Landlords of tenanted private rental properties are required by law to have an EICR. The same legal requirement doesn’t apply to homeowners, however, they are strongly recommended to have one.

For landlords, a new EICR is required at least every 5 years. The same recommendation applies for homeowners. It must be done sooner if the electrician recommends it (this will be detailed on the certificate). One should also be carried out if a problem with an electrical installation is suspected.

All electrical installations degrade over time. Vermin, moisture, minor works and DIY are common reasons for problems. Safety regulations change over time as well as the quality and suitability of electrical parts.

We can’t update an EICR issue by another contractor. Our duty of care means we can’t underwrite the work of another contractor. We can do the repairs but if you need a certificate without fail codes we would need to do a subsequent EICR.

A thorough EICR will require the power to be off for at least 2 hours minimum. This will usually mean WIFI is lost which may cause some problems if working from home. All EICRs are planned and customers usually hotspot of their phone for this period of time. Apart from that we take the upmost care to ensure we cause as little disturbance as possible.