Apologies if this is a regular question.
I've been asked to quote for an EICR for a small block of flats, converted from a house. 3 x houses, terraced together, each has 2,3 or 4 flats inside, probably in the 70's/80's, with some signs of alterations.
I've been asked to provide an EICR for the communal areas only, not including the supply cables to each flat - however.......
In each block there is a single phase DNO supply for each flat, TNCS. Each to a meter, switch fuse then various cable types out to the consumer units. I've found most of the c/u's in the communal hallways, generally outside each flat front door.
One of the boards had a circuit from the c/u to a smaller sub board next to it which supplies the communal lights and entry phone. So effectively that particular flat is paying for the power to the communal area as well.
My question is - Obviously I have to do the supply cable from switch fuse to c/u, but if my brief is to just do the communal circuits, would I not have to test all the circuits on the c/u supplying the sub board? i.e, the circuits inside the flat? Or am I ok to simply test the supply cable to c/u, the one 'distribution circuit' and then the sub board supplying the communal power?
Fell like I've made that question more complicated that it needs to be!
I've been asked to quote for an EICR for a small block of flats, converted from a house. 3 x houses, terraced together, each has 2,3 or 4 flats inside, probably in the 70's/80's, with some signs of alterations.
I've been asked to provide an EICR for the communal areas only, not including the supply cables to each flat - however.......
In each block there is a single phase DNO supply for each flat, TNCS. Each to a meter, switch fuse then various cable types out to the consumer units. I've found most of the c/u's in the communal hallways, generally outside each flat front door.
One of the boards had a circuit from the c/u to a smaller sub board next to it which supplies the communal lights and entry phone. So effectively that particular flat is paying for the power to the communal area as well.
My question is - Obviously I have to do the supply cable from switch fuse to c/u, but if my brief is to just do the communal circuits, would I not have to test all the circuits on the c/u supplying the sub board? i.e, the circuits inside the flat? Or am I ok to simply test the supply cable to c/u, the one 'distribution circuit' and then the sub board supplying the communal power?
Fell like I've made that question more complicated that it needs to be!