main earth upgrade

[opm electrical]

just done a periodic for a letting agency and found the main earth needs upgrade,if i change that on its own do i have to cert it, if so what cert do i issue and is it a notifyable job

 

[Tester Steve]

Minor works and no, it's not notifiable.

Steve.

 

[opm electrical]

so what tests do i do on the sheet, as it is not a circuit nothing seems to apply do i just write the job, tick the relevant boxes and everything else N/A
i know this may seem a bit dim but ive always upgraded main earths as part of another job never on its own

 

[AndrewMgan1976]

Can you not just do the job and include on your PIR that you have upgraded the main earth, save the extra paperwork??

 

[opm electrical]

i would but the letting agency said if i rectfy anything then its on me and i wont get paid for any extra work that i do without authorisation from the land lord

 

[opm electrical]

id rather do the paper work and earn another 50 quid besides the letting agency want them to put a 17th board in anway so hopfully ill have to do that

 

[Sav]

Hi,
Why not write them an estimate for the work required, on your letterhead.
Once authorised, do the work with the cert etc and get paid.

Tell them, it needs to be done inorder for the PIR to be issued.
Sav

 

[opm electrical]

sorry misunderstanding somewhere here, ive already issued the PIR and they said to qoute for the work but the only code 1 was the earth the only other things were code 4, (no rcds ,etc ) and they asked me to qoute separatly for them, if i change the board then the earthing will be done anyway but if the just want the earth sorting then i just wanted to know what doxes to fill in on the cert

 

[SparkyDave]

Can you not just issue them with a Unsatisfactory P.I.R and quote for it as part of your works?

 

[Tester Steve]

opm,

Here is what I do (if using the red NIC cert):

Fill in part 1 and 2 as normal, noting that it's not a new circuit, but upgrading the earthing and that an IR test has nor been carried out.

In part 3, I normally do an R2 on the new cable to make sure it's less tham 0.05 ohms, note this in the R2 box.

Hope this helps,


Steve.