Re: Re: New Regs to kill DIY HA?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I wonder if "Trading Standards" will monitor the small ads
and newsagents
> windows checking that people offering to undertake electrical work are
> suitable qualified. I doubt it somehow

Here in Oz ,any sparkie who advertises in any way  MUST  state his
contractors number..If not and hes reported ,could be fined ;-))

Every year the chief electrical inspectors sends out the list of electrical
fatalities ..quite a few are sparkies ,other trades and joe public....

> All in all, the whole population is going to have loads more money
extorted
> from them because of a few cowboys and idiots and the increased costs
will
> probably cause many more people to resort to using such people

The to agree here ......

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: New Regs to kill DIY HA?


>
> A thought has just occurred to me based on things said earlier in the
> discussions about Part P (not neccessarily in this thread)
>
> Mention was made that the DIY sheds would be selling cable in the new
> colours. Presumably they will also continue to sell Cooker Switches
and
45A
> DP Pull switches for which the only logical place of deployment will
be
the
> areas of the home that they are not allowed to perform electrical work
that
> isnt then inspected by a suitable qualified person.
>
> Isnt this going to encourage Joe Public to break the new rules ?
>
> As has also been stated, most people are totally oblivious to the
changes
> about to be thrust upon us and I suspect there will still be many
cases
> where a "bloke down the pub" will be doing dodgy wiring for
a few beer
> tokens.
>
>
> I had a good look round the Part P section of the NICEIC and am
starting
to
> get worried. I am by no means trivialising the seriousness of
electrical
> safety but they seem to be making the figures up as they go along...
>
> http://www.niceic.org.uk/partp/partphouse.html
> "In fact according to Government statistics, every year 5 deaths
and over
> 500 injuries are caused by faulty electrical installations in the
home"
>
> http://www.niceic.org.uk/partp/newsitem_sept0704.htm
> Despite the fact that faulty electrics result in 19 deaths and over
2,000
> non-fatal electric shock accidents each year
>
> http://www.niceic.org.uk/common/DIS.html
> "According to Government reports, defective fixed electrical
installations
> in UK households cause around 30 deaths and over 1,150 serious
injuries
> every year"
>
> ... I darent read any more in case I find the page that tells me most
of
the
> UK population have been electrocuted!!!!
>
> All in all, the whole population is going to have loads more money
extorted
> from them because of a few cowboys and idiots and the increased costs
will
> probably cause many more people to resort to using such people.
>
> When my sister moved into her house a few years ago I fitted several
sockets
> as I consider that I am more than competent to do so (but just dont
have
the
> paperwork to prove it), rather than let her husband do it. Likewise I
fitted
> some sockets for my mum when she bought a bungalow but there is no way
that
> I could do it now even if I wanted to.
>
> When people need small jobs done they will just look in the local
"ad mag"
> and find someone advertising in there who will almost certainly only
have
a
> mobile number, get them round to do the job and a few weeks later
there
will
> be a similar but "different" advert in the paper. Different
name,
different
> number, same bloke, same (possibly low) standard of work, but still
fairly
> anonymous.
>
> I wonder if "Trading Standards" will monitor the small ads
and newsagents
> windows checking that people offering to undertake electrical work are
> suitable qualified. I doubt it somehow.
>
> Keith
>
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