Electrician came round to do a quote for partial rewire. Basically I need a lot more sockets, new consumer unit and an extra new circuit for ktichen. I was going to leave the lighting circuit as it is but I was told the lighting circuit might be unsafe and advised to have a full rewire or EICR first at least. I am very reluctant to do the lighting circuit mainly because we have concrete ceiling and I really don't want to lose any ceiling height.
I have opened up light fitting plates and switches and I can see cpc behind all the light fittings, but not all the light switches. So my questions is,
1. is there a legal requirement that I must have EICR when adding new circuit?
2. if cable tested ok, can EICR fail for not having a cpc behind the switches?
3. What are my options if EICR fail? is it a legal requirement to replace/update it to current standard?
Thanks in advance.
I have opened up light fitting plates and switches and I can see cpc behind all the light fittings, but not all the light switches. So my questions is,
1. is there a legal requirement that I must have EICR when adding new circuit?
2. if cable tested ok, can EICR fail for not having a cpc behind the switches?
3. What are my options if EICR fail? is it a legal requirement to replace/update it to current standard?
Thanks in advance.