A report published by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR) reveals damning evidence that 72% of Local Authorities had taken no action against Part P non-compliance between 2011 and 2013. The report also highlighted that only 2% of Local Authorities had attempted to prosecute under Part P with only one successful prosecution during the entire 3 year period.
There is nothing to beat a dreary Monday morning to discover that My Local Electrician became a finalist in the UK Blog Awards!
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So what next?
I think I relate with practically every electrician when I say I receive messages from friends on a regular basis about electrical problems in their homes. Some are well meaning and make perfect sense that they're seeking reassurance and others are just plain dangerous.
Take a recent Friday evening at home. I was just thinking of ordering my weekly Chinese takeaway when there was a knock on my front door. It was my neighbour from 4 doors down who had arrived home to find a slight problem in his kitchen – well more of an explosion might be a better term.
