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Are these still a thing? I've been asked to do a couple for someone who rents a few houses out as a side line. I've had a quick loot at the property and from a safety point of view its fine, although its an old and scruffy installation. If I was to do an EICR on it it would probably "fail" on a few points but that would involve more detailed testing.
I note that on the NAPIT site they do a "landlords certificate" but it states it is used for attaching to a previous EICR that has previously had C1 and C2 codes. Not sure what its purpose is as surely you would just issue a EIC or minor works instead to cover that.
However I do have a copy of an older visual report that I got when we were with ELECSA and I could use that, the bloke is adamant that the letting agent just needs a visual report. So the way I see it and correct me if I'm wrong is a visual report would just cover the tenant being electrically safe i.e. no broken sockets/switches, bare wires, lack of RCD, pipework not bonded, that sort of thing. whereas a full EICR would cover the building saying it is up to date or not with the current regulations.
Do you see an issue with doing a quick visual cert after a bit of testing like a few loop tests at sockets and lights and making sure the ring is actually a ring, RCD's working etc. and what would happen at a later date if say there was a fire in the loft due to a dodgy joint box for eg.
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Are these still a thing? I've been asked to do a couple for someone who rents a few houses out as a side line. I've had a quick loot at the property and from a safety point of view its fine, although its an old and scruffy installation. If I was to do an EICR on it it would probably "fail" on a few points but that would involve more detailed testing.
I note that on the NAPIT site they do a "landlords certificate" but it states it is used for attaching to a previous EICR that has previously had C1 and C2 codes. Not sure what its purpose is as surely you would just issue a EIC or minor works instead to cover that.
However I do have a copy of an older visual report that I got when we were with ELECSA and I could use that, the bloke is adamant that the letting agent just needs a visual report. So the way I see it and correct me if I'm wrong is a visual report would just cover the tenant being electrically safe i.e. no broken sockets/switches, bare wires, lack of RCD, pipework not bonded, that sort of thing. whereas a full EICR would cover the building saying it is up to date or not with the current regulations.
Do you see an issue with doing a quick visual cert after a bit of testing like a few loop tests at sockets and lights and making sure the ring is actually a ring, RCD's working etc. and what would happen at a later date if say there was a fire in the loft due to a dodgy joint box for eg.
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