Electrical Certification

aj9648

Hi

About 9 months we had house rewired. the guy who did it failed to provide any certificates and to this day has not provided any

We have had this protracted discussion with Elecsa (and him) but still not getting anywhere and Elecsa are proving to have no teeth....

What can I do? I have tried asking other electricians but as they did not do the work they wont provide the certification.

Whats the difference between an Electric Installation Certificate and Electrical Condtion Report?

Any ideas?

Ectophile

An EIC is a bit of paper from an electrician to say what they installed and how they tested it.

A condition report (EICR) is a report from an electrician who has tested everything and noted down any faults they have found.

Sometimes, a council will accept the latter as an alternative to the former, when the original electrician has done a runner. But that's down to the council's policy. They may well want to send out their own inspector.

And, as you've discovered, the registration bodies don't really care. They are only interested in the yearly registration fees paid by the installers. Everything else is just unwanted hassle.

squeekswhenwalking

Getting a condition report would put your mind at rest that the work was carried out correctly, and to any potential purchasers if you are selling house. If any defects are found you may have to sue the installer the cost of putting work right. If he didn't certify his work, he may not have even tested it. A call to trading standards may be in order.

Moomum

We had exactly this situation, I applied to the council and they sent an electrical inspector round who checked everything and then certificated it retrospectively. Cost us about £320 I think.

aj9648

Thanks

I will look into it. 320 sounds steep!!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

When I rewired my previous pad, I did not give two hoots. It was up to the buyer to check. Not me.

Ectophile

aj9648 wrote: »

Thanks

I will look into it. 320 sounds steep!!

Your council will be short of money, just like all the others. They try to make up some of the money by charging as much as they can for everything.

dj1471

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

When I rewired my previous pad, I did not give two hoots. It was up to the buyer to check. Not me.

Afraid you can't get away with that kind of thing anymore. If you have work done without proper certification YOU will be required to either get the work certified (at your expense) or purchase an indemnity insurance policy to satisfy the buyer's lender.

aj9648

We had a condition report done for a £100 and found a 16 faults including

• Cables left in garage still live
• cables to outside light on connector blocks and exposed
• no bonding to gas or water....basic thing that any electrician would do.
• lug on main earth needs installing
• down lighters in house not fire rated

Going to cost £2k to sort out.....any advice of what legal action I can take? Trading standards? Small courts?

robatwork

Letter Before Action to your electrician. You can find a template online or get a solicitor to knock one up.

wallbash

dj1471 wrote: »

Afraid you can't get away with that kind of thing anymore. If you have work done without proper certification YOU will be required to either get the work certified (at your expense) or purchase an indemnity insurance policy to satisfy the buyer's lender.

And which is much cheaper??