Eicr codes

[bigbaddave]

First off I wont be sued for giving my professional opinion, and im basing it on the old periodic guidance of socket outlets supplying equipment out doors, although I have seen other guidance that call it as "improvement recommended"

Ah, you didnt make that clear mind you

 

[odawire]

no I wouldnt

 

[odawire]

Ah, you didnt make that clear mind you

Was a bit surprised no one else mentioned it

 

[ipf]

I won't have an RCD in my house lol

Just a double socket in the garage for me

edit. Just to cover what nobody else mentioned. lol

 

[MDJ]

Need to remember you cannot fail installations if they do not adhere to new regs unless of course it is generally dangerous, if you did every house in the UK over 10 years old would need remedial works :rofl:

 

[bigbaddave]

in a house with a back or front garden it becomes feasible IMO, even an upstairs flat owner might plug in the hoover to clean the car.

What a load of tripe.. How can you say a socket upstairs is feasable to feed a hoover in the back garden.. RCD protect the one socket near the door job done

If you take that approach you could argue every socket in the house could feed outside via an extension lead

 

[odawire]

What a load of tripe.. How can you say a socket upstairs is feasable to feed a hoover in the back garden.. RCD protect the one socket near the door job done

Its not tripe, that's why I asked if it was a house or a flat, In a house with a garden out the back and a driveway in the front, every downstairs socket is fair game to be used outside, If your so sure, why did you ask the question?

 

[odawire]

Need to remember you cannot fail installations if they do not adhere to new regs unless of course it is generally dangerous, if you did every house in the UK over 10 years old would need remedial works :rofl:

Well, its up to the individual sparks to judge each property as they see it, but if you go on the guidance available then unprotected RCD sockets that are gonna be used outside are a C2 recommendation

 

[bigbaddave]

Tell me where I asked the question?

 

[ipf]

Used to like tripe.........'till i worked in a tripe factory...yuk

 

[MDJ]

Well, its up to the individual sparks to judge each property as they see it, but if you go on the guidance available then unprotected RCD sockets that are gonna be used outside are a C2 recommendation

you mean sockets that may be used to plug in external equipment without RCD protection? and yes some may agree with you there, Code 3 for me.

 

[odawire]

Tell me where I asked the question?

It's your thread, or am I reading the page wrong?

 

[R G]

Their used to be a category which stated ....conforms to previous edition of regs , safety not impaired...

 

[bigbaddave]

Used to like tripe.........'till i worked in a tripe factory...yuk

I am the same with Kebab...

 

[odawire]

Their used to be a category which stated ....conforms to previous edition of regs , safety not impaired...

Yea that makes sense, and if someone called it a C3 I don't think it would be the end of the world

 

[bigbaddave]

It's your thread, or am I reading the page wrong?

Sure is bud.. Mearly saying there is a conflict beetween my EICR and the other guys at the firm.. His resulting in mega bucks for work that doesn't deem a unsatisfactory result.

 

[odawire]

Sure is bud.. Mearly saying there is a conflict beetween my EICR and the other guys at the firm.. His resulting in mega bucks for work that doesn't deem a unsatisfactory result.

Yea, I agree with you it is satisfactory, at most it needs a small rcd unit for the sockets or maybe not even that, there are other ways round it, its a hard one though, personally if I was in your position I wouldn't mention it to the agent as I cant bear any type of tradesman who puts down peoples work or business unless they do something really dangerous. On the other hand you also have a professional relationship with the agent and the last thing you want them thinking is you've missed something the the other guy picked up on, I think id maybe jokily mention that he was a "bit strict" on that one

 

[Guest55]

I won't have an RCD in my house lol

i'd love to carry out an inspection on your house mdj.
i bet i could stretch out the defects list to at least 3 pages
i give code 1's just for only getting 1 sugar in my tea - i'm that serious.
;-)
and i expect wife , kids and pets to wear hi-viz at all times.

 

[odawire]

you mean sockets that may be used to plug in external equipment without RCD protection? and yes some may agree with you there, Code 3 for me.

That's fine, however, I phoned the NIC tech line a while back when quoting for an EICR at a school and he recomended that all socket outlets not rcd protected should be a C2

 

[bigbaddave]

That's fine, however, I phoned the NIC tech line a while back when quoting for an EICR at a school and he recomended that all socket outlets not rcd protected should be a C2

When did NIC write the regs?? Is it still green ?