Electrician's Guide to the Building Regulations (Electrical Regulations)

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If you are carrying out electrical installation work in your home or garden in England and Wales, you must comply with the rules in the Building Regulations. It is best to use an installer registered with a competent person scheme (a ‘registered competent person’) who can self-certify compliance with the Building Regulations. APHC, BESCA, Certsure, HETAS, NAPIT, OFTEC, STROMA Installation of fixed air conditioning or mechanical ventilation systems in dwellings: most repairs, replacements and maintenance work (except replacements of combustion appliances, oil tanks, electrical fuse boxes or glazing units, which do need to be notified) The Building Regulations do not set standards for the safety of electrical appliances but they do require that fixed connections of appliances are safe. APHC, Benchmark, BESCA, Blue Flame, Certsure, Gas Safe Register, HETAS, NAPIT, OFTEC, and STROMA Installation or replacement of oil-fired boilers and storage tanks:

Some registered installers also carry out work under the Green Deal, are members of the TrustMark scheme or the Microgeneration Certification Scheme all of which give further consumer protection.

Find a professional (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional) Find a professional Alterations to existing circuits – such as adding an extra power point or lighting point – but only in ‘special locations’. In England, special locations are the spaces around baths and showers. In Wales, special locations include kitchens and outdoors. If work is found to be faulty your local authority could insist you put it right at your own expense. Use our partner directories from CIAT, FMB, RIBA, or RTPI to find an chartered architectural technologist, builder, architect or planning consultant to help with your project or development.

APHC, Benchmark, BESCA, Blue Flame, Certsure, NAPIT, STROMA Replacement windows, doors, roof windows, or roof lights in dwellings: If you do not comply the work will not be legal. You could be prosecuted and could face unlimited fines. APHC, Benchmark, BESCA, Blue Flame, Certsure, NAPIT, OFTEC, STROMA Installation or replacement of solid fuel burners: The installation of a complete new circuit – for example, a ring or lighting circuit, or a new circuit for a cooker, shower or immersion heaterThe Building Regulations do not restrict who may carry out electrical installation work. If you want to do the work yourself you should make sure that you know what you need to do before starting any work. There are a number of reputable guides that you can use to help you. ASSURE, Blue Flame, BM TRADA, BSI, CERTASS, Certsure, FENSA, NAPIT, STROMA Installation of plumbing and water supply systems and bathrooms and sanitary ware: These schemes are listed alphabetically. This does not reflect the size of the scheme or whether the scheme specialises in dealing with a particular type of work. Many jobs in the home need to be notified to and approved as being compliant with Building Regulations by a Building Control Body, either your Local Authority Building Control or a private sector Approved Inspector, unless carried out by installers registered with a Competent Person Scheme who can self certify that their work is compliant. You will be given financial protection to cover the event of non-compliant work being found where the installation company has gone out of business.