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is this the 'new' purpose for carrying out EICRs

psychicwarrior

leaving names out of it ... from an advert for an inspector job at a firm covering nationwide:

"...

Paying between £7-£8 per circuit but the sell on this is that the testing needs to be thorough to produce a comprehensive remedials list which we will be able to price to the client and pick up the works and give the candidate all of that work on the back of the test.

We are informed that the vast majority of the sites are in a poor condition so good commercial testers should be able to generate a good amount of remedial works. We also need engineers who will be able to carry out the remedial works themselves.

..."

it reads: 'we do a [low paid] EICR,   to generate [higher paid] work' ...  maybe this is how it has always been and i missed this aspect of it .

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  • Anyone who thinks UK installations are 'mostly in a poor condition' should travel more, to places with twisted joints in singles in the installation,  and bare ended wires stuffed into sockets, and perhaps also take a look to the accident figures for electric shock, burns and fires here, and there.
    And then try to subtract appliance related stuff, as except overloading for not enough sockets that's not really a fixed wiring issue, and subtract cooking fires, as they actually involve things are supposed to get hot....

    However, as a dyed in the wool cynic, yes, that reads to me as

    'you can find profitable stuff to do on most installations'

    and I'm sure you can. If it really was something that needed addressing urgently or was more of a small non-ideality, and could have been left for a few more years,  well its so hard for the average customer to tell, it cannot be proven.
    But, I don't think its exactly a new phenomenon, maybe you have been lucky and missed it.

    Personally, I'd recommend anyone getting inspection and remedial work to at least give the impression that someone who is not connected to the the inspector will be asked to quote for any rework recommended. Like the padlock on my garden shed, its not great security but it keeps honest people honest by removing a very easy temptation.
    Mike

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  • Anyone who thinks UK installations are 'mostly in a poor condition' should travel more, to places with twisted joints in singles in the installation,  and bare ended wires stuffed into sockets, and perhaps also take a look to the accident figures for electric shock, burns and fires here, and there.
    And then try to subtract appliance related stuff, as except overloading for not enough sockets that's not really a fixed wiring issue, and subtract cooking fires, as they actually involve things are supposed to get hot....

    However, as a dyed in the wool cynic, yes, that reads to me as

    'you can find profitable stuff to do on most installations'

    and I'm sure you can. If it really was something that needed addressing urgently or was more of a small non-ideality, and could have been left for a few more years,  well its so hard for the average customer to tell, it cannot be proven.
    But, I don't think its exactly a new phenomenon, maybe you have been lucky and missed it.

    Personally, I'd recommend anyone getting inspection and remedial work to at least give the impression that someone who is not connected to the the inspector will be asked to quote for any rework recommended. Like the padlock on my garden shed, its not great security but it keeps honest people honest by removing a very easy temptation.
    Mike

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  • in reply to mapj1
    mapj1 said:
    Personally, I'd recommend anyone getting inspection and remedial work to at least give the impression that someone who is not connected to the the inspector will be asked to quote for any rework recommended.

    Rather like cut-price MOTs which result in £££ of remedials.

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