What do you put on an EICR when there is no/faulty smoke detectors in a domestic property?

Nothing to do with electrical safety .

Saying that I would inform the client if they aren't working.

Gary

Nothing to do with electrical safety .

Saying that I would inform the client if they aren't working.

Gary

It depends what sort of inspection you have been asked to do. If the building is supposed to have then and they have been broken or removed, then it would be irresponsible not to highlight this as an observation. 

I agree its not a BS7671 line item, so no code, but someone asking for a safety inspection might reasonably expect it to be considered, unless you say ' fire system will not be inspected as part of this EICR.'

Mike.

I believe that is what I said.  

Gary

I am going to be Pedant.

Put

fire system will not be inspected as part of this EICR

in writing on the quote/estimate and on the EICR form

Thus in a court of law there is no confusion

I do quite a lot of EICRs for letting agents so personally I check them and put a replacement date on the report if there is one in the summary at the end as well. Also I would say 20% of the times the detectors are battery operated. 

Gary

aligarjon said:

Nothing to do with electrical safety .

Unless they are mains powered.

Mine are no more difficult to remove than a lamp if you want to do a Zs.

Whilst you are up there, you might as well press the test button, but ...

Insurers like (insist upon) interlinked devices, so it is not necessarily a simple test. My inclination would be to mention an obvious problem informally on the basis that it generates good will.  If you go further, be aware that you may have assumed a duty of care.

I might add that there is a fine balance between sticking to one's own trade or giving advice more widely.

I am in the process of rebuilding a brick arch over a doorway and a fair bit of wall above it because it was collapsing. It came to my attention during renovations to a timber conservatory, part of which had been planted into the wall and then covered by lead flashing.

The carpenters carried on regardless, and of course, they had no duty to mention the state of the wall, but the roofer who will be putting up the new flashing wanted a couple of bricks changed. That was when I discovered the problem.

As the home owner, I really would have appreciated if the carpenters had said, "Chris, I don't like the look of this brickwork."