Hello all,
A friend that lives abroad but owns a property here has decided to rent out his house through an estate agency. They require a gas cert and EICR.
I had a quick look over the property (visual only) and noticed that downstairs is supplied by a 16A radial. That radial powers all of the downstairs sockets including the kitchen and cooker! His friend who lives there now did say that if he has the cooker on he can't put much else on otherwise mcb trips...no wonder.
Today I met an electrician there so he could quote for an EICR and put a ring final in for the kitchen.
He will get back to me with a quote however he said that he would not be able to "pass" the electrics unless he also installed mains powered interlinked smoke alarms and a heat detector in the kitchen.
Currently the house has battery operated smoke alarms.
I have looked through the regs and I can't see any requirement for this? Could someone confirm that they are not required or point me in the right direction so I can read the regulation myself.
All I have managed to find is that since Oct 2015 all rental properties must have smoke detectors but that battery operated ones are fine.
I cannot see anywhere that an EICR would "fail" for something that is not connected to the electrical system. Are they not a report on the installation as it stands?
Thanks,
Nick
A friend that lives abroad but owns a property here has decided to rent out his house through an estate agency. They require a gas cert and EICR.
I had a quick look over the property (visual only) and noticed that downstairs is supplied by a 16A radial. That radial powers all of the downstairs sockets including the kitchen and cooker! His friend who lives there now did say that if he has the cooker on he can't put much else on otherwise mcb trips...no wonder.
Today I met an electrician there so he could quote for an EICR and put a ring final in for the kitchen.
He will get back to me with a quote however he said that he would not be able to "pass" the electrics unless he also installed mains powered interlinked smoke alarms and a heat detector in the kitchen.
Currently the house has battery operated smoke alarms.
I have looked through the regs and I can't see any requirement for this? Could someone confirm that they are not required or point me in the right direction so I can read the regulation myself.
All I have managed to find is that since Oct 2015 all rental properties must have smoke detectors but that battery operated ones are fine.
I cannot see anywhere that an EICR would "fail" for something that is not connected to the electrical system. Are they not a report on the installation as it stands?
Thanks,
Nick