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  1. L

    11 years tenant without gas safe check . And No EICR

    Went to fix a simple issue for someone . Then realised they where tenants and asked if they had a copy of the EICR ....NOPE . Turns out no Gas safe inspections for 11 years . And the landlord is demanding a stupid rent increase . Now here is the good bit . ~~They are 100% booked to leave the UK...
  2. L

    landord has FAILED to supply a EICR test to a tenant : what can they do now ?

    First EICR was a 10 min drive by and tenant told "unsafe" this was 9 months after the deadline .To date the landlord has refused to get anything done about bad wiring etc etc . What would be the best route to complain , Council etc??
  3. D

    UK Tenant Having Electrical Safety Test Carried Out - What to Look For?

    Hi all, I'd be very grateful for any advice you can give me. I currently live in a rented property which was built in 1972 - it still has the original fusebox and wiring, and some really ropey DIY electrics that the landlord did himself when he lived in the house in the 80's/90's (there's a...
  4. The_apprentice2.0

    Supply that can not be isolated from previous 'dodgey tenant'

    Hi All, Found this beauty in a rented property.... the landlord has refused to pay for any renovation of the property as he deems it unnecessary, has even refused to pay for the repair leaks in the past etc.... this supply runs down the wall cavity never to be seen again .... when house supply...
  5. the pict

    Who do I advise tenant or dno

    A friend who has a retail shop was concerned about her electricity consumption, I had a look and I found the supply comes from an adjoining domestic property and is fed via an isolater within the same but has had a new meter fitted by the sse again its in the other property, so I ffitted a meter...
  6. R

    Socket caught on fire - urgent help/advice needed from tenant

    Hi all I have come on here in hope for some advice if possible. Yesterday my wife was at home with my three children when she smelt a strong burning coming from the kitchen, when investigating she noticed the tumble dryer plug (which is plugged in the wall socket) had caught fire, as it...
  7. Lit_by_Sparks

    Tenant refusing access for test and inspection

    Good afternoon, A client wants my company to access a commercial property (shop) to carry out some remedial works and subsequent test. The owner of the company is refusing to shut down his business (perhaps understandably) to allow this to happen. I was just wondering what the usual procedure...
  8. yellowvanman

    No bathroom RCD

    Some numpty has put in a ceiling fan with a pull cord above a bath - ceiling is getting very damp and apparently water keeps dripping out, I guess due to condensation in the duct. Customer (tenant) wants me to put in an in-line fan, and as it doesn't have a fan isolator switch, add an...
  9. D

    asbestos in fuse carriers and tenants changing fuse wire

    Hi all, I have been quite for a while, but ive got a bit an issue that I would like the opinion or expertise of the masses on. went out to a tenanted flat today as tenant has said socket was no working, when e arrived there was no power on the braided 2.5 single T&E coming into the socket...
  10. P

    Rented property, TT system, No RCD.

    Over 2 years ago a friend rented a house, After a brief look, the dangers were apparent. At the mains a TT system with small bonding cables, and no RCD just a Henley block fitted where the is a shadow mark the size of an old voltage operated trip, then rewireable fuses. Round the house every...
  11. baldelectrician

    To all LANDLORDS and TENANTS in Scotland- Tenant information pack

    From 1st May the Scottish Government will require all landlords who renew a lease sign a new lease to provide tenants with a TENANT INFORMATION PACK The pack is around 20 pages long and is a legal requirement The notable change is that it suggests landlords have their electrical check carried...
  12. K

    Tenant keeps setting fire to house

    Been to a job today who the tenant keeps setting fire to the house. The latest incident is where he tried to cook a hamburger in a pop up toaster. (He pee'd on a fan heater 2 weeks ago) what is being asked for by his carers (and the fire brigade) are ways to stop him using his toaster, microwave...
  13. H

    Eicr

    Hi, I carried out EICR on a rental property yesterdsy, i don't carry out many. i've only tested 25% and inspected 20% everything was ok, because theres no previous records should i carry ou 25% next year or in 5 years time or change of tenant? Thanks Harry
  14. S

    Mechanical Protection vs RCD Requirements

    Hi, being asked to look at an existing commercial setup where 3 large rooms are rented out to different commercial tenants (picture rooms 1, 2 and 3 adjacent and in order left to right). The point of supply is inside room 1 and is single phase with a main board. Room 1 is occupied by a tenant...
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  15. S

    PIR Querey.

    Has anyone ever encountered or had to go rectify any work by them? I just had a job to do a visual inspection on a tenants house owned by the Local Council, recently had a PIR carried out by *****, i found.. Duel Light Switch wires left unconnected so the switch was not working. Single...
  16. O

    water bonding and an awkward tenant

    i had some fun the other day with a job, i went to do an kitchen upgrade and complete minor works cert for it, while i appreciate the need to check gas and water bonding when you walk into a job i saw a 17th edition board and thought all was well. wrong. i had completed the work and went to...
  17. E

    Tenant has questions

    Hi Electricians, I'm not an electrician. I have some electrifying questions and since there seems to be a forum for everyone these days, I thought I'd come here and ask you guys. I hope you don't mind the intrusion. Basically we're private tenants. We've been informed that the property we're...
  18. SCOL1

    Drying cupboard heater.........help !

    I carried out a rewire on a council property,built circa 1966. The property was warm air ducted heating when built,with a drying room with an electric heater in the bottom of a 'drying cupboard'. The heater is quite powerful with a cooker type control switch with 3 power settings. We removed...
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