EICR West Bromwich

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is an assessment of the current electrical installation. This test should be carried out by a qualified and skilled person. This checks the current installation is safe and also in compliance with the current BS 7671 standards. Once complete you will be issued a certificate, this will finally give you a satisfactory or unsatisfactory result. Then a report will be issued with details of any observations. Also the report will show any recommendations or immediate actions required.

Our engineer will conduct a visual inspection of items and both together perform fixed wire testing.

Some of the things we will be looking for during the inspection and test are:

• Both main supply and supplies to distribution boards
• Signs for overheating
• Visual inspection of electrical equipment throughout the electrical system
• Individual circuit testing
• Earth bonding
• Functional testing

Should the installation meet the required standards, we will then issue your electrical installation condition report test certificate. However, if your installation is deemed unsatisfactory, we will provide you with a test certificate. So this along with a detailed report with any faults or improvement works to rectify. This will be complete with images, descriptions of the faults, and observation codes accordingly.

Domestic and Landlord EICR Price

Below are estimated guide costs to complete an EICR report for Landlords and Domestic properties. Please note that there are discounts available to landlords. Landlords with multiple properties and also additional services such as PAT testing to add to packages.

• Studio Flat or Apartment – £162.00
• 1 Bedroom Flat or Apartment – £190.00
• 2 Bedroom Flat or Apartment – £216.00
• 2 Bedroom House – £190.00
• 3 Bedroom House – £245.00

all prices are inclusive of VAT.

Commercial EICR Cost

For a small business in a commercial building in West Bromwich. The starting cost of an EICR, generally for one distribution board and ten circuits typically begins at £220, plus VAT.

Industrial EICR Cost

For a small business in an industrial building in West Bromwich. The starting cost of an EICR, generally for one distribution board and ten circuits typically begins at £220, plus VAT.

Also for larger businesses the cost of an EICR in both commercial and industrial premises is made up from a number of factors. For example; the number of distribution boards and also the quantity of circuits. Along with how both complex the premises is and its working environment.

For both small business premises and houses the time spent carrying out an EICR report in West Bromwich could be a couple of hours.

For larger commercial and industrial properties this depends on the scale of the inspection required. This could range anything from 1-2 days up to a couple of weeks.

For example:

So for an industrial property with 4 large 3 phase distributions boards and 50 circuits in total. We would expect the testing to take approximately 2 – 3 days

The final outcome of an Electrical Installation Condition Report is either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. The following codes are used on the observations sheet in the electrical safety certificate. This is taken from the engineer carrying out the inspection and testing:

C1 – Danger present. There is a Risk of injury. Immediate action required.

C2 – Potentially dangerous – This requires urgent remedial action .

C3 – Improvement recommended.

FI – Further investigation – This is required without delay.

Following any observations with codes C1, C2 and FI will result in an EICR Unsatisfactory final outcome.

The period between an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) inspection specifically depends on the type of property:

• Domestic property and rental properties: At least every 10 years, or whenever there is a change in occupancy.
• Commercial EICR properties: At least every 5 years.
• Industrial EICR properties: Typically every 3 years.

Please get in touch for more information

So most electrical installations will have a sticker on the distribution board. This will state when the last test was carried out and when the next inspection is due. You can check your last EICR certificate and that will also tell you your dates.