EICR, CU Fire Board - What Rules are Retrospective?

[RealPolitik]

Recently had an EICR done - the consumer unit in the house was replaced (perhaps unnecessarily) for the last EICR. The electrician has now marked the lack of a fire board behind it as a C2, referring to reg 512.2.

The unit is in a recessed cupboard (now minus its door, as the “new“ one was deeper than the one it replaced) in the kitchen, backing onto an outside wall, next to the house back door.

Does that sound like a C2 observation?

 

[ericmark]

Interesting, I was under the impression that the fire board was for DNO equipment only, and in theory we should not mount the consumer unit on that board, even though we often do.

My version of BS7671 is old (2008) can't justify £125 for new copy, so the reference does not refer to use of the DNO fire board in my version.

 

[davelx]

On offer at £108 at the moment

 

[flameport]

The electrician has now marked the lack of a fire board behind it as a C2, referring to reg 512.2.

All modern consumer units are fully enclosed at the back, there is no need for any board behind one.
Generally they are fixed directly to the wall.

There were some rewireable fuseboxes which were just a frame and front cover, and those did require a suitable board behind or the use of a separate paxolin backplate. However that is ancient history from decades ago.

Does that sound like a C2 observation?

No, it sounds like made up stories to garner unnecessary work.

 

[endecotp]

Recently had an EICR done

Why?

 

[RealPolitik]

Why?

Five years since the first one.