compulsory E.I.C's for domestic properties?

[dazza1981]

So somebody house has just been rewired has all test certs showing satisfactory results and everything is 17th edition and tip top condition........... you would advise them that they should have a 20 percent test done a year from when it was installed ?????
Annoys me this because if say my nan who lives alone took your advice and you fleeced her unnecessarily i would be hunting you down !!!

 

[camerabloke]

Why not. You have to pay for an MOT

 

[trev]

Why not. You have to pay for an MOT

Ridiculous, think about it for a moment.
Your vehicle is subjected to a far greater degree of wear and tear than a house. Things wear out and suffer mechanical damage.
Yes a house needs maintenance but there is no comparison.

 

[dazza1981]

Why not. You have to pay for an MOT

You are kidding me ?????

 

[Knobhead]

if say my nan who lives alone took your advice and you fleeced her unnecessarily i would be hunting you down !!!

I think a few would help you.

It should be like the grouse season. Go out a bag a couple of brace of 5WWs Then hang them until their tails drop off.

 

[MerlinGremlin]

Dazza 1981 I've not given any advice the only reason I brought it up is because a friend of mine is in insurance and he was telling me they didn't pay out on a claim because the electrical install was below standards and no test certs etc could be provided to prove they were okay! So I was asking the question what people thought about it, what might become compulsory in the very near future

 

[Zebra Stripe]

I think its a smashing idea, say some form of Condition Report every five years mandatory or risk the wrath of the insurance man. Unsatisfactory result incurs a higher insurance premium, satisfactory results in a lower one. Its gonna happen eventually.

 

[nickblake]

I think its a smashing idea, say some form of Condition Report every five years mandatory or risk the wrath of the insurance man. Unsatisfactory result incurs a higher insurance premium, satisfactory results in a lower one. Its gonna happen eventually.

would love it who would police it no one then you will also get an increase in employment agents ringing up for 6 EICR's to be done in a day and it would be bodge it brigade that do it
and potentially miss some thing ,for example EICR done last year In a shower walls cladded nail cuts earth in half yet the EICR was satisfactory

 

[shanky887614]

would love it who would police it no one then you will also get an increase in employment agents ringing up for 6 EICR's to be done in a day and it would be bodge it brigade that do it
and potentially miss some thing ,for example EICR done last year In a shower walls cladded nail cuts earth in half yet the EICR was satisfactory

that is because all these people test to the isolator not at the fitting so there not worth the paper they are written on.

 

[UNG]

I'm interested in safety

This is heading to the thin end of the wedge where does it end an EICR, gas check how about we throw in a roof check to make sure a tile doesn't fall on someone all done annually. Exactly how interested in safety are you or is my tongue in cheek idea over the top with all the checks the insurance premium would have to be next to nothing for all the expense incurred

Why not. You have to pay for an MOT

An MOT costs me less than £30 and it's currently under consideration by the government to shift to an MOT every 2 years what would a annual 20% EICR cost.

A dodgy vehicle has the ability to kill a lot of people in one incident so you can't use this as an example IMO