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In case anybody is interested in an update: We notified ELECSA. They have suspended the electrician who signed the part P certificate. They have also informed building control and Trading Standards, and both will investigate the matter and will also look at the electrician who signed the EIC...

Thanks for all your help with this, everybody! We know know which way to go and what to do. The contractor promised, several times, also in writing, to make good the defects. He hasn't done so, and a whole year has passed. I agree that the videos and photos as such might not be enough. But they...

Like I said, we hired a contractor for the build who brought his own electrician, plumber etc. He assured us that he would take of all the necessary steps regarding building regulations. Yes, of course there is a contract. But don't we all know that often a contract isn't worth the paper it is...

I have to admit you lost me with the technical details.  I'm not an electrician. I simply copied and pasted a few lines from several pages of reports. The whole installation is very specialised, it was specifically designed for our building. One example, though, would be a technical earth that...

At least one part of the installation it is not separate. As I understand it, there are different supplies, and one of them is in both the commercial and the domestic part of the building. I am not an electrician, and I only copied and pasted a few examples taken out of several pages of reports...

Thanks for all those replies! To answer some of the questions: At this point in time, I'd rather not publish any of the certificates, because the installer's and contractor's names would be on them. The reports we have from other electricians are pretty damning:  "The overall standard and...

I have a few questions regarding a new build and Part P certification. We hired a contractor for the build, and that contractor had his own electrician (his own son). It was only after the building was "finished" that we had reason to believe that the Part P Certificate was not legal. The...