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Landlord · EICR and consumer unit

Consumer unit upgrade and EICR for a landlord

An unsatisfactory EICR on a two-bedroom colliery terrace, put right between tenancies with a new consumer unit and documented remedial work.

Near Chester-le-Street, County Durham

A long row of stone and brick colliery terraced houses in a County Durham village under an overcast sky
Property
Two-bedroom colliery terrace, rented
Scope
EICR, consumer unit replacement, remedial work
Timing
Completed in the gap between tenancies
Paperwork
EICR, EIC and written confirmation of remedial work
Location
Near Chester-le-Street, County Durham

01The requirement

A landlord with a small portfolio needed a new EICR before re-letting a two-bedroom terrace. The previous report was more than five years old, and the letting agent could not market the house without a current one.

02The condition and the constraint

The house still had a rewireable fuse box on a wooden board, and the inspection recorded C2 observations: no RCD protection for sockets, inadequate main protective bonding to the water pipe, and a damaged socket in the kitchen. The report was therefore unsatisfactory. The new tenants were due to move in within three weeks, so the remedial work, retest and paperwork all had to fit before then.

03The work completed

  • A full EICR, with every observation photographed and explained in plain English
  • A separate fixed quote for the remedial work, accepted the same day
  • The fuse box replaced with a metal-clad consumer unit with RCBO protection
  • Main protective bonding to the incoming water and gas services brought up to standard
  • The damaged kitchen socket replaced and the circuit retested
  • A retest of the whole installation, with the report reissued as satisfactory

04Safety and disruption

Because the house was empty, the work could be done in two consecutive days without disrupting anyone. The letting agent held the keys, and the landlord received photographs of each item before and after. Existing circuits were tested before the new board was fitted, so nothing was connected to RCD protection without first being proved sound.

05The result

The landlord received the satisfactory report, the Electrical Installation Certificate for the new consumer unit, and written confirmation that the remedial work was complete, all well inside the 28-day window. The documents went to the letting agent for the new tenants before they moved in.

Project gallery

Photographs from the job.

The old brown fuse box with rewireable fuse carriers on a scuffed wooden board, photographed before replacement
The old brown fuse box with rewireable fuse carriers on a scuffed wooden board, photographed before replacement.
An electrician kneels by a socket in an empty rented terraced house, testing with a multifunction tester, with the test schedule on a clipboard
An electrician kneels by a socket in an empty rented terraced house, testing with a multifunction tester, with the test schedule on a clipboard.
An electrician completes an electrical test schedule on a tablet in an empty rented flat, with a multifunction tester on the floor beside her
An electrician completes an electrical test schedule on a tablet in an empty rented flat, with a multifunction tester on the floor beside her.
The new metal consumer unit fitted on a fresh board in the same cupboard, with new grey meter tails and clean paintwork
The new metal consumer unit fitted on a fresh board in the same cupboard, with new grey meter tails and clean paintwork.

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