Recent content by R Benny Waered

I was quoted £450 for this non requirement to be 'rectified'! If it was £100 then we wouldn't be wasting so much breath i guess.

Thanks Rich - might buy the book or just get someone half tidy and straight in to do it!!! I have had some of the most bizarre conversations ever with this chap recently to still try and clear this up, but failed. I accept there can be grey areas in some interpretations but I think my...

That helps justify a few things Eric - thanks - I understand that electricians need to cover their backs when there are genuine reasons or a lack of readily available info. In my case though I told the spark that the building was converted to 4 flats some 18 years ago with all new wiring - he...

Plugwash - great real world answers above mate. Can i just ask about this one though: x9 spot lights in the kitchen are not fire rated C2 Only an issue if the kitchen ceiling is a fire barrier. I changed all my trendy 2005 hot lamp 12v light fittings at considerable cost to fire rated LED...

It gets better. I offered him one last chance to compete the job to regs professionaly as I was fully up to speed with regs now and had had them corroborated in writing by a trade body and got this via txt: I don't make mistakes Please forward the NICEIC letter to me and will go from there ...

And the conclusion in two emails... How can they treat customers like this? On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 12:27, you wrote: That's great, thank you. I'm happy my smoke sensors are compliant with Local Council and Fire Brigade as they are. But they do recommend a heat sensor like you do but it isn't...

Thanks John. Sound advice and lesson learnt about using non registered guys.

I got guidance from NICEIC themselves : We do offer the following guidance based on our general guidance given to contractors in Best Practise Guide No 4 which we have attached for your information. Plastic consumer unit in entrance hallway. (BPG 4 page 15 under examples of C3 codes)...

No electrical cables mate. I wouldnt be comfortable with that anyway as pipes get hot and I'd long have had that sorted.

That would be a very foolish landlord indeed that would do that. These EICRs are a really good thing but to fail someone for something outside the regs is causing me a lot of problems and I'm having to create a huge paper trail to cover my back and if i get nowhere with the spark (28 days have...

Thanks guys. The CU is on the exit route but is NOT under wooden stairs as its a top floor flat. It is also not communal. I will not be bullied and mislead into the £450 quote to replace a CU that has only a few circuits (its a small 2 bed flat) - seems very heavy. If it was £250 I'd just...

I just spoke to another Sparkie near the property and he confirmed that all 3 issues are C3 recommendations not C2 fails. Rather than battling the original guy I'll pay the new one to do an EICR. I would like some payback for this original guy though as I paid him a not insignificant amount of...

I know. I have no issue plastering the small gaps at all but he's given me a C2 fail. I have queried it but I get nowhere.

That thread is a bit inconclusive mate.:?: I'm really stuck here - is there a professional body I can speak to about this electricians actions? Or am I better employing another to do the EICR who plays with a straighter bat? He is just costing time and has now said he may not be able to work...

My EICR is not due till next year in a London property I rent out, but being a diligent landlord with tenants that are friends I decided to have the test done. a 20 yr old install and had already invested in replacing downlights with fire rated ones and added an RCD to the CU. But the spark...