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As per the title, if you were rewiring a small house to be rented out would you, or should you fit an SPD?

Doing one soon and been screwed down on price a bit further than we would like ideally. However we have a quiet few weeks until a couple of bigger jobs start and it's local and empty.

Veering towards not fitting one to be honest. The regs, as ever, are in my opinion inconclusive. They don't appear to specify exactly when SPD's are required.
 
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I have fitted them in consumer units, stand-alone enclosures and current using equipment.

If the question asked actually means would I carry out a risk assessment and base my customer advice on that finding then yes.

Costs are dropping and in a couple of years we’ll probably be fitting them as standard.
 
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If it were me I would just fit one.
Up to you, like mentioned earlier ask the customer, but if they dont want one I'd strongly suggest you get them to sign a piece of paper explaining the risks.

Risk assessments are not required for single dwellings but I don't see how a £60-£100 SPD can outweigh the cost of the electrical appliances connected to an installation. Lets say the tennants 4K TV blows up (not surge related) and the tenant makes a claim on their insurance. Theres a strong chance an investigator could come round and check for a SPD and as a result they may not pay out. Unfortunately the paper trail stops at the Electrician.

I've heard Direct line already have something in their small print, of course it could just be rumours. I wouldn't risk it.
 
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mattg4321 said:
As per the title, if you were rewiring a small house to be rented out would you, or should you fit an SPD?

Doing one soon and been screwed down on price a bit further than we would like ideally. However we have a quiet few weeks until a couple of bigger jobs start and it's local and empty.

Veering towards not fitting one to be honest. The regs, as ever, are in my opinion inconclusive. They don't appear to specify exactly when SPD's are required.
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To my understanding SPD's are not required in town's and larger urban areas but should be fitted in smaller rural areas and in the outskirts of town's where they become more rural
 
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[ElectriciansForums.net] Rewiring a 2 bed house to be rented out - SPD required?

Remember the storm of 2013 I wonder how much damage was done to electrical equipment in that day.
Our parents always pulled the plugs and aerial leads out during storms, now we just live life (and buy a new TV if it blows up!)
 
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My 2p's worth.

If I don't do a full risk assessment, but insist a domestic customer has an SPD anyway, then I may be mis-selling (also may make me less competitive). The get-out clause for domestic is IMO open to interpretation, but I believe it's not my place to judge the value of someone's installation, and that it should be up to the informed customer to decide.

Would I bother to fit one in my own home? No.
 
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as i read it, the regs say neither SPDs or a risk assessment are required in domestic.

re. cost i think the cost of retro-fitting an installation with SPD could be deemed too high, but the extra cost of adding SPD to a new install is not high enough to justify not fitting them.
 
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