Rented property require upgrading CU?

[aaronstuart]

Hi all,
Just a quick one. If you're going to rent out your house, is there a requirement to have your CU upgraded - as at the moment it's a rewirable.
I ask this because someone has asked me whether it needs upgrading, or will a PIR surfice with recommendations on?

Thanks Aaronstuart

 

[trebor]

There is no hard and fast reg that states you have to replace a rewireable type ccu for rented or other property, however a PIR may reveal a good case for doing so or recommending

eg. PFC too high for the fuse type, most are only rated at 1ka, no fire resistant backboard, no rcd protection on s/o etc, also if the ccu is changed it prevents the tenants from fitting incorrect rated fusewire

 

[pushrod]

Hi all,
Just a quick one. If you're going to rent out your house, is there a requirement to have your CU upgraded - as at the moment it's a rewirable.
I ask this because someone has asked me whether it needs upgrading, or will a PIR surfice with recommendations on?

Thanks Aaronstuart

There is no statutory requirement for a landlord to upgrade the electrics or even to have a PIR, however the landlord does have a duty of care to the tenant and the easiest way to demonstrate this is to have a PIR done. If the electrics are safe and match the regs to which they were installed there is no legal requirement to upgrade to BS7671:2008 , deviations from the present regs can however be noted in the observations section in the PIR and benefits to the possible upgrades explained in person

 

[aaronstuart]

Thanks for the response, informed landlord there is no requirement, but is probably going to have board upgraded......

 

[pushrod]

best to do PIR before upgrade to ensure that there are no hidden probs that will "suddenly" appear once rcds are in use.