EICR - PLASTIC CONSUMER UNIT CODE C2 or C3

[Spoon]

I would class accommodation as a home of multi-occupation or a hotel or B&B.

BS7671 tends to refere to normal domestic properties as ‘dwellings’.

Seems very dubious to me mate.
If the stuff hits the fan and things end up in court I can defo see the prosecutor using the Oxford dictionary. Unless it has the meaning of "accommodation" in the Definitions section of the regs...

 

[Midwest]

Wait, we’re supposed to get qualified before we can give judgmental opinions!

Qualified, so pass the course and start being judgmental.

 

[Midwest]

Seems very dubious to me mate.
If the stuff hits the fan and things end up in court I can defo see the prosecutor using the Oxford dictionary. Unless it has the meaning of "accommodation" in the Definitions section of the regs...

I think they purposely leave things extremely vague, so no one can quote them. After all, they have a lovely section on Definitions; all they got to do is add to it.

 

[Nigel]

Seems daft to me. Everybody should be singing for the same hymn sheet, when your marking something, otherwise there's no standardisation, no consistency.

We have here of just one example, where people have differing opinions, an example which should be cut & dry, either way.

I agree to a certain extent but if it was just black or white then no skill would be required.

 

[Nigel]

Seems very dubious to me mate.
If the stuff hits the fan and things end up in court I can defo see the prosecutor using the Oxford dictionary. Unless it has the meaning of "accommodation" in the Definitions section of the regs...

I think both could be argued but why would they suddenly change what they refer to as dwellings to accommodation. Now if they have changed all references to dwellings to accommodation then I am on your bus. I will have to check.

 

[Nigel]

I think they purposely leave things extremely vague, so no one can quote them. After all, they have a lovely section on Definitions; all they got to do is add to it.

I agree and poor Standards not written in plain English led to Grendfell.

I would have liked to have thought things would change.

 

[Midwest]

I agree to a certain extent but if it was just black or white then no skill would be required.

I don't think ones skills above others should come into it. It's accessing an installations condition, not how more skilful you are at doing over someone else, or am I judging you incorrectly (see what I did there!).

 

[Spoon]

I think both could be argued but why would they suddenly change what they refer to as dwellings to accommodation. Now if they have changed all references to dwellings to accommodation then I am on your bus. I will have to check.

They have changed for wording for 'competent' to 'skilled' if I remember correctly...

 

[Nigel]

They have changed for wording for 'competent' to 'skilled' if I remember correctly...

Equally as meaningless.

 

[Spoon]

Equally as meaningless.

Was just trying to point out that they have changed wording in the past mate.... That's all.

 

[mattg4321]

This post is a complete contradiction.

How is it a 'complete contradiction'? I said anyone who codes a C2 is a chancer. I have never coded C2 for this reason. I may code C3 in the right circumstances, however that has very rarely happened.

 

[Octopus]

Fingers crossed that one of the recommendations that will come out of the tragedy of Grenfell, will be to put far greater emphasis, and responsibility on people writing regulations to make them far less open to interpretation.

The DCLG are key to the ambiguity of the current building regulations and have been extremely quiet for the last year or so.

 

[johnduffell]

One day there will be a phone app, and you'll just take a photo of everything then it will connect to the servers and print out a full inspection report for you. Then you just need to do the testing and there will be a fully standard eicr with no room for argument (waiting for the optimistic rating there!)

 

[Andy78]

One day there will be a phone app, and you'll just take a photo of everything then it will connect to the servers and print out a full inspection report for you. Then you just need to do the testing and there will be a fully standard eicr with no room for argument (waiting for the optimistic rating there!)

Or you could use the equivalent system already in place. Use your training and experience to make a judgement on site, take a photo to prove your findings, and digitally attach it to your report using your certification software.

 

[Octopus]

One day there will be a phone app, and you'll just take a photo of everything then it will connect to the servers and print out a full inspection report for you. Then you just need to do the testing and there will be a fully standard eicr with no room for argument (waiting for the optimistic rating there!)

Not an optomistic ........... a straight disagree.