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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CONDITION REPORT. LIMITATIONS.

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Page 519 of B.S. 7671 18th Edition.

We do not normally inspect cables hidden under floorboards, concealed in walls or in roof spaces. Perhaps we should despite the disruption. I have just carried out an inspection and test of an old bungalow where Mr. Bodger was the previous owner. I have found many horrors. I had to dismantle some woodwork in the corner of a room where the cupboard contained numerous dangerous horrors, including the item pictured below. It supplied an immersion heater in the loft. I had to gain access to the cupboard to extend cables and provide correct junction boxes to replace choc-block joints.

Z.

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  • A running thread with EICR pictures could be very interesting on here.  I get some crackers as i'm sure we all do some times if you'll excuse the pun.  Slight smile

  • in reply to aligarjon

    And the no of those 'crackers' in buildings where a sticker on the CU assures you it was recently tested as OK might surprise some more desk based readers . One mans reasonable sample may not be the same as the previous, or the next, and as above there is neither time nor money to justify a level of rigour that will never ever let something  through the net. such is life.

    What puzzles me sometimes is the level of effort that some folk put into a terrible job, when doing it properly would have been faster and cheaper.

    Mike

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  • in reply to aligarjon

    And the no of those 'crackers' in buildings where a sticker on the CU assures you it was recently tested as OK might surprise some more desk based readers . One mans reasonable sample may not be the same as the previous, or the next, and as above there is neither time nor money to justify a level of rigour that will never ever let something  through the net. such is life.

    What puzzles me sometimes is the level of effort that some folk put into a terrible job, when doing it properly would have been faster and cheaper.

    Mike

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  • in reply to mapj1
    mapj1 said:
    What puzzles me sometimes is the level of effort that some folk put into a terrible job, when doing it properly would have been faster and cheaper.

    Do it right, do it once!

  • in reply to Chris Pearson

    What really shocks me Chris is that I carried out a thorough Inspection and Test. I was then asked to undertake repairs/remedial work. It was only then that I truly discovered many previously missed hidden horrors.

    Z.

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