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    Landlord certs

    Hi have a couple of questions please do you have to be part p registered to do a landlords cert or if you were a qualified electrician with knowledge of how to test and inspect would this suffice ? what sheets would you use to fill in the cert is there special certs for this? what would the...
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    Landlord electrical safety legislation

    On a recent thread Darkwood said new legislation will come into effect soon anybody have any idea where I can find it ??
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    Facepalm .... job I went to.

    Got called out to wire in a compressor 11kw for a guy just rented out a new build so agreed to meet on sight. I met him there and after expressing the compressor requires a Star/Delta starter and a ball park figure £300 for the unit just to give him cost idea he said he'd he had seen one in B&Q...
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    Customer not paying, hanged up on me.

    Hi, everyone. If this is in wrong section, please move. I need advice on what I should do. Basically I installed a 4 core 25mm, 20 meters swa cable for a shop. The run was from a 3 phase supply to a single phase shop. The other 2 phases were being used for shops next door. As this...
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    ELECSA Certification Scheme ELECSA defines LANDLORD property as Commercial

    Can anyone clarify this. I have been informed that ELECSA defines Landlord (i.e. Rental property) as commercial property, & therefore not covered by their Part P scheme. Does anyone have any experience of this? It seems strange that Domestic rented property is not covered by the ELECSA Part P...
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    Energy supplier refuses to restore power until inspected?

    Dear experts, I had a phone call from a landlord who wishes to let a studio flat out after it has been unoccupied for about a year. A prepayment meter is installed which has obviously ran out of credit and there is no power to the property. Apparently the energy company won't restore the power...
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    Landlord wants to reroute from pay meter when no tenants around

    A landlord has his own pay meter installed for when he has tenants. This has obviously been installed between the meter and the consumer unit. He wants to be able to disable the pay meter when he has no tenants to utilise the power. Any one have any suggestions about the best way to be able to...
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    bonding for landlord

    carried out eicr for landlord no main bonding to gas and water mains c2 coded told them we need to run 10mm from main board to each area the gas is pretty much non accessible , is there anything within the regs or guidance notes that states what to do in tyhe case i.e bond at different...
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    landlord certificate

    if a landlord wanted a certificate on a new install, would they get just an EIC or would they get an EICR too?
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    Leak into light fitting - what to advise the customer tonight?

    It's 7pm and I've just had a call from a landlord I work for. They've got a leaking roof. It's leaking into a loft flat, and in turn leaking through the floor and dripping out of the light fitting of the flat below. Landlord says she can't get access to the loft flat tonight. Wants to know...
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    Periodic inspection

    Hi guys, Just after some advice please A family member has recently rented out a house. Now I'm gas safe registered and do completed a landlord cert for her. Now I've been reading to see if she requires a landlord cert for the electrics in the house, but it doesn't seem you guys do one...
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    landlord query

    Hi all can you guys help me out I'm testing an installation fed from a landlords DB ( tp/n - tnc-s) from the landlords section panel a 16mm armour supplies the single phase DB's fed from one meter - my question is this, on the property fed from the landlords supply, on page 2 of the EICR for...
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    Landlord lighting

    Just been to look at Landlords lighting at a block of flats. Problem is there are three square D type fittings on each floor and they are on 24-7. There are no windows so no natural light. Is there a regulation to stop me adding sensors so the lights only operate when there is someone in the...
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    RCD headache

    Hi, I'm not an electrician just a consumer. I've a recurring problem wit an RCD tripping for no apparent reason, which I'll describe. Obviously I'll not touch it myself (other than to reset the RCD) but I'd be interested in views as to what's occurring. Oh; one thing. I don't understand the...
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    Damn Insurance companies

    I've just had a customer ring me saying that his insurance company is not going to continue cover unless all of the c3s mentioned on the EICR are retified. Overall, the installation was graded satisfactory with some recommendations. They are demanding a separate report to state it is...
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    Landlord supply help!

    Hello everyone, I got a call last night from a bloke asking me what he can do regarding a landlord supply. He is the landlord himself and told me he has a longstanding arrangement with a tennant whereby the fire detection is all supplied via her CU. He would simply compensate her by paying her...
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    Another Pricing Question

    Here is the situation: 3 bed house (3 bed up, 1 bathroom up, kitchen down, living room down) CU move and replace with new (10 way - MK) Rewire throughout (sockets/lights) Remove Shower Circuit New metal clad back-boxes and ABS fronts Bedroom 1 and 2 = 4 sockets Bedroom 3 = 2 Sockets Hall and...
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    testing under part p

    hi guys, im in the process of registering with a part p scheme and wondered if someone could clear a few things up for me in regards to testing. i understand if i work on a circuit then i test that circuit etc, and obviously a full test on a rewire. its the pir that confuses me, if someone were...
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    Is there an annual landlord inspection which is visual only?

    Hi chaps. Been working in solar PV for the past couple of years so a bit out of the loop with annual inspections etc. However a guy at the local pub asked if I would be interested in doing an 'annual landlord inspection' for his insurance. He seems to think that in the past sparkies have just...
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    landlord

    Heres a wee sinario WHAT can I do moved out a rental last year Landlord was a bawache about deposit ( lesson TAKE note of every small scrape , non working light switch,mark on the coving ect ect ect) Lest just say I dont like the guy So immagine my feelings when I hear that he has fitted a...

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