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Feb

Salford Landlord Licence Scheme Works – Part 2

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

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Bad DIY ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671-2008; Regulation 543.3.2; 514

We were asked to undertake an electrical Periodic Inspection Report (PIR) last year for a client who was moving out of their property in Salford and then renting it. We completed the PIR and sent along the report which also includes our easy read version of urgent items that need putting right quickly. We heard back that the property had been rented but we could not gain access to make the repairs. So…a year on we receive another call…this time more panicky. Salford council gave the landlord a year to get the PIR and repair any inadequacies. The PIR was obtained but they never called us back to sort out the inadequacies.

Please remember that a PIR is just that. It’s an inspection that highlights issues involving the electrical system versus the regulations and that’s it. It is not an automatic passing grade for your property and in the case of Salford Council it won’t just go away. If the inspection highlights safety issues that require sorting out then those issues will need to be sorted out.

In the case of this property the issues were caused, we think, by the previous owner of the property. They chose to install metal light switches throughout the property. Unfortunately they chose to earth some switch plates and not others. In some cases the earth cable was not heavy enough and not of the correct material. And finally the biggest indicator of cowboy workmanship, the over use of yellow tape which seemingly makes everything okay.

We sorted the earthing out in about a half hour and replaced the bits of yellow wrapped wire with 1.0mm solid copper wire covered with the properly coloured and gauge of earth sleeving. We also added the missing sleeves that identify the neutral cable as live.

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