UK EICR Done, New CU Required. Am I being taken for a ride?

[HairBear]

Hi all, am new here.

My wife and I let a small house which requires an EICR due to the new regs. The management agent organised for an electrician to carry out the EICR and quote for the remedial work. They have come back saying that a new consumer unit is required for various C2's, some of which, even I can tell, are -------s (eg. a blanking plate with a groove down the middle being grounds for an IP rating C2). My question is, can anyone wiser and more knowledgeable than me tell me whether I should accept the new CU or push back on this? There are some C2's which I'm not clear about and if the CU is required, then so be it.

Please see attached EICR - excuse the poor quality of pages 1 and 3, I had to do some jiggery pokery to redact them.

 

[Burtones]

If they're the slotted plastic blanks they probably just clip on and can easily be pulled off without a tool- maybe that's his reasoning? The modular blanks that clip on to the din rail are much better

 

[DPG]

If they're the slotted plastic blanks they probably just clip on and can easily be pulled off without a tool- maybe that's his reasoning? The modular blanks that clip on to the din rail are much better

Maybe so. C2 though?!?!

 

[Diytim]

Regs are not retrospective, as others have said if it was ok at installation it should be ok now. Now if you want to upgrade to the latest spec for increased safety that’s a different job. But bear in mind that a good CU can be obtained for under £100 so the rest is all labour which sound expensive.

 

[Burtones]

Maybe so. C2 though?!?!

I don't think it is, but at work they have a company called Morgan and Lambert come in to do independent audits of eicr's and installs when the new tenant moves- they get given a list of properties each month and select some to sample- if anyone doesn't replace clip in blanks with modulars they "fail" their audit as they insist it is a C2.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

They’re quoting 552+VAT to resolve all the C2’s which seems steep, but as there’s no breakdown so I don’t know how much of that is the CU. Also, this is Cambridge and it’s the MA’s electrician which I suspect all adds a premium to the price.

I’ll ask them for a quote without replacing the CU and with a breakdown of works to see what that comes to. Thanks!

If he's fittIng an RCBO board, that price is cheap. If a dual RCD board (and fixing all other C2's) the price is about right.
As a landlord I would want my tenants to have RCD protection (which saves lives) and would be getting the work done.