Hi,
quick 'post and run' with apologies if this is covered in FAQ.
My Corgi registered plumber who is replacing our central heating sub-contracts to an electrician to do the 'Part P' bits.
The electrician has quoted for 3 extra bits of work:
(1) Replace existing rewireable fuses with miniature circuit breakers (2) Upgrade main earth cable (3) Main equipotential bond cable to incoming gas.
(2) and (3) seem potentially reasonable (although the electricity meter was replaced by the leccy board and the gas reinstated by another Corgi plumber about a year ago when we moved in, without any mention of these). There is an isolation switch between the meter and the distribution board.
However is it required by Part P that rewireable fuses are replaced by plug in MCBs?
The quote is £198+VAT
As far as I can see I can replace the fuses with items from e.g. Screwfix such as
This comes to around £60.
So is £180 including VAT a reasonable price for adding some earth bonding and certifying to Part P or is the electrician making a lot of his money on supplying and fitting the replacement fuses?
£200 for wiring in and certifying the boiler is included in the main quote, so this is extra work to bring the whole installation up to Part P.My obvious option is to ask for a price for just the earth bonding, but I would welcome guidance on how much is reasonable (which is obviously a bit difficult as you can't see the installation).
3 bedroom semi with the gas meter in the attached garage.TIA Dave R