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[Joe]

Do it yourself.

[Joe]

I have a former certified electrician hanging light fixtures and doing some other minor electrical work for me later this week. He’s in his mid 60’s and semi retired and didn’t bother paying yearly fees to keep his RECI certification current.

Question, will my house insurance still be good should I ever have to make a insurance claim for instance a fire? I believe it will be fine as he’ll not be making any changes to the central fuse board, just attaching some light fixtures, some new sockets and lights.

[ASMO]

If a fire is caused by his handiwork, good luck with putting that claim in. I am having my bathroom ripped out tomorrow, new everything basically and retiled completely, 10 days its gonna take.

[Joe]

If a fire is caused by his handiwork, good luck with putting that claim in. I am having my bathroom ripped out tomorrow, new everything basically and retiled completely, 10 days its gonna take.

He told me the type of work he’s doing won’t invalidate my house insurance and google agrees!
It’s referred as minor electrical work that a non RECI qualified person can do.
He’s a former electrician so I’m expecting a good job. Just wanted to check if others know about this.

https://safeelectric.ie/wp-content/uplo ... l-2016.pdf

It is not a legal requirement that minor electrical works be completed by a REC however, when a REC carries out minor works they must be certified if requested by the customer.

[Saint]

Basic rule of thumb for DIY

1 - don't do anything in a wet area (There's very specific distances if you want to get picky)
2 - don't do anything in dry beyond replace existing fixtures, running a spur etc.

[Happyhooker]

If the electrical work is not in a kitchen/bathroom, you'll be fine (UK)

[Happyhooker]

Odd bounce, sorry.

For some reason this popped up on the top of my feed and I didn't check the post dates