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Quote: Originally posted by Poul+Angela on 18/03/2005

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there was a new law came out this year that all electrics like ring mains and cooker mains have to be tested by a registered electrition

Well those changes only apply to dwellings and not caravans etc.

The registered electrician bit means that electricians can certify their own work. Otherwise you can do your own electrics in a house but you must inform Building regs control before the work is done and they should inspect it when its finished, although I dont think they have to be certified electricians to pass it as OK. 

simlar like gas have to be corgi regestard

The law if I recall correctly says that if your doing work on your own property then you must be a 'competant person', you do not need to be Corgi Registered. So if you can justify you are competant (which might be difficult) you are not breaking the law by doing your own gas, not to imply its a good idea to do it yourself of course. Thats the case for dwellings,  not sure if caravans would be different.

Thats actualy wrong,

For electrics you need to be competent and inform building regs, to mess with houshold gas you MUST have Corgi registration.

Quote: Originally posted by zaccy123 on 18/03/2005

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Thats actualy wrong,

For electrics you need to be competent and inform building regs, to mess with houshold gas you MUST have Corgi registration.

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Not according to Corgi;

http://www.corgi-gas-safety.com/section_gas_law/the_law.asp

• Anyone carrying out work on gas appliances or fittings as part of their business must be competent and registered with CORGI.

• Only a competent person can carry out work on gas appliances or fittings. Do-it-yourself work on gas appliances or fittings could be dangerous and is likely to be illegal

And whilst you should be comptetant (of course) to do DIY electrics I was not aware that the part P changes required you to prove that you were competant, as long as the woks passes inspection, it should be enough.