SERVICE · COMMERCIAL

Commercial EICR testing.

Compliance you can put in front of insurance.

Electrical Installation Condition Reports for commercial premises, landlords and letting agents across East Lancashire. Inspection, testing, remedial work and re-certification — all under one quote.

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Why EICRs actually matter.

An EICR is the document your insurer asks for, the document your tenants ask for, and the document the HSE asks for after an incident. Most commercial premises need one every five years. Most landlords need one every five years per property by law.

Where it gets complicated is what counts as ‘satisfactory’ – and what to do with a report that comes back unsatisfactory. We see plenty of EICRs from other contractors that are either too cautious (everything’s a C2, costing the client a fortune in remedials) or too lax (genuine C2 issues coded as C3 because the contractor wanted the easy life).

Compliance you can put in front of insurance. The EICR testing and inspection done right is the EICR testing and inspection that doesn’t come back as a problem in two years.

A proper EICR is a balanced, evidence-based judgement. We test what BS 7671 requires us to test, we observe what’s actually there, and we code accurately. If something’s a C1 we say so. If something’s a C3 – improvement recommended, not required – we mark it that way and explain why.

We also do the remedial work where it’s needed, under the same job, with the EICR re-issued once the rectifications are complete. One contractor, one quote, one paper trail.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Every EICR testing and inspection job includes all of this, as standard.

01

Full visual inspection.

Walk-through inspection of all accessible distribution, accessories, fittings and containment. Photographs taken of all observations for the report.

02

Dead and live testing.

Insulation resistance, polarity, earth fault loop impedance, RCD operation, continuity – all the tests BS 7671 requires, on every circuit, properly recorded.

03

Coded observations report.

Every observation coded C1 (danger), C2 (potentially dangerous), C3 (improvement recommended) or FI (further investigation), with a clear explanation of why.

04

Recommendations for rectification.

Each unsatisfactory observation comes with a written recommendation, including a separate quote for the remedial work if you want us to do it.

05

Re-test and re-certification.

If we do the remedial work we re-test affected circuits and re-issue the EICR as satisfactory. No separate visit, no separate invoice.

06

Portfolio testing programmes.

Multi-property programmes scheduled and tracked centrally. We hold the renewal dates and prompt you when each property is due.

THE PROCESS

How a typical install actually works.

DAY 1 · BOOKING
Quote and scheduling.

We quote based on circuit count and site size - a fixed price, not per-hour. Booking arranged around your trading hours.

01
DAY 1 · BOOKING
DAY 2 · ON SITE
Inspection and testing.

Most commercial EICRs completed inside a single working day. Larger sites split across two days. We test live where possible, isolating only where required.

02
DAY 2 · ON SITE
DAY 3 · REPORT
Written report within 48 hours.

Full coded report issued by email within forty-eight hours of the site visit. Soft copy in PDF, printed copy on request.

03
DAY 3 · REPORT
IF UNSATISFACTORY
Remedial quote within a week.

If the report comes back unsatisfactory we send a remedial quote within a week, prioritised by code (C1 first, then C2).

04
IF UNSATISFACTORY
RE-TEST · SAME JOB
Re-test and re-certification.

Once remedials complete we re-test affected circuits and re-issue the EICR as satisfactory. No extra visit fees.

05
RE-TEST · SAME JOB

TYPICAL FIGURES

What an average commercial EICR looks like.

Figures from EICRs carried out across East Lancashire commercial premises over the past twelve months.
 

AVERAGE CIRCUITS

32 ckt

Typical circuit count on a small commercial EICR

TIME ON SITE

6 hr

Average time for a single-day commercial EICR

REPORT TURNAROUND

48 hr

From site visit to written report

PASS RATE

78 %

Percentage of commercial EICRs we issue as satisfactory first-time

TYPICAL FIGURES

Questions we get a lot.

Commercial premises generally need an EICR every five years, or on change of tenancy. Some insurers and landlords specify shorter intervals – three years is common for rented properties.

An unsatisfactory EICR isn’t the end of the world – it means there are observations to address. We give you a remedial quote, you decide what to do, we do the work, we re-issue the certificate. Most failures are rectifiable within a week.

Yes. PAT testing of portable appliances is a separate service but often booked at the same time as an EICR. We can quote them together.

Pricing depends on circuit count and site complexity. Most small commercial premises are £350-£650. Larger sites are quoted on a fixed-price basis after a survey.

Yes. For sites where testing can’t be done during trading hours we schedule evenings or weekends. No premium for out-of-hours commercial EICRs.

Yes – residential landlords in England have been legally required to provide a valid EICR (less than five years old) since 2020. Commercial landlords aren’t legally required but most insurers and lease agreements require one.

GET IN TOUCH

Got a EICR job to look at?

Free site survey. Quote and payback figures within forty-eight hours. No pressure, no follow-up calls if it’s not for you.