I was recommended to a nice old lady to change some old brass wall and ceiling lights and fit a couple of outside PIR fittings.
She moved into her bungalow roughly two years ago and had a consumer unit upgrade and some other bits done then [This by a NICEIC approved contractor]
As soon as I removed the first [brass] fitting alarm bells started, old twin PVC/PVC lighting cable - no earth to be seen. [The place was built around 1965]
So we had a chat, I looked around a bit more and confirmed that this circuit [the only lighting circuit in the property] had no CPC at all.
BUT the wonderful NIC man not only gave her a headed EICR [Wrong paperwork for work done for starters], he also found NO observations/recommendations and classed the condition of the installation as very good, also installing several conductive light fittings and switches during the work he did.
He's also a bit of a magician as he conjured up an R1+R2 of 1.57 ohms for the aforementioned circuit.
All joking aside though this sort of thing is all too common -and worrying, but on a brighter note I now have the job of rewiring the lighting - pain in the @ss job though.
She moved into her bungalow roughly two years ago and had a consumer unit upgrade and some other bits done then [This by a NICEIC approved contractor]
As soon as I removed the first [brass] fitting alarm bells started, old twin PVC/PVC lighting cable - no earth to be seen. [The place was built around 1965]
So we had a chat, I looked around a bit more and confirmed that this circuit [the only lighting circuit in the property] had no CPC at all.
BUT the wonderful NIC man not only gave her a headed EICR [Wrong paperwork for work done for starters], he also found NO observations/recommendations and classed the condition of the installation as very good, also installing several conductive light fittings and switches during the work he did.
He's also a bit of a magician as he conjured up an R1+R2 of 1.57 ohms for the aforementioned circuit.
All joking aside though this sort of thing is all too common -and worrying, but on a brighter note I now have the job of rewiring the lighting - pain in the @ss job though.
