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Disappearing electrician before job completed
Anonymous user 9 March 2024 - 3.35 PM
So I have been refurbishing my house, including complete rewiring. I also had a kitchen extension put on the back. The electrical work is probably 75% done, but the contractor I was using has disappeared, and I'm pretty sure he's not coming back. He was part P registered, and the work has been done to a pretty high standard, so I'm confident it was legit - up to the point he vanished.
So I need to know what certification I need and what the best route to getting this finished is? Building control have signed off on everything else done on the house and are just waiting for some sort of completion certificate on the electrical work (although I'm not precisely sure what). I also know electricians are not keen, and in some circumstances, not allowed to sign off on work they haven't done themselves. Also some of the cabling is behind plaster now, although I do have a few pre-plaster photographs showing the wiring in the right zones etc.
So what do I need and what is the best way to get this done?
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Any installation work requires an electrical installation certificate, maybe get another electrician to complete the electrical work and provide an eic for that work and then get him to carry out an electrical installation condition report (eicr) and the wiring that’s already been completed.
Contact Napit and ask for a list of third party sign off (its a thing that only NAPIT actually allow) electricians - I cannot remember the technical name but their help centre will be able to guide you. Hope this helps.
Being registered with the NicEic I can only comment on there procedures. It clearly states that you cannot sign of someone else’s work with a EIC (Electrical Installation Certificate). You are unable to varify how the work has been installed. You would have to carry out a EICR ( Electrical Installation Condition Report).
If the work outstanding was just the consumer unit which needed installing you could issue a EIC for just the fitting of the consumer unit. But I would quite clearly state on the certificate that you have only installed the consumer unit.