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There has been a question as to the extent of the inspection, an inspector could when doing one house in a terrace where the loft hatch is not in that house, either code F1 or simply in note state the loft is not included in the inspection. We are allowed to exclude things, so a garage and house even when supplied from same DNO fuse could have separate EICR'sPotentially worse than that, given that not everyone is 'honest and scrupulous', even if qualified.
It would be possible for electricians to (possibly even 'repeatedly') give F1s for things that they could easily have 'further investigated' at the time of the EICR, but didn't (like the PIR possibly affecting IR readings in this case), thereby creating the need for subsequent 'further investigation', for which there would presumably be a charge.
I would have thought that the use of F1s should be restricted to those things which could not be 'reasonably investigated' at the time.
Kind Regards, John
This to me is a little dangerous, however if I wanted to let out part of this house, say the granny flat under it, then it would be reasonable for the granny flat to have a separate EICR to house, after all it has it's own installation certificate and it's own council tax banding, but is supplied from same DNO fuse, and same consumer unit as main house, also same central heating boiler and controls, and same domestic hot water supply and same water meter. I am arguing with council as I say it is not a separate property it is all one.
However as it stands it could hardly be claimed I need an EICR to cover both, which means I can hide the bad bits. And the main house does not have a consumer unit, or a DNO head, or any central heating boiler.
Not that this is an issue as I have no intention of letting out part of the house, and I live in Wales, but can't really see difference in F1 and not included in the inspection.