do I have to have an electrian sign off on wiring I put into my house?

Answer 1

For insurance purposes yes ... because if a fire does start because of it, and they (the insurance company) finds out that you installed it yourself, and did not have it properly inspected by a certified electian, they will not honor the policy.

Answer 2

Some city codes do requrire a licensed electrical contractor to sign off or actually do the work. Other cities do not. Check with your local planning commission or code enforcement agency.

In almost all cases, that same agency will require an inspection and signoff before the work can continue. This process may take a few steps, with inspections at each step. The inspections have to be done while the work is still visible. (before the drywall goes up)

The competant contractors should be knowledgeable on all your local codes, so arrangements with one is advisable. My son remodeled his house, top to bottom, last year and found that he could contract with on as an "advisor," while my son did the work he could. The only contractor LABOR he had to pay for was for the contractor to install a whole new, updated service panel.

Doing the work himself saved money, but having the contractor advise on the details saved him from making a lot of costly mistakes, and re work.

Work carfully, and enjoy!

Answer 3

how confident are you in your ability to not kill your kids? do you really know what you are doing? we used to say that there are better ways to practice hobby skills than with electric wiring.

do you know the difference between the grounding wire and the grounded wire? which colored wire can have a switch in it? what difference does it make? how many amps can the wire take? how many amps will you be using on the circuit? should you be using a gfci? If you are dead certian of the answers to these questions you may not want to have an electrician check it out.

how much wiring is it? is it a minor revision? did you get a permit? were you supposed to get a permit?

Without a permit you can probably get away without the inspection, in fact, if you ask for an official inspection, you will certianly have to get the permit.

If you are comfortable with what you are doing, do it. IF YOU HAD TO ASK THIS QUESTION, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD GET SOME HELP.

Answer 4

Actually in my area, I can do my own wiring inside, and plumbing inside as long as its my own residence.

But, when I put a new fuse box in (200 amps), the insurance comany, when I told them I had done it, sent an inspector to make sure the wiring was ok. (They even had me take off the front panel of the fuse box, so they could see inside of it!).

Everything was ok, and they continued my insurance :)

The electric Company inspected my box I put up and the outside meter socket and declared it "code" so, I knew I was ok in that department too.

Check with your local building inspector, and they will tell you if you have to do that. Some Cities, or Municipallities you have to, but, most County entities are very laxed and dont require it, because your not as "close" as in the Cities.

I wish you well..

Jesse

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 5

For insurance purposes, yes. If the insurance company finds out you wired it yourself and you don't have an electrician sign off, they could refuse to pay for any fire started by bad electrical, even in areas you didn't work on.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

for proper insurance coverage

Answer 8

call your local building inspector, alot of your local building codes are on line these days, good luck

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Answer 9

for insurance purposes i would advise it.