EICR Certificate (Electrical Installation Condition Report)
An EICR is a health check for the electrics in your home. One of our NICEIC-approved engineers inspects and tests your wiring, consumer unit, sockets, switches and fittings, then writes up exactly what condition they're in.
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What an EICR tells you
You'll come away knowing whether your installation is safe, what (if anything) needs attention, and how urgent it is. No jargon, no pressure, and no scare tactics.
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Our eicr treatment process
Step 1 Contact
Book online or call us. Let us know the number of bedrooms, the age of the property if you know it, and whether you've had any electrical problems.
Step 2 The Quote
We confirm a fixed price for your EICR when you book. If the report recommends work, you'll get an itemised price for each item before anything is done.
Step 3 The Works
Our engineer inspects and tests every circuit, the consumer unit, earthing and bonding. Most homes take three to four hours, with short power-off periods.
Step 4 After care
You receive your EICR with a plain-English summary and photos of any coded items. Anything dangerous is made safe before we leave.
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- Your Name
- Company Name (if applicable)
- Site Postcode
- The problem you're having
- Email Address
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- Nationwide coverage, available 24/7
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- Free survey provided prior to quotation
- Emergency response team
- Offer a bespoke service designed to suit all your needs
- All technicians hold professional health and safety qualifications, including BICSc, IOSH, IPAF & Safe Contractor
When should you have an EICR?
For an owner-occupied home, the recommended interval is every 10 years. There are plenty of good reasons to have one sooner:
- You've just bought the property and don't know when it was last tested
- The house is more than 25 years old and has never been checked
- You're planning an extension, loft conversion or new kitchen
- You've noticed warning signs such as scorch marks, flickering lights or a fuse box that trips
- You're selling and want to answer the buyer's questions upfront
- Your insurer or mortgage lender has asked for one
If you rent the property out, the rules are different. See our landlord EICR page.
What we inspect and test
Our engineer works through the whole installation, room by room. That covers:
- The consumer unit. Its condition, the protective devices inside, and whether the circuits have RCD protection.
- Earthing and bonding. The connections that make sure a fault can't leave metalwork live, including to gas and water pipes.
- Every circuit. Insulation resistance, continuity and earth fault loop impedance, which together show whether cables are sound and protective devices will disconnect quickly.
- Sockets, switches and fittings. Checked for damage, overheating and correct polarity, with a representative sample opened up.
- Bathrooms and outdoor areas, where water makes faults more dangerous.
Most homes take three to four hours. Larger or older properties can take longer. Power will be off for short periods, and our engineer will tell you before each one.
Understanding the results
Each issue is given a code. C1 means danger present, and we make it safe before we leave. C2 means potentially dangerous and should be fixed urgently. C3 means improvement recommended: not dangerous, but not up to today's standards. FI means it needs further investigation.
C3s are common in older homes and don't make the report unsatisfactory. A home with a perfectly sound 1990s installation may well have a handful of them. We'll talk you through each one so you can decide what's worth doing now and what can wait.
If the report finds problems
You'll get a fixed price for any remedial work, broken down item by item. Many repairs can be done the same day. Larger jobs, such as consumer unit replacement or rewiring, are booked in at a time that suits you. Once the work is finished, we issue the certificate that goes with it, so your paperwork is complete.
There's no obligation to use us for the remedial work. The report is yours to keep, whoever you choose.
Why homeowners book their EICR with ICE Electrical
- Engineers from a NICEIC-approved contractor, trained specifically in inspection and testing
- A plain-English summary at the front of every report
- Photographs of anything we've coded, so you can see what we saw
- Shoe covers, dust sheets and a tidy finish as standard
- A fixed price for the EICR, and for any work it recommends
Book your EICR
Choose a date online or call 03335775805 or email enquiries@iceelectrical.co.uk, and we'll confirm a time slot that works around you.