Inspection & Testing

Whether your installation is domestic, commercial or industrial, it will require regular maintenance and testing to ensure that it is kept running efficiently and safely to the current industry standards of BS:7671 18th Edition.

As a general rule the following is the time periods between Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) for different types of installations:

General Installation

• Domestic accommodation - Change of occupancy / 10 years

• Domestic accommodation - rented houses and flats - Change of occupancy / 5 years

• Residential accommodation (Houses of Multiple Occupation) - Change of occupancy / 5 years

• Commercial - Change of occupancy / 5 years

• Industrial - Change of occupancy / 3 years

• Offices - 5 years

• Shops - 5 years

Buildings open to the public

• Public Houses - 5 years

• Restaurants & Hotels - 5 years

• Theatres - 3 years

• Churches - 5 years

• Places of public entertainment - 3 years