Hi all,
I am a first time buyer and have had a pre-purchase EICR done (since no EICR report was available from the vendor). The new EICR came back as unsatisfactory and the electrician recommended a full rewire.
The house is a 1950s ex-council house which was sold by the council in the early 2000s. The electrician estimated that additions/alterations were made around 6 years ago, though I don't know if that involved a rewire.
The observations in the EICR were as follows:
The electrician quoted me £2,500 for fixing the above but recommended a full rewire at a cost of £4,500 as "the installation is old and badly modified".
The costs is quite steep for me right now as first time buyers, especially since I have to add costs for post-rewire plastering, carpeting, decorating cost as well as delay in moving in (= longer period of paying rent and mortgage).
Grateful for any advice on how safety critical the above seem? I think the C1s probably do need to get done soon but are the above C2s a major safety risks or is it just that standards have moved on? And if it's just outdated standards, would it be ok to leave those?
Many thanks.
I am a first time buyer and have had a pre-purchase EICR done (since no EICR report was available from the vendor). The new EICR came back as unsatisfactory and the electrician recommended a full rewire.
The house is a 1950s ex-council house which was sold by the council in the early 2000s. The electrician estimated that additions/alterations were made around 6 years ago, though I don't know if that involved a rewire.
The observations in the EICR were as follows:
- Suppliers main fuse components missing exposed basic insulation (C2)
- Kitchen downlight not fire rated - connections not enclosed and not earthed (C2)
- Earth rod not found / accessible for inspection (C2)
- Gas & Water services not earth bound (C2)
- Consumer unit has had RCD removed - no RCD protection (C2)
- Kitchen switch no earth + lounge wall light and centre light no earth (C2)
- First floor lights no earth (C2)
- Sockets main house - short circuit neutral/live earth (C2)
- A tangle of wires, exposed single insulation/live parts above ensuite in loft (C1)
- Consumer unit IP failure - lack of blanks cable entry points not sealed (C1)
- Shower cable not in use and isolator cannot be removed - recommend disconnection (C2)
- First floor lights insulation resistance fault short circuit (C2)
- Ground floor lights not earthed (C2)
- Consumer unit plastic - not fire rated (C3)
- Lack of RCD means circuits will not disconnect under fault conditions. Danger of electrocution. Disconnection time of 0.2 seconds will not occur in the event of a fault (C1)
- Lack of SPD (C3)
- Cables not colour marked / identified (C2)
- Lack of supplementary bonding in bathrooms (C2)
The electrician quoted me £2,500 for fixing the above but recommended a full rewire at a cost of £4,500 as "the installation is old and badly modified".
The costs is quite steep for me right now as first time buyers, especially since I have to add costs for post-rewire plastering, carpeting, decorating cost as well as delay in moving in (= longer period of paying rent and mortgage).
Grateful for any advice on how safety critical the above seem? I think the C1s probably do need to get done soon but are the above C2s a major safety risks or is it just that standards have moved on? And if it's just outdated standards, would it be ok to leave those?
Many thanks.