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Question about Who can do what and minor works certs

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I have a couple of questions regarding small electrical works in a house, who can do them and whether a minor works cert is needed.

 

im trying to nail down an answer to the following. 


i) Can a plumber / non-electrician  replace a broken immersion heater in a water cylinder. i.e. unwire old one from the fused spur and wire in new one to fused spur? Is an qualified electrician needed? Is a minor works cert needed?


ii) With regard to replacing a like for like electric shower in a bathroom that has broken….can a plumber / non-electrician do this? Or is a plumber needed for wet part and electrician for electric side. Again, is a minor works certificate needed.


iii) With regard to replacement of a central heating component such as a zone valve or cylinder stat….is a minor works cert needed ? Can this work be undertaken by a plumber / non-electrician?


I’m trying to work out what plumbing works can be undertaken by anyone / a non-electrician and what works require both trades.


in the plumbing / heating trade there is cross over. 


Many thanks for your time
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  • Covguy:

    they are actually very safe...if installed correctly they have a few levels of safety devices. For one to blow up you would really have to either be completely incompetant or try to do it.  There is an interesting cross over...changing an immersion  on a direct unvented cylinder would possibly need a g3 plumber and electrician (assuming from the discussion that a plumber can't change an immersion)


    I was thinking of serious leakage due to the expansion vessel failing. Please see the Daley videos referenced above.


    Z.


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  • Covguy:

    they are actually very safe...if installed correctly they have a few levels of safety devices. For one to blow up you would really have to either be completely incompetant or try to do it.  There is an interesting cross over...changing an immersion  on a direct unvented cylinder would possibly need a g3 plumber and electrician (assuming from the discussion that a plumber can't change an immersion)


    I was thinking of serious leakage due to the expansion vessel failing. Please see the Daley videos referenced above.


    Z.


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