RCD

Kenneth Fereday:

My flats has just been inspected and I have been advised I need to have an RCD fitted. The flat is approx 30 years old and just has normal fuse board. IDo I need to have an RCD fitted or is this just a preference. ie is it now a legal requirement?


Thanks for any advice.

If you're thinking of renting out the flat, then that would be illegal.

Otherwise, it's down to how much you value the safety of yourself and anyone else in the flat.  Adding an RCD would make it safer.  But safety is relative, and nobody enforces the safety, or otherwise, of things you do in your own home.