EICR- Are Rcd's necessary ?

[Octopus]

The client needs to have an EICR to prove that the property is of a good enough standard so someone is going to have to fill one out. What would you do in this situation ?

I think this is a classic grey area BUT if the client is happy to pay for a 2nd EICR, to get the "clean" ticket, then that is up to them.........

 

[Hamez]

Ok thanks for that, The previous electrician did not fully complete the EICR - Didn't do any of the testing.
So an entirely new form will need to be filled out. The customer is happy for me to do this but I see your point though!


Cheers

 

[Andy78]

Ok thanks for that, The previous electrician did not fully complete the EICR - Didn't do any of the testing.
So an entirely new form will need to be filled out. The customer is happy for me to do this but I see your point though!

Cheers

In that case I would be urging the customer to get a full refund from the original inspector as the first EICR is useless.

 

[Risteard]

Surely certificates (EIC or MEIWC) for the remedial works which were required is all that is needed. An EICR should not be altered to state Satisfactory.

The EIC/MEIWC proves that the unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected!

 

[davesparks]

The client needs to have an EICR to prove that the property is of a good enough standard so someone is going to have to fill one out. What would you do in this situation ?

The client already has an EICR which has identified the issues which need repair.
You should now carry out those repairs and then issue the appropriate EIC or MWC to certify the work.

I'm getting the impression that you're trying to complete an EICR with C3 coding on items to give the client what they want rather than doing the job properly.

 

[Hamez]

The client does not currently have a complete EICR. A new one will need to be done. I am going to advise them about adding RCD protection but as its not essential it is totally up to them whether they want to spend the money and upgrade.

 

[davesparks]

The client does not currently have a complete EICR. A new one will need to be done. I am going to advise them about adding RCD protection but as its not essential it is totally up to them whether they want to spend the money and upgrade.

So carry out a full EICR and make the observations and recommendations as appropriate. But I doubt that you'll be able to give it a clean bill of health of the installation is old enough to have bs3036 ocpds as it will be unlikely to have RCD protection or correct supplementary bonding in the bathrooms
It is totally up to them what they do regardless of what the code is, even a C1 only gets fixed if the customer wants to do it.

 

[NDG Elecs]

If no testing was carried out on this supposed EICR then it is not really an EICR in my view. Were Zs tests carried out?? If someone presented a EICR to me with little to nil test results I would take the observations page with a piece of salt, and recommend a proper thorough EICR was carried out. Which to be fair you are recommending.

Any remedial works I carry out to an EICR are normally covered by relevant certs and a cover letter stating items x x and x have been remedied and going on to say apend this page and certs to the original EICR as a future record that works have been carried out....Blah blah etc etc...

 

[Hamez]

Perfect, I'll do that next time providing the original EICR is satisfactory!

Thanks

 

[edox]

I was under the impression that the EICR is only valid with a full schedule of test results attached. Otherwise its just expensive bog roll.