Extractor fan install is noifiable, plus more!!

[HappyHippyDad]

Has anyone seen the eFIXX video clip about the new Part F regulations regarding ventilation?

Installing a fan is now notifiable, plus you have to go on a course, plus you have to be assessed on this each year, on top of your normal assessment, costing a few hundred pounds.

Am I understanding this all correctly? Bloody crazy.

https://www.google.com/search?q=electricians+furious+over&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sca_esv=992c006e90961474&sxsrf=ADLYWILkj2tjg4YJVXjYfT8YuvOVBPrkPw:1729110049731&ei=ISAQZ5eLLI6L9u8PicKv2QU&oq=electricians+furious+over&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhllbGVjdHJpY2lhbnMgZnVyaW91cyBvdmVyMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFIg39QzwZYgXlwAngBkAEAmAGJBKABiiuqAQo1LjI5LjQtMS4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIcoALxHqgCD8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgQQIxgnwgILEAAYgAQYkQIYigXCAgoQABiABBgUGIcCwgIFEAAYgATCAgcQIxgnGOoCwgINEC4Y0QMYxwEYJxjqAsICBxAuGCcY6gLCAgoQIxiABBgnGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICEBAuGIAEGEMYxwEYigUYrwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIOEAAYgAQYkQIYyQMYigXCAgsQABiABBiSAxiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGMkDwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAg4QABiABBixAxiDARjJA8ICBhAAGBYYHsICCBAAGBYYChgewgIFECEYnwXCAgcQIRigARgKmAMUiAYBkAYIkgcINC4yMy40LTGgB4K5AQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

erm... interesting link...

But on the governments approved document listing the valid part F Ventilation document is still the one from 15 June 2022.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents

Which is the list I would be referencing regarding any building regulations compliance guidance.

Where part F Volume 1 Applies to dwellings..
With free PDF downloads are available if you have any doubts about what you need to do to comply with building regs
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61deba42d3bf7f054fcc243d/ADF1.pdf

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

Too slow , see #4 click me (4 down from your post)

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Too slow , see #4 click me (4 down from your post)

Haha...
I bet that's where I subconsciously remembered it from... or else I just ignored your post, sorry Richard .

Still a scary video clip

 

[kerching]

FFS yet another 'Only Fans' site!

 

[mort2376]

And thats why I wont be installing Fans anymore. Im not paying for a course for something I only fit 3 or 4 times a year and very rarely from new. Its normally replacement units that have failed.

Building control never inspect these things, Tenants in rental properties turn them off because they are too noisy. Nope just something else now added to my I dont install list. Pretty soon Ill only be installing replacement accessory fronts

 

[ExArmy]

I'm still confused by this, Efixx do a video about saying very vaguely that it's all notifiable, but I have tried to find the exact wording in Parf F but I can't.
also, it's not a new thing, Part F updated in 2021 and enforced as of 2022. why are we only hearing about it now? I don't remember my NAPIT assessor asking me if I need to notify fan installs on my last visit, you'd think the schemes would have jumped on it to get an extra subscription fee out of us

 

[kerching]

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why are we only hearing about it now?

Same reason we are only hearing about bidirectional RCDs now ( surely some overpaid wazzock at the IEt should have realised this years ago?). The more cynical would say it’s another revenue stream

 

[ExArmy]

Just had a look through the NAPIT webinars , I notice a building regs one they did in August 2023, the section on part F is around 20 mins into it but is pretty basic, just before 23 minutes they answer the question of how do you notify a fan install to BC and in summary they just say "not really needed for single bathroom fans but will be required for more complicated systems"

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Basically, I'm going to ignore it for now.
If I get pulled up on it with a building inspector, or on an assessment, I'll make a decision then if it's worth still fitting them.

 

[UNG]

How long can this endless stream of regulation, courses and expiring certs go on before it drives people away from the industry because too many organisations believe they are entitled to an ever increasing slice of your time and profits

 

[binky]

How long can this endless stream of regulation, courses and expiring certs go on before it drives people away from the industry because too many organisations believe they are entitled to an ever increasing slice of your time and profits

I can understand some form if certification for new build passive houses, but never a bathroom fan. The trouble with all the registration bodies is they are all quangos. As such they are businesses, and profit is their motivation