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New EICR "unsatisfactory" - complete rewire required?!?

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The lighting circuit has no CPC (earth), this is not uncommon in older houses. For that reason all light fittings are Class 2 i.e. plastic with no metal, and there is a clause in the tenancy agreement which forbids tampering with the light fittings (this is a house we own and rent out).


Previous EICRs did not even mention the lighting circuit because of the Class 2 fittings. I have just got a new EICR with an observation "lighting circuits have little or no earth" and classification code C1 ("Danger present, risk of injury, immediate remedial action required"). The overall assessment says "Unsatisfactory" with the comment "Needs updating to current regs". This can only be fixed by a complete rewire of the whole lighting circuit.


This is pointless, there are no earth connections in the plastic fittings.


Any thoughts? Many thanks.
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    To clarify, I do not think the new legislation changes coding levels for particular faults. It does however seem to require that landlords must
    "ensure that the electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises(8) are occupied under a specified tenancy;"

    And that for the purposes of the legislation,
    “electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018(5);

    Now any sparks worth his or her salt knows that at least half the installations in the land do not meet every aspect of the latest regs, including quite a few new ones, and indeed BS7671 acknowledges that installations to previous versions may be suitable for continued use itself so this is an unusually stringent requirement, however as drafted there is no such wiggle room in the legislation , which is probably not the intention,
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    To clarify, I do not think the new legislation changes coding levels for particular faults. It does however seem to require that landlords must
    "ensure that the electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises(8) are occupied under a specified tenancy;"

    And that for the purposes of the legislation,
    “electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018(5);

    Now any sparks worth his or her salt knows that at least half the installations in the land do not meet every aspect of the latest regs, including quite a few new ones, and indeed BS7671 acknowledges that installations to previous versions may be suitable for continued use itself so this is an unusually stringent requirement, however as drafted there is no such wiggle room in the legislation , which is probably not the intention,
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