Hi , Please bear with me as I'm a mechanical engineer but I have just had a EICR produced for me that to my mind smacks of "fishing for work" . I believe in having a safe sound installation but am especially keen not to have unnecessary expense at the moment . The house is about 13 years old so was surprised to see the report estimated the wiring to be 23 years old to start with but the issues brought up were:
1) The RCD in the CU is faulty and cannot be reset and has had to be removed . C2
2) No RCD protection to 6 circuits and supplemental bonding is not present . C2
Plus a selection of C3s including that an extractor fan was not working .
This has resulted in a quote for £935 +VAT to , replace the consumer unit to comply with BS7671:2018 and provide RCD protection to all circuits plus replace two smoke alarms that expire in 2021 .
What annoyed me as much as anything is that before he removed the "faulty" RCD the sysytem was working and apparently protected , it is now without any RCD protecton and less safe than before the EICR ? I would have expected him just to have replaced the RCD not remove it for £60-70 ? The CU would appear to have space for an additional RCD for the other 6 circuits is this not possible and the whole CU needs to be replaced ? And yes it was mentioned that it is a plastic CU .
Your thoughts please ? , am awaiting a call back on it .
1) The RCD in the CU is faulty and cannot be reset and has had to be removed . C2
2) No RCD protection to 6 circuits and supplemental bonding is not present . C2
Plus a selection of C3s including that an extractor fan was not working .
This has resulted in a quote for £935 +VAT to , replace the consumer unit to comply with BS7671:2018 and provide RCD protection to all circuits plus replace two smoke alarms that expire in 2021 .
What annoyed me as much as anything is that before he removed the "faulty" RCD the sysytem was working and apparently protected , it is now without any RCD protecton and less safe than before the EICR ? I would have expected him just to have replaced the RCD not remove it for £60-70 ? The CU would appear to have space for an additional RCD for the other 6 circuits is this not possible and the whole CU needs to be replaced ? And yes it was mentioned that it is a plastic CU .
Your thoughts please ? , am awaiting a call back on it .