EICR done in 2 stages?

[Midwest]

I had a conundrum when I changed my garage to a habitable space. I contacted 3 sparks for third party certification, and I got a responce from one, which never materialised in anything. Perhaps that sort of work is just too much hassle for little reward.

Not sure why you worried about your ch pipes. You should perhaps search for threads on here about supplementary bonding, extraneous conductive parts, bonding etc, or ask your original electrician. I believe step by step guides are not allowed on this site.

 

[surfmk]

I had a conundrum when I changed my garage to a habitable space. I contacted 3 sparks for third party certification, and I got a responce from one, which never materialised in anything. Perhaps that sort of work is just too much hassle for little reward.

Not sure why you worried about your ch pipes. You should perhaps search for threads on here about supplementary bonding, extraneous conductive parts, bonding etc, or ask your original electrician. I believe step by step guides are not allowed on this site.

Yes I agree, hard to find anyone for third party certification and expect the LA know this from experience... so take a practical approach requesting an EICR which are actually possible to organise. Don't forget the BC inspectors are also checking the installation so it's not that unreasonable in my view.

I would just say that if I were an electrician and I were asked to check an installation where all the work is accessible, documented and completed to a high standard, I'd do it all day long. Maybe they feel the negatives of finding poorly completed work might result in unhappy clients... but you could assess this on a quick visit to begin with.

So I have contacted 3 electrical certifiers today (Sunday) and I'll post my progress for anyone else that is interested. No replies as yet.