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EICRs for home owners in Test Electrical
Nobody makes you have one. People book them anyway, because the wiring in a house is the one thing you cannot judge by looking at it. From £160, priced before we start.
Why home owners book one
A rented home has a legal timetable. Your own home does not, so the decision is yours. These are the three reasons people in Test Electrical give us most often.
Peace of mind
Most wiring faults are quiet. A loose connection warms up behind a socket for years before anyone notices. A test finds it while it is still a small job.
Before or after buying
You have just taken on a house and nobody can tell you when it was last rewired. A report gives you the real condition and a sensible order to work through.
When an insurer asks
Insurers can ask when the electrics were last checked, particularly on an older property. A dated report is a straight answer instead of a guess.
Signs worth acting on
None of these mean the house is about to burn down. They do mean the system is asking for attention.
- A fuseboard with wire fuses rather than switches, or one that has no test button on it anywhere.
- Breakers that trip and you have stopped wondering why. Something is causing it, every time.
- Sockets that are warm, scorched or crackle when you plug something in.
- Black rubber or fabric covered cable visible in the loft or under the floor.
- Old round pin sockets or light switches still in place from a previous era.
- No idea when it was last tested. If nobody can tell you, that is the answer.
What you get
We test every circuit, write up the results, and email you the PDF. If everything is sound, the report says satisfactory and that is the end of it. If something failed, you get the fault, the code, and a written price to put it right. You decide what happens next, and there is no pressure from us either way.
Where the report calls for a new fuseboard, we can do that too. Consumer unit changes start at £600 and we confirm the price in writing before the job is booked.
We tell you what is not urgent, too
Plenty of what we find is coded C3, which is an improvement rather than a fail. We will say so plainly, so you can decide whether it is worth doing now or leaving until the next time a room is decorated.
Questions from home owners
Will you make a mess?
We take socket fronts and switch plates off, and we open the fuseboard. Everything goes back as we found it. We do not chase walls or lift carpets for a test, and if reaching something would mean damage we tell you first and let you decide.
How often should I have one done?
There is no legal interval for your own home. As a rule of thumb, if the wiring is old, if you have just bought the place, or if you cannot remember the last test, it is time. After that the report itself will suggest when to look again.
Can I be out while you work?
Someone needs to let us in and be there for the visit, because we need access to every room and we will be turning the power off in stages. If that is difficult, ring us and we will work out the practicalities.
Do you do the repairs as well?
Yes. Small remedials found during the report are the work we do most. You get each one priced in writing, and the same electrician who found the fault comes back and fixes it.
Book an EICR for your home
Tell us where you are in Test Electrical and roughly how big the property is. We will give you a fixed price in writing.