EICRs & Minor Works Certificates, North Yorkshire Electrician

What you get, and what the codes mean.

The report lists every circuit, what was found, and a code against anything that is not right. C1 means danger present and it gets dealt with there and then. C2 means potentially dangerous and it needs doing. C3 means improvement recommended, which is not a fault and does not make the report unsatisfactory. FI means further investigation is needed.

Plenty of reports come back with a string of C3s and no more, and the installation is perfectly safe. Some firms lean on those to sell work. You will get told plainly which items actually need doing and which are worth knowing about but can wait.

A three phase distribution board on a backboard with its meter above and every outlet on its own isolator, the kind of installation an inspection covers. — Every circuit checked, not just the ones on show

Minor Works, which is the smaller cousin.

Not every job needs a full report. Adding a socket, moving a light, running a spur to a new appliance. Those get a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, which records what was done, what was tested and what the results were.

It matters more than people think. When the house gets sold or inspected, that certificate is the evidence the work was done properly by somebody registered, rather than by whoever was handy.

What is covered

What this covers.

Full EICR on domestic properties
Reports for landlords and letting agents
Reports for buyers and sellers who want to know what they are taking on
Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificates
Remedial work quoted separately so you can see what you are paying for
Plain explanation of every code on the report

Priced after a look at what is actually there. A figure over the phone on work like this would be a guess, and a guess is how people end up with a second, bigger number halfway through.

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The remedial work is quoted, not assumed.

If the report finds something that needs doing, you get a separate quote for it and you are free to take it elsewhere. The inspection and the repairs are two different jobs and keeping them apart is the only way the report stays worth having.

Anything found to be immediately dangerous gets made safe on the day, because leaving it is not an option, and you will be told before anything is touched.

See rewires and consumer units

Where

Covered across North Yorkshire.

This work goes out across the whole patch, from Swaledale and Wensleydale down to York and Harrogate.

HuntonHunton is home.See the area RichmondRichmond and the villages around it, from the market place down to the river.See the area Reeth and SwaledaleReeth and up the dale beyond it.See the area Hawes and Upper WensleydaleHawes and Upper Wensleydale.See the area LeyburnLeyburn and the surrounding part of Wensleydale.See the area Catterick and Catterick GarrisonCatterick, the Garrison and the estates around them.See the area

Hunton Richmond Reeth Hawes Leyburn Catterick Bedale Northallerton Darlington Harrogate York Middlesbrough All areas

Also

The rest of the board.

RewiresFull and partial rewires, and consumer unit replacements carried out to the 18th Edition of the wiring regulations.Read more Fault findingTripping breakers, dead sockets, lights that flicker when the kettle goes on, a fault that only shows up when it rains.Read more CommercialInstallations and maintenance for shops, offices and small commercial units.Read more

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Questions

Worth knowing before you ring.

How long does an EICR take?

It depends entirely on the size of the property and how many circuits there are, and anyone quoting you a fixed number of hours before seeing the place is guessing. What is fixed is the method: every circuit gets tested, not a sample, and the results go on the report.

My report came back unsatisfactory. What now?

Unsatisfactory means at least one C1 or C2 was found. It does not mean the house needs rewiring. It means specific items need putting right, and once they are done the report can be signed off as satisfactory. Bring the report and it can be gone through line by line with you.

Do you do reports on properties you did not wire?

Yes, and most of them are. An inspection is worth more when the person doing it has no stake in what was installed.

A written report on what is actually there.