Is the Rented Sector Scheme a legal requirement to carryout EICR's on rented properties.
I can not see why there needs to be another scheme to carryout EICR on rentals when you are an Approved Contractor.
Hi All, I am looking for some expert advice on EICR sets etc. I live in a rented house which has a private water supply, meaning we have to change particle filters regularly. The filter housing sits almost directly over a horizontally laid twin 13 amp socket, which powers the adjacent UVC...
Hi. Please can someone offer me advise. I have a 1 bedroom flat with storage/comfort heaters (don't know which) that I don't turn on as I can't afford to run them. I have always had really high electricity bills and two metres which are supposed to cover day and night usage. Scottish Power...
Originally one all the bedrooms had plaster ceilings. In one bedroom someone added firing strips and installed acoustic ceiling tiles on top. The ceiling tiles were removed during renovation and then a licensed electrical contractor ran Romex along the firing strips to the center light and...
On a domestic property,owned by the householder, the general opinion on no rcd protection is a C3 as long as other conditions are met.So therefore the EICR could get a satisfactory on it.
Move onto rented properties and it's my take that the rules change.
Suddenly no RCD protection becomes a C2...
When we consider EICR reports for the Private Rented Sector, we usually think an electrician completing any EICR should be qualified and experienced (L3 electrical, plus 18th edition, plus Test and Inspection, plus experience) and a member of a competence scheme (NICEIC, NAPIT etc) but is the...
Good Evening All,
I hope this is the correct forum, please do move if I have my neutral in the live / wires crossed.
Thank you for your help with my HMO query. In return, you may be interested in the draft of The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations...
All, I’m hoping to pick up a PAT testing job for a salon. Quite happy with the main part of it for the owner, but this salon rents a room to another beautician who has their own appliances. The person in the rented room is not an employee of the owner.
Q ~ Should the rented room fall under the...
I rent a property in the UK. All of the sockets in my house were tripping, even when all sockets were switched off. An electrician came out, sent by the estate agent who manages the property. They determined it was an appliance of mine that tripped the power. He said something about why the...
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...
Housing Minister tightens up rules on electrical safety to better protect renters - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/housing-minister-tightens-up-rules-on-electrical-safety-to-better-protect-renters
Well they are going to bring English housing in rented sector into line with the current...
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to confirm my suspicions about my rented homes pme main earth setup.
From the Dno (pme) the 16mm main earth connects to the gas & then on to the CU. The cable continuous.
CU was installed 10 years ago by a niceic registered electrician.
16mm tails.
Normally i know...
I know this was on a thread recently, but it's easier to start a new one, just to bring those of you in Scotland up to date.
This is from the Scottish Association of Landlords today:
"We are delighted to report that after a long campaign by SAL, the housing minister has announced that fire...
Hi, I need some advice. Forgive me if I've posted in the wrong section. I own a flat and I rent it. I have a new tenant and I think I should have a EICR certificate. I had the flat rewired in 1997 and then had some new sockets put in 5 years ago. I never got an EICR when the electrician did...
hiya lads
now be gentle as i would like some guidence
one of my friends has 8 flats that he rented out through an agent so as far as he was led to believe everything was being done correctly. After a letter from one of his tenants through an organisation called frontine issues were brought to...
I have a EICR coming up where I am sure there is no CPC in the lighting circuit, the property is rented and I am sure all the outlets are class 2. Where do i stand?
Should the circuits be rewired?
C2 or C3?
Thanks
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