When it comes to electricians qualified doesn't always mean competent, I have seen some shocking work by qualified electricians as well as DIY

From what I've observed and experienced in the trade here I'm happy to say when I do my own work in my own home I do it at an extremely high standard. I always use gorilla glue and always use original sellotape.

This part P is something I am having major issues with.

I have just retired after 50 years in the electrical trade and any electrical work I require doing I will do myself and if I am not sure about anything I will look it up. I feel after all my years in the industry I am better equipped than somebody who has been working for 2 or 3 years

I've always done my own electrics, be it changing a socket or a switch to adding new circuits.

Man, your videos are just so good. I’m not a professional but a very competant DIYer (an engineer father started me young), but every video of yours that I watch I learn something new, and your script and editing make everything so clear.

An excellent walk-through of domestic electrical installation and the limits for the DIYer.

As a Yankee I thank you for explaining the British system. It's fascinating to see how different it is and I don't mean wagos and wire nuts. Thx

After having RCDs keep cutting out, we had our board checked and the 'Qualified installer' hadn't fully tightened half the connections, at least we part funded his new car hey.

Nice to know what I've done electrically has been within the rules. I've saved thousands of pounds on doing my own electrical work, changing sockets (they always go back better than they were found!), replacing ceiling roses, changing single sockets to double, and wiring in the odd spur, replacing the flex on appliances etc. I think my first electrical "work" was sorting out all the plugs at home when I was a kid, maybe 11 or 12. This was when appliances came without plugs, and many plugs in the house had the cores showing, so I sorted them all out. Some 40 years later and all the electrical work I've done, I've never once blown a fuse or caused a pop, but always flinch on turning the power back on expecting to, even though I know every thing is okay and it's never happened yet.

I just moved to a new property and love learning to understand, how things work. I am absolutely in awe with this video! Thank you-thank you-thank you! 🥰🥰🥰

I used to do a lot of major refurbishments and usually ran all the electrics myself but always called in a qualified sparky to check the circuits and connect to the board. This arrangement worked well for me for many years.

Interesting although as an electronic s engineer trained in low voltage and high. I submitted to building control the electrical lay out plans detailing cable size and mcb, rcds ratings etc. This was installed by my self including armoured cable because my consumer unit was greater than 3m away from source. This was periodically over viewed by a qualified electrician and also carried out part p testing of the entire installation. Final installation signed off after I completed minor ommissions and submitted to the local BR department. So I believe that your presentation clear and concise was a general statement which overlooked the options available. Best Regards Peter

My experience is that when it comes down to it, nobody really cares about the notification side of things. Even when selling a house, say you don't have an install cert etc for a new circuit, an EICR to check it's safe is almost always fine. Generally speaking, dodgy work looks dodgy even to a layman.

Another very informative - and potentially life-saving (or at least shock/fire-saving) - video.

Good informative video. Thank you. Having recently moved into a new house, i'm looking to do the odd bit of DIY so thanks for pointing out Part P of the Building Regs.

The vid was in the uk but here in the USA I can’t tell you how many installations I have seen done by licensed contractors that does not meet code. As a professional I am constantly updating my knowledge of the code and why it is the way it is. I am also a UL certified shop.

Didn't realise that gardens/exterior weren't a 'special area' any more. Thanks for the info.

Great knowledge shared and presented in an intelligent easy to understand fashion Stuart.

This was very informative and useful to know! I now have a clear mind of what I can and can't do. So thank you