can you look at these results and see what you think please

[kme]

Extent of installation details the works YOU are signing for - i.e. the works you have carried out & tested.

Comments on existing are just that - any issues or concerns you have with things you have noticed whilst at the property, yet do not fall into your remit of work, will be noted here -

HTH

KME

 

[ianmacd]

only thing is it says that running cables in cavity walls is ok, ive always been told by electricians and the building inspector today this is a big no no, and i cant find anything in Bs7671,

You won't find anything in 7671 about this as its a building regs requirement not to bridge the cavity which can not be garunteed on retrofitting cables, however its wrong to say its a big no no as its possible to install cables in a cavity when a wall is being built as long as its clipped to the inner leaf so not to bridge the cavity. Conservatory dwarf walls are a fine example when the bare bricks are being left on show on the inside. The LABC inspector should NOT be saying this without backing it up with a regulation which he doesn't seem to have done this time.

 

[jackfrosty]

so in 'Extent of installion covered by this certificate' i would write consumer unit change, upgraded main earth bonding to incoming gas and water supply

And in 'Comments on existing installation' things like switch wire sleeving missing and crack on faceplate for example?

 

[jackfrosty]

also if a consumer unit change a addition or alteration on the certificate?

 

[kme]

Yes, and alteration; unless you also add more circuits, then its both.

 

[S60TEM]

when customers of ours ask for a CU change, we always insist on a full PIR first to identify any possible faults on the installation prior to the change. Whats the point in installing an all singing, all dancing 17th edition board to an installation not capable of being reliable or safe. If all tests show the installation conductors and fittings etc are satisfactory then we will do the change.

We have had so many call outs to "fix" nuisance tripping etc etc on installations where there has been a new board fitted by an "electrician" only to find that the conductors are older than 30 years! These customers think they are getting a good deal by these people who fit new CCU's to their 30 year old electrics that they don't like it when we fail them and give them a snagging list as long as your arm for the remedial work!

 

[Doc Hudson]

30 year old conductors are not necessarily any serious concern. Many cables can comfortably last well in excess of this, say 70+ years. Consider the incoming supply cables to most properties in the country. You don't see the DNO's replacing all their network every 30 years.

Doc H.

 

[batty]

when customers of ours ask for a CU change, we always insist on a full PIR first to identify any possible faults on the installation prior to the change. Whats the point in installing an all singing, all dancing 17th edition board to an installation not capable of being reliable or safe. If all tests show the installation conductors and fittings etc are satisfactory then we will do the change.We have had so many call outs to "fix" nuisance tripping etc etc on installations where there has been a new board fitted by an "electrician" only to find that the conductors are older than 30 years! These customers think they are getting a good deal by these people who fit new CCU's to their 30 year old electrics that they don't like it when we fail them and give them a snagging list as long as your arm for the remedial work!

RCBO it lot less problems then, thats what I do anyway.