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New build properties not installed to regs at the time of construction

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I have come across many new builds where they would not meet the requirements at the time of installation.

We have brought this up with the developer / installer,they have mostly quoted best practise guide 4 saying that it's only a C3.

The way I read bpg4 is that it's for coding when the instalation was to a previous edition of the regulations.

What recourse is there in this situation?

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    We have discussed this a number of times.

    I am unclear as to whether you are doing initial verification or periodic I&T.

    If an EIC, you verify against the design. The Edn/Amd will have been put in the designer's part on the first page. If an EICR, you I&T against the current Edn/Amd, so the version which applied at the time is irrelevant.

    If, for example, there is no RCD protection, you code it the same whether the installation was erected against 15th Edn (when it was only for equipment which might be used outdoors, e.g. the socket by the back door) or 18th Edn.

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    We have discussed this a number of times.

    I am unclear as to whether you are doing initial verification or periodic I&T.

    If an EIC, you verify against the design. The Edn/Amd will have been put in the designer's part on the first page. If an EICR, you I&T against the current Edn/Amd, so the version which applied at the time is irrelevant.

    If, for example, there is no RCD protection, you code it the same whether the installation was erected against 15th Edn (when it was only for equipment which might be used outdoors, e.g. the socket by the back door) or 18th Edn.

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