Outdoor electrics

[Clive George]

How much are typical late completion penalties?

[Huge]

Bummer.

[12 lines snipped]

This surprises me not at all.

[Huge]

IIRC, significant!

[Tim Watts]

Can't remember now, but quite steep.

[leenowell]

Hi all

I read this thread with great interest.

I have an outside waterproof double socket which is wired via armoured cabl e to my consumer unit. I now need another 2 sockets run from this one.

When I called the local building control folks they said that if I did this myself, I would need it checked by a qualified spark. He suggested I just run the 2 sockets on a lead which is plugged in to the existing socket. Sin ce this is regarded as temporary then it was not covered.

My reading of the above and the FAQ is that since 2013 this is no longer re quired and I am ok to do this. Is this true? TBH I can't quite recall when I spoke with building control but I doubt it was that long ago.

Thanks

Lee.

[Tim Watts]

You are correct, they are out of date (if you are in England, not Wales).

[John Rumm]

The current version of the part P approved doc does not include "outside" as a special location any more. So extension of an existing circuit would no longer be notifiable.