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STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PERIODIC INSPECTION AND TESTING OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN DWELLINGS

John Peckham
I have produced a standard specification for the periodic inspection of fixed electrical installations in dwellings.


The intention is landlords, councils, housing associations and individual home owners of potential buyers can use this to invite contractors to perform this task. Is intended also to give contractors a level playing field to tender against.


Contractors can also send it to their potential clients to fulfill their obligation to define the extent and limitations of the inspection and testing. They can then put in those 2 boxes "see attached specification".


It is a MINIMUM specification and contractors can do more if they wish.


It is free from me and copies can be obtained from info@astutetechnicalservices.co.uk

This is not a cunning marketing exercise for my company as I am not looking for any inspection and testing work..


Let me know what you think?




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    Hi John.

    I would be interested in your opinion/document. It’s certainly true that a level playing field would be useful.

    I have regularly come across EICR reports which have been done so badly that they are not worth the paper. It’s not so unusual to find “LIM” in nearly every results field except perhaps sockets Zs and a service head Ze. - I am hoping that this problem is reducing, but I have not seen much sign of it.

    Meanwhile, I've come to do work in houses which purportedly hold a "satisfactory" EICR (I’ve been given copy of), and have subsequently spent a week at the property fixing a huge list of C2 and even really gross and dangerous C1 faults. - Meanwhile the owner understandably believes  "It's all OK, we had a "safety certificate".

    Some years ago there were even "reverse auctions" for lowest-cost EICR's bids by estate and property agents.
    Personally I always tell a customer even in a smallish UK house, unless it's brand new, that I expect an EICR to be a full and very exhausting day. It is. I'm likely to still be doing the paperwork at 11:30PM.
    It seems that there will remain homeowners and landlords who want the signature at lowest cost, as if this absolves them from responsibility. - Well, it does, kind of, but I'm not sure those doing the "drive-by" EICR understand that they now carry the can. 


    I'll email. Rgds


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    Hi John.

    I would be interested in your opinion/document. It’s certainly true that a level playing field would be useful.

    I have regularly come across EICR reports which have been done so badly that they are not worth the paper. It’s not so unusual to find “LIM” in nearly every results field except perhaps sockets Zs and a service head Ze. - I am hoping that this problem is reducing, but I have not seen much sign of it.

    Meanwhile, I've come to do work in houses which purportedly hold a "satisfactory" EICR (I’ve been given copy of), and have subsequently spent a week at the property fixing a huge list of C2 and even really gross and dangerous C1 faults. - Meanwhile the owner understandably believes  "It's all OK, we had a "safety certificate".

    Some years ago there were even "reverse auctions" for lowest-cost EICR's bids by estate and property agents.
    Personally I always tell a customer even in a smallish UK house, unless it's brand new, that I expect an EICR to be a full and very exhausting day. It is. I'm likely to still be doing the paperwork at 11:30PM.
    It seems that there will remain homeowners and landlords who want the signature at lowest cost, as if this absolves them from responsibility. - Well, it does, kind of, but I'm not sure those doing the "drive-by" EICR understand that they now carry the can. 


    I'll email. Rgds


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