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EICR Valid?

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Hello,

I recieved an EICR for my Private Rented property from the landord. However, the post code of the address is wrong. Is the EICR still valid? It was done over a year ago, so Is it allowed to be corrected via just changing the post code or do the whole electrics need to be retested/inspected?

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    Hello,

    seeing as you must be familiar with EICR - I have another query. Does the back page of the document need to be filled in? The one that is allocated to circuit designation? As on the EICR it is completely blank.

     

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    Day567: 
    seeing as you must be familiar with EICR - I have another query. Does the back page of the document need to be filled in? The one that is allocated to circuit designation? As on the EICR it is completely blank.

    If you mean the generic schedule of test results, that is essential. It is, arguably, the most important part. No schedule = no EICR.

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    0 Former Community Member

    I have attached an image of the back page of the EICR document as well as the file for the whole EICR: just to confirm you are saying that due to this being completely blank the EICR is void?
     

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     Moderator Edit: Attachment removed.

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    well that is very disappointing. Unless there is another sheet a bit  like that that came separate to  the report but filled out ?

    This is supposed to be the bit that describes the installation. As a general rule there should be at least one line per fuse or circuit breaker in the consumer unit, and perhaps a few additional notes if there are unexpected extras like the landing light on a different circuit to the rest of the upstairs lights - it happens ?.

    You can then deduce that the lights are on fuse no 3 or whatever, the type of cable used, and what the earth test results and insulation readings were.

    Without that trying to deduce what is there without actually taking it all to bits is a bit of a non-starter.

    Also surprised this flat has no bath or shower, as all NA in the last section …

    Mike.

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    Day567: 
    I have attached an image of the back page of the EICR document as well as the file for the whole EICR: just to confirm you are saying that due to this being completely blank the EICR is void?

    It isn't so much void as incomplete.

    The paperwork seems to be a bit of a mongrel - it is not the current model form or the one before it. As Mike says, presumably there is a bathroom.

    There are other errors: e.g. Item 4.20 - I doubt that SPD is fitted. There seems to be a generator. PFC = 0.2 kA on page 3 but 1.07 kA on page 8.

    ETA: the electrician was a member of the Stroma scheme, but that has been taken over by NAPIT and his details appear in their register. You may wish to contact them.

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    Could you post a photo of the consumer unit please.

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    Sparkingchip: 
    It looks like the electrician didn’t put the postcode into his sat nav to guide him to the job.

    No, but the road name is very apt. ?

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    Although it does say it is a visual report, much of the circuit chart could have been easily completed. If he actually visited the property, it could only have been for a few minutes, as others have said, he never discovered the bathroom. 

    Regards,

    Alan. 

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    Alan Capon: 
    Although it does say it is a visual report …

    I don't think that that will do.

    Chapter 65 refers to inspection and testing (my emphasis), but more importantly, R.3 of the ESSPRS Regulations 2020 requires that the installation be inspected and tested.

    I might add that for a small domestic installation, a 20% sample is not adequate.

  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Hello,


    Thanks for the response. Reading through the forum I am growing more concerned over whether the EICR was done correctly or if people have suggested, he simply just filled it in without actually testing the property. This is why I am suspicious of this electrician as I do not see why my landlord originally told me to contact British Gas and then suddenly decided to use this specific electrician who did the EICR after British Gas determined one of the plug sockets to be unsafe (it was falling out the wall) and needing to conduct a proper investigation into the electrics to determine the tripping. 


    I do live in a one bedroom flat, which contains a living/kitchen space, a bedroom and a bathroom. If these things are missing I am highly concerned. There is no gas in the property as well, so the shower is electric, the boilers/water tanks in both the bathroom and kitchen are electric. The hob and oven are electric. The fridge and freezer are electric.


    I have attached a picture of my fuse box. Please not that none of the labels under fuses are accurate. For example, the fuse labelled "Water Heater" does not do the water heater, instead it has all the sockets in the living/kitchen space, the hob and the washer machine on the circuit - this is also the fuse that keeps tripping. I have no idea what circuits the lights, water heaters, bedroom sockets or anything else is on. British Gas suspected that the installation of the electrics is wrong hence the tripping.


    The fuse box below is the only one in my flat, the electric metre is downstairs in a cellar and I do not have access to it - which makes getting metre readings for my electric bills difficult as I have to contact my landlord to send someone out to get me a reading.

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