Good morning
I am a consumer, an accidental landlord, which means I rent out my former home as my circumstances changed a few years ago.
I need an EICR in order to carry on renting my flat.
The NICEIC registered electrician that came turned out to be unqualified and the report not worth the paper it is written on. I know this because I had another electrician look at it. Even without looking at the installation, a novice like me can see that the report is full of ambiguity with a frightening array of C2 codes. It was quite clear that faults had been invented so that this company could charge for further work.
I made a complaint to the NICEIC and they acknowledged there were ‘issues’ but insist that the original company returns to put the matter right.
This makes absolutely no sense to me and I have 2 questions.
1. If this person/company was incompetent (and probably dishonest) the first time around, why would he/they be any more competent or honest the next time?
2. What qualifications should I be looking for to engage a competent, experienced EICR-capable electrician?
I have read on your forum that even electricians with 20 years’ experience can struggle to pass the exams to do an EICR and can still trip over these codes.
This is all part of a bigger story which I’ll be happy to share, but let me start with that.
Thanks for your time.
JH4JILL
I am a consumer, an accidental landlord, which means I rent out my former home as my circumstances changed a few years ago.
I need an EICR in order to carry on renting my flat.
The NICEIC registered electrician that came turned out to be unqualified and the report not worth the paper it is written on. I know this because I had another electrician look at it. Even without looking at the installation, a novice like me can see that the report is full of ambiguity with a frightening array of C2 codes. It was quite clear that faults had been invented so that this company could charge for further work.
I made a complaint to the NICEIC and they acknowledged there were ‘issues’ but insist that the original company returns to put the matter right.
This makes absolutely no sense to me and I have 2 questions.
1. If this person/company was incompetent (and probably dishonest) the first time around, why would he/they be any more competent or honest the next time?
2. What qualifications should I be looking for to engage a competent, experienced EICR-capable electrician?
I have read on your forum that even electricians with 20 years’ experience can struggle to pass the exams to do an EICR and can still trip over these codes.
This is all part of a bigger story which I’ll be happy to share, but let me start with that.
Thanks for your time.
JH4JILL