UNSATIFACTORY EICR REPORT BASED ON C3

[SHAHHA]

An Inspection was done on my Rental Flat , and UNSATISFACTORY report issued . There was only one C3 (4.4- Plastic Consumer Unit ) Is this correct to issue UNSATISFACTORY report based on one C3 ..... Confronted with Engineer , but he is not willing to change ... Where I should complain for this. Page 4,5,6 attached here. Do I have any ground to complaint.

 

[Dartlec]

Are the bathroom lights downlights? Unless there is a low ceiling they may well be above the 2.25m zone requirement anyway, which should not attract a C2.

As you say, the C2 listed on Page 2 should be noted on page 6 under 6.6, where it is ticked, so the document is inconsistent at best.

If the bathroom light is within the zones and isn't appropriately IP rated (it's not always obvious) then perhaps changing it will be sensible in any case as any report would pick that up as a C2 and it is at least a potential issue of safety.

As pointed out, as long as you have documented proof of the light being changed then you have complied with your requirements so it is not necessary to obtain another report just to show satisfactory.

If the install is a flat and/or relatively new, then the LIMs on the items 1.x are not necessarily a concern - Is the meter perhaps in a remote room elsewhere in the complex? In which case the property management company may have some responsibility for the feed to each flat and you may be able to ask them for something in writing that their part of the installation is safe..

In theory, all LIMs on a report are agreed with the client though, as you are the one ordering the work and with the responsibility to ensure safety - so if it's an older installation or those parts are easily accessible its more of a concern that they weren't even visually checked.

 

[loz2754]

The light needing to be IP rated is dependant on where it's installed. Outside of the zones and a normal light can be installed.

This drawing is not compliant with BS7671:2018

 

[Dartlec]

This drawing is not compliant with BS7671:2018

It's surprisingly hard to find an accurate one these days - and not just because of the old change. The tap thing seems to have crept into most of them...(I think that may be from a guidance document somewhere for general suitability of accessories?, but not relevant to zones....)

 

[loz2754]

I use this personally from NICEIC:

 

[Teddy Lop]

There are two aspects to this.
To cover your landlord duties, if there is only one C2 there for a non IP rated bathroom light then just get another sparks to change it (it's not an expensive job or expensive light), and as long as you have a document saying it's repaired you have done what you need to do in terms of meeting the requirements of the legislation. You are then sorted for 5 years.

But the other aspect is I'd be quite concerned the inspection hasn't even looked at the supplier earthing arrangements or intake. It might be the supply for the flat is in a common area he didn't have access to, but this should have been noted as an operational limitation if so. Is it possible to see the whole report with the property and contractor details blanked out?

In practice the letting agent will demand an EICR with satisfactory written on it, even with a new cu install cert, in my experience.

OP is the spark insisting on improvement work and if so what? Is the property RCD protected? (Shedule of test results will tell us)