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EICR Codes help for new Landlord.

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Hi. I hope you are all well and keeping busy in these strange times. I look after a ladies house who has had to move back abroad and now needs to let the property out and so she has had an EICR done which has come back with saying it needs a total rewire for few grand. 


What I want to know is can I ask info on here about the codes he has put and if reasonable.


I don't won't to upset anyone by second guessing another trades persons work but I would like an idea if this is right or not?


Thanks you


Regards Lee
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    Hi. Is anyone in the New Malden area keen to take another look at this job?


    Thank you
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    Maybe, but  I have seen quite a few 1960s places near my parents with the old twin without earth dropped inside isolated lengths of un-earthed conduits, presumably a throwback to the (then quite recent) rubber cables that could not be directly plastered in, (well not without  falling apart a few years later) .

    It still makes a re-wire easier of course, but if they are earthed or not can only be determined by inspection/testing. Metal conduit is not always earthed..

    regards Mike.
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    davezawadi (David Stone):

    I detect that the lighting circuits are in conduit, and therefore there is an Earth connection present. The problem is that this EICR is nonsense. It is time that we all did something serious to stop this kind of rip-off nonsense, it is bad for everyone.




    Where did that come from?


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    I detect that the lighting circuits are in conduit, and therefore there is an Earth connection present. The problem is that this EICR is nonsense. It is time that we all did something serious to stop this kind of rip-off nonsense, it is bad for everyone.
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    "I have stopped and not completed EICRs after a few minutes, because it is obvious that the place needs rewiring and it would be almost dishonest to  take the customers money completing the EICR. "


    Ditto that one Sparkingchip

    I`d charge a very reduced fee dependant on can I move onto other works therefore not lose out meeself . You gotta be fair to both the customer and yerself.
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    I have stopped and not completed EICRs after a few minutes, because it is obvious that the place needs rewiring and it would be almost dishonest to  take the customers money completing the EICR.


    If it obviously needs a new consumer unit and remedial work, but you can see that sections of the original installation can be reused, then crack on and do the EICR.
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    John Peckham:

    Looks like the usual nonsense from a person not competent to carry out a periodic inspection and test. 


    Nice phrase JP.


    Having said that I have myself been known to make comments ref remedials if they are defects noted by someone else not me. When there`s a few it can get to the point where you get to consider if " a total rewire might be the most prudent course of action" of course a site visit sometimes starts to make that answer a bit clearer.


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    a simple wire for wire replacement pulling the new wire in as the  old one comes out is often possible but far from always. Enabling work of hoovering any grot out of the pipes and having a free-up wiggle with a colleague before going for the low profile cable splice and the  re-thread are worth it.
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    Mutley:

    The lighting circuit would be easy to re wire as the back boxes are all connected with iron/galvanised barrel or something. So straight forward to pop new cable down. 


    The owner is keen to get this fixed ASAP and is happy to pay what ever it takes as the Agency are telling her she risks a 30k fine to get it done ASAP.


    That's great. The £30k is a penalty and not a fine and I think it is regrettable if the landlady feels threatened by it.


    It isn't necessarily "straight forward" to pull cables up and down conduit or capping - it can be a doddle or it can be a ***. Good luck!


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    The lighting circuit would be easy to re wire as the back boxes are all connected with iron/galvanised barrel or something. So straight forward to pop new cable down. 


    The owner is keen to get this fixed ASAP and is happy to pay what ever it takes as the Agency are telling her she risks a 30k fine to get it done ASAP.


    I it was me who wanted a second opinion.

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