Electrical Inspections and Testing (EICR) in South Wales

Inspection and testing scope

• EICR Electrical Installation Condition Report to BS 7671 for commercial, industrial and residential
• PAT portable appliance testing
• Emergency lighting testing to BS 5266 Part 1 (monthly function test, annual discharge test)
• Fire alarm testing to BS 5839 Part 1 (weekly user test support, six-monthly and annual service)
• Thermographic surveys of switchgear, distribution boards and busbar
• Fixed wiring insulation resistance, earth continuity and polarity testing

What a commercial EICR costs in Wales, and what drives the price

There is no per-property price for a commercial EICR, because the unit of work is not the building — it is the distribution board and the circuits hanging off it. A single-board office suite and a factory with eight boards and three-phase machinery supplies are different jobs with the same name.

What actually moves the number:

• Number of distribution boards and final circuits — the primary driver, and the reason a walk-round beats a phone quote.
• Sampling rate. BS 7671 allows periodic inspection to be carried out on a sample of circuits. A cheap quote often hides a low sample percentage; we agree it with you in writing before we start, because it determines what the certificate is actually worth.
• Access and downtime. Testing requires circuits to be isolated. Out-of-hours or phased testing to protect production or trading hours costs more and is frequently worth it.
• Age and records. An installation with no previous certification, or with mixed additions over decades, takes longer to trace and schedule.
• Remedials. These are always quoted separately, never bundled into the inspection price. You should be able to accept the report and decline the remedial work.

Intervals are set by premises type rather than by us — five years for most commercial and retail, three for industrial, annually for higher-risk environments (see the table below). For Welsh rented dwellings the interval is fixed in law rather than by recommendation.

We quote a fixed price after a short scoping call or visit, and we cover the whole of South Wales from Swansea. As an NICEIC Approved Contractor we can also carry out and re-certify any C1 or C2 remedials, so a failed report does not mean starting again with a second contractor.

Intervals and obligations

Welsh landlord context

• Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 places the fitness-for-human-habitation duty on the landlord of every occupation contract, with electrical safety one of the prescribed matters
• Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022 set the detail, mandatory since 1 December 2022: a valid EICR at all times, inspected at least every five years (sooner if the report specifies an earlier date), with a copy to the contract-holder within 14 days of the occupation date - and, for any inspection carried out after occupation, within 14 days of that inspection
• Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 binds social landlords to specified electrical safety obligations

FLD delivers all of the above under a single NICEIC Approved Contractor sign-off, with reports in your preferred format and follow-up remedials priced separately.