Finally got round to setting up NNTP after the Google demise.
My experiences doing a large (rewire of house plus detached outbuildings) electrical job might be of interest.
I’ve had a long-standing rewiring project - I sent a an application to Buildings Control, who told me it would be 250+VAT. When I filed the application, they told me to talk to their contracted electrician. I sent him an email telling him my plans and he responded with “take lots of photos”, and a couple of points of advice. He also told me I’d need to TT the detached annexe because it had a water supply.
Mid-way through when lots of floors were up, I told him it was a good time to come take a look, and he dropped by for an hour or so.
At the end, I produced an EIC plus a detailed report of what I’d done (as much for my own future use as for his), noting that I had not TT-ed the annexe (I thought it made no sense - it was less than two meters from the main house, so it would in principle be possible to touch copper pipes (say) which were deliberately at different potentials. I felt it better to export the main earth instead.He accepted that.
He tested everything, but not to the same level as an EIC (which made my life much nicer, as I didn’t have to disconnect all the LED lights and smokes). He found nothing to complain about, told me I’d done a good job.
I then chased buildings control a few months later asking where my completion cert was, and they told me they’d heard nothing from the electrician - but
24 hours later they got back to me with the certificate.
Thanks, BTW to people who gave advice during the project, particularly ARW.