EICRs in Nottingham

1) As a landlord or homeowner, are you confused about the meaning of an EICR and whether you require one for your property?

Definitive Electrical solutions have put together an informative guide to help you understand the meaning of an EICR for your Nottingham based property.

2) What is the meaning of an EICR?

EICR inspections or electrical installation condition reports are in depth checks on electrical installations which include fuse boxes, plug sockets, switches, hard wiring and lighting fixtures.

As a landlord, property agent or lettings agent, an EICR must be conducted and proved satisfactory prior to commencing any tenancy agreements. An EICR, once issued, is valid for 5 years from the date.  

It isn’t a legal requirement to have an EICR conducted on your residential property if you’re a homeowner. If however, the electrical installations are quite dated or there has been visible damage to the electrical installations such as the fuse box, you might want to consider an EICR for your peace of mind.

3) What does it mean if you are carrying out an EICR?

If you own a business, rental property or office establishments in Nottingham, it is your legal obligation to ensure your customers, employees and tenants are safe. Many electrical faults can escalate quickly and become hazardous or even life threatening. You could prevent electric shocks and electrical fires through routine EICRs, keeping your electrical installations safe and free of electrical faults.

An EICR can only be conducted by a qualified electrician such as Definitive Electrical Solutions. Through years of experience and skill, we can swiftly conduct a visual inspection of the property first to see if we can identify any visual electrical damage. We use state of the art technology and testing tools to investigate further and provide you with a report upon completion.

We tend to look for signs of overheating, wear and tear and loose connections.

An EICR usually takes a few hours but this depends on the size of your property and whether you have additional electrical features such as solar panels, an EV charger or underfloor heating.

4) What do the outcomes of an EICR mean?

Once the inspection is complete, you will receive an EICR report which will identify any faults we have observed. The severity of the fault is assigned a code, C1 would be a highly dangerous fault which we, as qualified professionals, would try to remedy or “make safe” prior to leaving the property. C3 suggests the faults identified are not dangerous and a report can be considered satisfactory.

5) Definitive Electrical solutions, EICR specialists?

As solely domestic engineers, we work closely with many homeowners, landlords and letting agents in the Nottingham area to ensure properties are safe and electrically efficient and sound. One of the ways we do this is through extensive EICRs.

Definitive Electrical Solutions are reliable, knowledgeable and experienced contractors who pride ourselves on the customer service we provide. We want our clients to feel valued and that the service we provide is honest and skilful.

If you have a property in Nottingham and want to understand more about what an EICR means and the process involved, get in touch with our friendly team today.