Hi all,
My friend has rented a property and I assume a spark has been called by the estate agents to do an EICR, my mate noticed that none of the sockets have come off the wall as they have been painted over.
He just sent me the paperwork he got when he rented the property and he has issued an EIC for a board change, probably one of the guys swapping plastic boards out for no good reason, but ignoring that fact for a minute, the EIC lists the board change in the scope of works, is this cert actually valid in regard to renting out a property or do you specifically need an EICR, I would have thought you do, as many sparks may be qualified for board changes but not EICR's not to mention insurance, and clearly in this case he has not done a proper EICR as he hasn't had any sockets off the wall, although there are of course plenty of sparks issuing EICR's without really doing anything. Not sure what to make of it.
The cert also looks a bit badly filled in, no max demand, and a bit ticking happy in the SOI, but there are some continuity tests, although I'm willing to bet he faked the IR test as they all came out perfect, if it was old enough to need a new CU then some of the wires would be showing a bit of deg surely.
Cheers
Oli
My friend has rented a property and I assume a spark has been called by the estate agents to do an EICR, my mate noticed that none of the sockets have come off the wall as they have been painted over.
He just sent me the paperwork he got when he rented the property and he has issued an EIC for a board change, probably one of the guys swapping plastic boards out for no good reason, but ignoring that fact for a minute, the EIC lists the board change in the scope of works, is this cert actually valid in regard to renting out a property or do you specifically need an EICR, I would have thought you do, as many sparks may be qualified for board changes but not EICR's not to mention insurance, and clearly in this case he has not done a proper EICR as he hasn't had any sockets off the wall, although there are of course plenty of sparks issuing EICR's without really doing anything. Not sure what to make of it.
The cert also looks a bit badly filled in, no max demand, and a bit ticking happy in the SOI, but there are some continuity tests, although I'm willing to bet he faked the IR test as they all came out perfect, if it was old enough to need a new CU then some of the wires would be showing a bit of deg surely.
Cheers
Oli