Safe Electric Cert cost

kennM

Good evening all,

Hopefully someone can help me out. We've recently had our attic converted and a couple of extra circuits added. Builder used Safe Electric certified electrician. Builder is coming back with a chunky cost, on top of the electrical cost, in terms of getting the cert. I'm skeptical here but may be completely wrong, hopefully someone can shed some light here/point me in the right direction. Don't want to be taken for a mug and trying to make up a few extras that don't exist either also..... thx in advance.

JL spark

There is no payment required for a cert , any electrical work done in your house requires a cert ,

only thing I can think of is , the existing electrical installation , what age is that ? And condition, On the cert there is questions to tick off , which might not be possible if your own home is old and needs electrical work

kennM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120343783#Comment_120343783

Hi JL Spark, huge thanks for the reply.

Our house is a relatively new build, late 2015. The attic was converted so it was essentially additional circuits traced back to the fuse board for plug/light circuits. No electrical work was done to the house outside of the attic only.

So am I safe to say that there should be no additional cost for a cert? Is this referenced anywhere on Safe Electric website/similar? I'd popped a message directly to them but haven't received a reply yet.

Appreciate your help & insights here!

JL spark

If your electrician has added new circuits to your home from the consumer unit , yes you are due a certification, and not at a extra cost either ,

kennM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120345048#Comment_120345048

Thank you so much JL Spark. Do you know if there is anything around Safe Electric or similar that I can use to back this up and push back on builder? Acting the donkey here IMO.

Sleeper12

Have a look on safe electric website. The cert isn't an optional extra. REC is required by law to issue you with a cert even if you don't actually ask for one. I'm pretty sure that is on the website

meercat

Agreed

a certificate should be provided at no additional cost it’s a cert3 that should be issued to you alongside the associated test records sheet

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