He starts explaining what you can and can't do at 6m30s.

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

I do all my own work, I make sure I use plenty of gaffa tape and I hammer all the screws in nice and tight.

Im not a qualified electrician  when i got my house build i did all the electrical work my self  and it got approved with no errors

This part P is something I am having major issues with.
I am a fully  qualified apprentice trained electrician ( recently retired)
Over the years I have had multiple qualifications including 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th wiring regulations, been the authorised person for 11kV switching at 2 UK factories, hold multiple other qualifications.
But....
when my stepson decided to move into property development he  decided that a little electrical knowledge would be to his benefit
So he paid (quite a lot) for a 3 week course that makes him not only entitled to carry out installations (I did install a new consumer unit  and an armoured cable feed into the garage of his first project because he had little confidence in his ability), but to certify my work.
I find it massively distressing that someone like me, fully trained, qualified and with 50 years of experience within the trade cannot add an additional ring main in my own home without getting it certified from someone who has done a 3 week course

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

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.

Once bitten twice shy for me. I had always done my own but moving into our current old house it was picked up that a previous owner or maybe kitchen fitter had fed a sub main in the kitchen from the main board in 2.5mm T&E, including range cooker. Tight for time I paid a professional to replace it with 10mm, not cheap! 2 yers later I lifted boards to run new pipes and found he had run 3 ft of 10mm  at each end joined to the original 2.5 for the length of the house. He could no longer be found.
Have done my own work ever since and will continue as long as I am able, no plans to move so don’t care about certs etc.

I've always done my own electrics, be it changing a socket or a switch to adding new circuits.
Last one was putting a proper electric connection to the garage and adding sockets and lighting in the garage.
Also from there I've put it through to our summerhouse (which is build of the side of the garage) each with it's own consumer unit and it has all been checked by a qualified electrician and 100% approved.
And before anyone asks, no, I am not an electrician, in fact I only learned for two things and that was bricklaying and welding & construction.

I have seen some appalling work carried out by so called NIC EIC electricians. Thats why I wouldn't let another near my place. I am fully qualified and carry out my own work, and stuff the local authority, they don't have the labour to control the cumbersome and over bureaucratic system. I enquired 10 years ago and was told that to change my C/U I have to pay them (I think it was then) £135 even though I hold all the relevant electrical qualifications. I paid grudgingly and was told to contact the L/A once starting, I did twice, no reply, emailed twice. Then once completed I emailed them to that effect, still no reply. I did all the testing, used a copy from the wiring regs test sheet just in case somebody actually turned up but nothing.
In the last 7 years to now I have done 2 extensions to my house, own electrics and the building inspector who knows my trade doesn't seem worried.
If I sell I'll just get a test and inspection done as part of the sale.
I wish I had saved my £135 years ago.

Fun fact: in Germany you are not even allowed to change a light bulb by law. But nobody gives a fuck.

I do all my own,  10 years of watching Blue Peter is paying off   :)

"significantly reducing the risk of death... apparently."

Haha

If its yours and u competent.Everything

The rules were put in place primarily to stop dodgy electricians I.e those operating as a business who’s work was very poor from doing work.  At that time most (there are always a few exceptions) people that did DIY electrics, were people that took time to study what they needed to do and took care in doing it. The number of people killed due to electrocution from their own DIY per year minimal and I don’t believe that’s really changed since. The biggest problem with the rules is as many people who own a house but cannot afford for an electrician to re wire a house will not have that house rewired.   The general dumbing down of diy, has created a whole generation who are too scared to even remove a socket. They also don’t realise that the terminal screws of sockets, can work themselves loose over time (depending on what’s plugged in) and should really be checked every few years.

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.

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.

For many years I have followed, read, spoken/read countless sources of information pertaining to electrical work, installations, the law, part P and so on.
It is beyond me how something so potentially dangerous has SO MUCH ambiguity surrounding it!
You could literally get 10 qualified sparks in a room and you could ask them the same question and get 10 different answers.
The posts on here are proof of that.
I had intended to ask a long standing question of my own but the fact that I can guarantee I will either not get a straight answer, a dozen different answers or the usual - "If you are not qualified don't touch anything" OR my favourite "Read part P"

Not a qualified sparky however, I've installed loft lights with terminal blocks, correct 6amp cable and pull switches. I've installed an outside protected socket as a Spur through the wall and it has a built in circuit breaker, this in turn is connected to the shed where there is a freezer and light, I also have low height, un-switched fused flat plated boxes next to upstairs sockets for ring cameras with lights outside my home. Replaced all the light fixings. Even re-wired my downstairs shower as the "qualified electrician/plumber" put in the wrong cable and it kept tripping the circuit breaker
Dad was a qualified electrician, and taught me a lot as a teen before he died.. First ever thing he taught me was how to wire a 3-pin plug properly (days before pre-sealed plugs).
That good, he even taught me how to create a 1x1x1 inch cube made out of solder.. Now that takes a bit of skill.