Spot light in kitchen need replacing for fire rated

[diycooper]

If there is spot light in kitchen with bedroom above do these need to be fire rated.

I have attached pic amd can appreciate the spot has no bulb.

If the answer is yes they do need to be fire rated to pass a EICR then can I get pladtic spots as I am reading of sone other topics there is no earth on some old spots like this. So would getting plastic spots get around this problem if once the spot is removed it is the case of there no esrth connected ?

 

[Murdochcat]

Is this a home with a single family occupancy or a HMO ?

Your home? Customers home?

 

[diycooper]

Is this a home with a single family occupancy or a HMO ?

Your home? Customers home?

Single family

 

[diycooper]

Is this a home with a single family occupancy or a HMO ?

Your home? Customers home?

Sorry rental 3 bed house

 

[Murdochcat]

Who’s the landlord? You?

Has an EICR been done or are you trying to second guess what a competent spark will say?

 

[diycooper]

Who’s the landlord? You?

Has an EICR been done or are you trying to second guess what a competent spark will say?

Eicr been done.

Who’s the landlord? You?

Has an EICR been done or are you trying to second guess what a competent spark will say?

I had an EICR carried out on a rental property and it was marked unsatisfactory. The report gives C2s under broad checklist headings only, rather than clear written descriptions. It records 5.18 “condition of accessories” as C2 and 5.19 “suitability of accessories for external influences” as C2. The electrician later said the actual required remedials included a landing socket not securely fixed and kitchen downlights not IP or fire rated. The loose landing socket seems straightforward, but I am unclear about the kitchen downlights because the EICR itself does not specifically state “kitchen downlights” or explain whether the issue is IP rating, fire rating, damage, missing lamp, or exposed parts. Also, if the kitchen downlights are being failed as non-fire-rated, the EICR has 5.13 “fire barriers, sealing arrangements and protection against thermal effects” marked as Pass, which seems inconsistent. There is a bedroom above the kitchen, so I understand fire-rated downlights may be recommended or required, but I am concerned the EICR is not specific enough for another electrician to clearly match remedial works to the C2 observations.