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Exposed: Cash for logos and drive by inspections

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Inadequate inspections on the safety of wiring in buildings across England are increasing the risk of fires, E&T has found. A flawed regulatory system has sparked a race to the bottom, with some businesses profiting at the expense of the public’s safety. 

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  • as   said in reply to JP.

    "Far better then to have something so simple that ordinary folk can tell it has not been done and then organize it properly - the current system lacks teeth, but even if it had them it also lacks the direction to know when and where to bite"

    If the Working Group recommendations had been followed there would be guidance for landlords, tenants and electricians on the requirements for RCDs in PRS homes, but that has not been issued.

    Also the recommendation to set up a specific competent person scheme has not been taken up either.

    If these recommendations had been followed the whole thing would probably not even come into being, because the government does not want to take any responsibility for issuing guidance on the requirements for RCDs in PRS homes, also there probably would not been enough electricians with suitable qualifications and experience who are actually prepared to join a scheme to get one off the ground, if they had insisted on a NVQ 3 it would have totally stuffed it.

    Had the government actually insisted on upgrades to installations to provide minimal RCD protection and the inspectors were members of a PRS EICR CPS the landlords would have been really upset, because many would be paying around a thousand pounds, £500-600 for the RCD upgrade and £400 for the inspection by the specialist inspector.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Indeed, and it seems that the working group knew more about it than the folk who actually brought it into being in it's current half-cocked state. Now there will be a lot of money and effort expended getting certificates that may be marvelous or total fiction, so not worth much, and there is no easy way to tell.

    Mike

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  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Indeed, and it seems that the working group knew more about it than the folk who actually brought it into being in it's current half-cocked state. Now there will be a lot of money and effort expended getting certificates that may be marvelous or total fiction, so not worth much, and there is no easy way to tell.

    Mike

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