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Anyone got an EICR? How much was it? Bit annoying that in 13 years the consumer unit/fuse box thingie apparently needs upgrading. I'm sure my parent's house in Oz had the same fuse box for 50 years.
"To carry out an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) on all of the electrical circuits in your flat and contained in the two fuse boxes.
This Report is a minimum of six pages on ECA forms and will detail all of your circuits, the continuity and insulation resistance of conductors, your protective devices and their condition with regards to compliance with the latest 18th Edition of BS7671, The IET Requirements for Electrical Installations.
We have a set scale of charges for this work of £80 per consumer unit and £70 per circuit plus vat. It is thought that you have seven circuits so this will cost 7 times 70 + 80 = £580 plus vat.
You may like to consider replacing the old fuse boxes with an up to date ten way, fire rated, high integrity, dual RCD consumer unit as your existing one was installed on the 6th of October 2010.
I have found the Installation Certificate. Unfortunately, this certificate states that the earthing system is reliant on the steel conduits and tested ineffective on the night storage heater, most lighting points and switches and some sockets. This can be improved with new connections to the steel conduit system or rewired with a separate earth conductor.
We could upgrade the electrical protection for the two circuits that used to feed the off peak supplies.
These are the underfloor heating in the lounge and the storage heater spur in the bedroom.
These two circuits will be rerouted to the existing consumer unit and protected with two new RCBOs, these are combined circuit breaker and residual current device.