Hi all, have just ordered my first EICR ever for a studio to 1-bed conversion flat in London. It cost a little less than £80 and the electrician had great reviews on the site I booked him on. It came back with 4x C2 and 1x C3, all related to RCD. The summary was unsatisfactory with comment "No...
I hope somebody can help me here, I really need some advice on who to complain to in this situation please:
Hello, So after months of chasing my landlord, I've finally gotten my hands on the EICR for the rental property. There are some serious issues which makes me strongly suspect the landlord...
We carried out an EICR in a large 5 bedroom house for a house purchaser
The EICR found various issues with the house from a safety standpoint however now they have moved into the property the owner has said some rooms dont have enough light fittings and sockets, an extractor fan is not working...
Been asked to do remedials on holiday cottages after recent EICR.
Modern consumer units, MK Sentry, but no RCD protection on anything.
Bit of a brain fog moment, but what would the rest of you do in adding RCD protection? Which circuits? Just to swap MCB for RCBO
Both cottages are identical...
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Hi guys got a question to ask:
In Scotland for reference.
My mate recently bought a house and he is wanting me to do an EICR, new Consumer Unit, new shower and extra sockets. I have been qualified for almost 3 years, however I am not approved. My question is can I carry out this work myself...
I've had an EICR done on a property via a letting company I use, (they didn't inform us this was taking place), next thing an invoice comes through the door for £180 for a full EICR, and an estimate on the back for £708, for replacement of consumer unit and fault finding for inadequate earthing...
Hi all, is it acceptable or was it in previous regs if not anymore? To take the gas bond straight off the TNS connection shared with main Earth? See pic.
Thanks
Paul
The buyer of my house has had an EICR done. I have anonymized and attached. Also the associated quote for remediation.
I am wondering:
surely the smoke detectors are nothing to do with it (plus, this is not a rental property anyway)
it's not clear to me why the CU has to be replaced
a lot of...
Hi everyone, just learning a bit more about writing up EICRs. I have a situation where I have a 3 phase board with a sub main going to a small office which has a consumer unit in it. The sub main board is supplied by and MCb in the 3 phase board obviously making it into a single phase board in...
Ive been asked to quote for remedial work for local village hall after another company flagged up some C2's along with C3's
The C2's are basically add rcd protection to the socket circuits...fair do's
Now why are they a C2, but RCD on the lights isn't mentioned at all? not even a C3
They say...
Hi all, new to this forum and am completely clueless with all things electrical - hoping to get some advise!
My parents received an unsatisfactory EICR on their home recently (it's quite old) and were quoted £3500 upgrading their distribution board to a new metal one with RCBOs. The electrician...
Been informed my core domestic electrical installation cert is now not valid for me to be insured for EICR certification even though I have a 2391 certificate
Anyone encountered this?
Afternoon,
I have just had EICR tests done on two of my rental properties, with another two properties still to be tested.
The electrician has sent me ( e-mailed ) the two certificates for the completed jobs .
Is e-mail acceptable or should I get paper copies ?
All pages of the report have...
Hi all, we got an EICR report done before tenanting our previous home having become "accidental landlords". See attached.
The report came back with some C2 and some C3 codes. I requested quotes from the management company but, perhaps due to lockdown etc, the work was never actioned.
Now the...
Hello
I live in a rental in scotland and have recently had an EICR carried out. I have an old fuse wire fuse board on a wooden plate with no rcd or breakers, I had assumed this would be a C1 or C2 but this came back as a C3. Surely this is incorrect if the plastic fuse boards are C3s surely no...
Hi, I'm new to being a Landlord (wasn't my plan!) Anyway I contacted a company online who arrange for electricians from around the country to perform EICR reports. The property is a small studio flat, 10 years old. (The electrician stated approx 20 yrs old on the report.) The report came back...
Been reading about what a UK family etc has to go through before they are allowed to Host a Ukraine Family .Gas safe check , EICR ? , Monoxide detectors , Security checks etc etc .Even MIN size of room for a kid etc !
Anyone been asked to do a Electrical test on a property for this reason ???
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