I am afraid that literally anyone is allowed to do EICRs but it actually requires extensive knowledge and experience.
It looks to me like the meter has been relocated relatively recently. I would guess either there was not enough space to replace the meter in it's original location, or the meter was moved to make it more accessible.nknown why the meter has been located so far away from everything else
Yes, that's certainly part of it - attitudes to risks of low, or very/extremely low probability vary considerably between individuals. Also, in a more general sense, attitudes to acceptable levels (probabilities) of risk change over time.That seems bizarrare, but yes I noticed it from a few other searches here. Why such a wide range of opinions. Is it a question of probabilities? Some people are considering extremely low probabilities, while others don't? Everyone should be following the same science, so I can't think of any other explanation.
It may be an optical illusion, but it looks to me as if that meter would fit happily next to the cutout. As for 'accessibility', my meter is 7-8 feet above floor level, and no-one has ever suggested that it should be moved.It looks to me like the meter has been relocated relatively recently. I would guess either there was not enough space to replace the meter in it's original location, or the meter was moved to make it more accessible.
If you paid anything like realistic prices for each of multiple ('proper') EICRs, the overall cost of the exercise might not be as 'cheap' as you would hope.Also I'm considering getting multiple EICR now and going with the cheapest resolution.
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 said:“qualified person” means a person competent to undertake the inspection and testing required under regulation 3(1) and any further investigative or remedial work in accordance with the electrical safety standards;
Note:- the competent person was dropped in latter editions of BS 7671.BS 7671:2008 said:Competent person. A person who possesses sufficient technical knowledge, relevant practical skills and experience for the nature of the electrical work undertaken and is able at all times to prevent danger and, where appropriate, injury to him/herself and others.
I will use highly rated companies for any EICR. Out of curiosity if I DID get an idiot to do it as long as I get the certification isn't it still fine? The well rated company could still technically send me anyone. Even in the extreme situation where a tenant gets injured, if I think the person is qualified and give certificates, how can it be my fault.I am afraid that literally anyone is allowed to do EICRs but it actually requires extensive knowledge and experience.
If the repair work means I have to spend 8k, Id defo. get another EICR. I dont want any serious danger and will do evrything in my power to increase the chances that I get someone qualified.If you paid anything like realistic prices for each of multiple ('proper') EICRs, the overall cost of the exercise might not be as 'cheap' as you would hope.
Kind Regards, John
Sure, but £8k would imply a complete rewire (and, depending upon the property, could well be OTT even for that0, which will rarely be 'required' as the result of an EICR. Probably the most common (and sometimes the most contentious) issues relate to "new CU required" - and that, per se, will usually only be a few hundred quid at most, which would not buy you many (decent) 'multipole EICRs'.If the repair work means I have to spend 8k, Id defo. get another EICR.
Sure, but £8k would imply a complete rewire (and, depending upon the property, could well be OTT even for that0, which will rarely be 'required' as the result of an EICR. Probably the most common (and sometimes the most contentious) issues relate to "new CU required" - and that, per se, will usually only be a few hundred quid at most, which would not buy you many (decent) 'multipole EICRs'.
Kind Regards, John
That makes no sense. I cannot see how 'comments about the state of the electrics' produced by a surveyor could possibly qualify as an EICR. Apart from anything else, a surveyor would not have the means of undertaking the many measurements that are a crucial part of an EICR, even if he/she had some idea of how to do it or interpret the results.But it means if I get a home buyers report done, and the surveyor doing the report makes comments on the state of the electrics, he has made an EICR within his report, which is clearly not the intention of the law, but it makes a mockery of the law ...
I find that hard to swallow...so in real terms the electricity at work act applies
Only if the council 'requests it' ....When you get an EICR for renting purposes a copy gets sent to the council. .....
....3) Following the inspection and testing required under sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) a private landlord must—
(a) obtain a report from the person conducting that inspection and test, which gives the results of the inspection and test and the date of the next inspection and test;
(b) supply a copy of that report to each existing tenant of the residential premises within 28 days of the inspection and test;
(c) supply a copy of that report to the local housing authority within 7 days of receiving a request in writing for it from that authority ....
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