Thoughts on recommendation

[Hellmooth]

Had a call out from an estate agents I do work for, seen this and recommended to the agent it was addressed, and possibly an Eicr carried out as who knows what the rest of the property could be like! I don't know what its feeding as was late at night and only there to address a faulty cooker hood!

 

[Hellmooth]

Forgot to say I was looking for opinions as to my thoughts on this, supposedly the landlord went off on one saying there isn't anything wrong and suggesting an eicr to be done and this to be addressed was scaremongering! He says there has been 2 eicr's done in the last 5 years, doesn't have proof though!

 

[Octopus]

Had a call out from an estate agents I do work for, seen this and recommended to the agent it was addressed, and possibly an Eicr carried out as who knows what the rest of the property could be like! I don't know what its feeding as was late at night and only there to address a faulty cooker hood!

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where re does the t&e go that's connected to the main switch?

 

[Hellmooth]

where re does the t&e go that's connected to the main switch?

I don't know, it came out the board and up in some trunking to a junction box, from here it looked to go upstairs but was hard to tell, I was only there to find out why the cooker hood had lost power, incidentally I couldn't find out as there wasn't a spur for it, there wasn't any power at the cooker hood though and all the fuses were fine so must have been a spur somewhere! There was various odd jobs that had been done, the tenants told me they believed the landlord had done some of the electrical work himself, so upon seeing the t&e going into the main switch I said it needs to be addressed and possibly an eicr carried out, they had a shower recently put in which according the them tripped regularly. I spoke to the agent and he asked me to send over a pic and report, I sent this pic and said that it was potentially dangerous and an eicr wouldn't be a bad idea! Supposedly the landlord went off on one and they may be losing the property, the agent agreed that it sounded like the landlord had possibly done the work himself and wasn't happy to be told it wasn't the best so to speak! He said there had been 2 eicr's done in the last 5 years but didn't have anything to show for it......

 

[Octopus]

I don't know, it came out the board and up in some trunking to a junction box, from here it looked to go upstairs but was hard to tell, I was only there to find out why the cooker hood had lost power, incidentally I couldn't find out as there wasn't a spur for it, there wasn't any power at the cooker hood though and all the fuses were fine so must have been a spur somewhere! There was various odd jobs that had been done, the tenants told me they believed the landlord had done some of the electrical work himself, so upon seeing the t&e going into the main switch I said it needs to be addressed and possibly an eicr carried out, they had a shower recently put in which according the them tripped regularly. I spoke to the agent and he asked me to send over a pic and report, I sent this pic and said that it was potentially dangerous and an eicr wouldn't be a bad idea! Supposedly the landlord went off on one and they may be losing the property, the agent agreed that it sounded like the landlord had possibly done the work himself and wasn't happy to be told it wasn't the best so to speak! He said there had been 2 eicr's done in the last 5 years but didn't have anything to show for it......

In which case I would give it a C2, investigation recommended, AND an unsatisfactory

 

[Hellmooth]

In which case I would give it a C2, investigation recommended, AND an unsatisfactory

I told the agent if I was carrying an eicr out it would be a C2, I explained what the coding meant! As I wasn't there to do an eicr it was merely a recommendation.

 

[markc123]

Hate clowns like this, all you can do pal is write a letter covering your own arse. Send a copy to the landlord, send a copy to the estate agents and if the moron won't do anything then thats entirely up to him.

 

[Hellmooth]

Hate clowns like this, all you can do pal is write a letter covering your own arse. Send a copy to the landlord, send a copy to the estate agents and if the moron won't do anything then thats entirely up to him.

I did say to the agent that I have covered myself with the email, I told him he was also covered by letting the landlord know, but it doesn't entirely work like that as they look after the property so are liable as well. The agents are good though and they have said that it needs to be addressed, and if the landlord won't do anything about it they will cut ties and report the landlord to whoever it may concern, so at least they are doing something about it! Thanks for the replies!

 

[Octopus]

I was doing the first fix on a kitchen refit today - and noticed this:



So I've asked the owner to empty the cupboard (which they agreed to so when I go back next week, I can investigate further!

 

[Hellmooth]

I was doing the first fix on a kitchen refit today - and noticed this:

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So I've asked the owner to empty the cupboard (which they agreed to0 so when I go back next week, I can investigate further!

Another diy superstar!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Door bells.

 

[Plonker 3]

Can someone please exaon why it would be a C2 on a EICR? Until its known what it is feeding there can be no code given.

 

[Dave OCD]

Regardless of what it's feeding it's not good having a 2.5 with most likely a 100 amp fuse and nothing else protecting it !

 

[Octopus]

Can someone please exaon why it would be a C2 on a EICR? Until its known what it is feeding there can be no code given.

So playing devils advocate so it's a C3 for you then on an EICR?

not sure I agree. :yawn:

 

[Plonker 3]

No code if there is a fuse before any fixed wire equipment is installed.

What difference is there between this situation and a busbar chamber?