]

But not mandatory?

[Nickfromwales]

9 minutes ago, nod said:

There’s a lot of jobber electricians that arnt able to certify As they haven kept up But if he can it’s handy to have 

Check my PM to you plz mate   

 

Sorry for the hijack. 
 

@BotusBuild, I’ve never done a CU swap with testing first, and then giving a certificate (via one of my bonafide sub contractors), so you should have had one. If you didn’t ask then they probably did it as a ‘cash’ job and wanted to be in and out.

[nod]

1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

Check my PM to you plz mate   

 

Sorry for the hijack. 
 

@BotusBuild, I’ve never done a CU swap with testing first, and then giving a certificate (via one of my bonafide sub contractors), so you should have had one. If you didn’t ask then they probably did it as a ‘cash’ job and wanted to be in and out.

I’ve a friend who only does small private jobs As he’s in his 70s Ever time his certificate assessment comes up he says it’s his last 

 

 

[Nickfromwales]

56 minutes ago, nod said:

I’ve a friend who only does small private jobs As he’s in his 70s Ever time his certificate assessment comes up he says it’s his last 

 

 

Send me a PM please!!!!!

[andyscotland]

22 hours ago, BotusBuild said:

But not mandatory?

 

In terms of a building control certificate, that depends on where you are in the UK. And as @nod says there will be sparks who are capable of doing a decent job but wouldn't for example be able to issue a Part P certificate (for English building control) due to not having paid the money/kept all the many things in date to be on the Part P register.

 

However, you absolutely should have had an Electrical Installation Certificate with accompanying schedule of test results. There's no specific restriction on anyone issuing those - if you're competent to do the work you're competent to issue the cert.

 

That is a fundamental requirement of BS7671 (644.1) and I would be concerned about anyone who did this kind of work without meeting that requirement.

[nod]

11 minutes ago, andyscotland said:

 

In terms of a building control certificate, that depends on where you are in the UK. And as @nod says there will be sparks who are capable of doing a decent job but wouldn't for example be able to issue a Part P certificate (for English building control) due to not having paid the money/kept all the many things in date to be on the Part P register.

 

However, you absolutely should have had an Electrical Installation Certificate with accompanying schedule of test results. There's no specific restriction on anyone issuing those - if you're competent to do the work you're competent to issue the cert.

 

That is a fundamental requirement of BS7671 (644.1) and I would be concerned about anyone who did this kind of work without meeting that requirement.

The sparks on sites are qualified up to there eyeballs 

Because they don’t have to pay for an assessment and don’t loose a couple of days pay 

 

 

[Susie]

You definitely should have received a certificate 

if you still have some of the details of who did the installation you can look them up on NICEIC if registered with them or other part P registration schemes eg ECA and if you find who they are registered with then you can contact the registration scheme who will organise it to be checked.  All the registration schemes guarantee the work of the members that’s why the annual checking of the members is done.  As Nod said when the annual checks are done it is often at least a full day of inspecting previous jobs and checking paperwork and insurance is in place.  Being a qualified electrician getting the certifications from college etc is not the same as being registered with a part P scheme provider as your work or company work is continually checked.

 

[Nickfromwales]

Simple question is, do you need one? 
 

Unless you’re renting the place out, you don’t “need” one, and we don’t know the arrangement you had with this person (cash / invoice), but you can get a simple inspection done and get a cert that way if you really need / want to.