Residential Services
Testing

All electrical installations deteriorate with time and use and so to ensure the safety of the users it is important that periodic inspection and testing is carried out by a competent person. An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) should be carried out every 5 years. We also offer thermal imaging to show potential faults where loose connections are occuring.

Compliance with the Wiring Regulations may be achieved by carrying out an Electrical Installation Condition Report (formerly known as a Periodic Inspection Report). As the name suggests, this is a report, not a certificate, and it provides an assessment of the in-service condition of an electrical installation compared with the requirements of the current regulations.

In most cases landlords both private and commercial have a duty of care towards their tenants to ensure wiring systems and electrical equipment are maintained in a safe condition. An EICR inspection and test is a recognised method of demonstrating compliance. In the domestic letting market there is also a requirement to install fire detection sensors. We include this check if we carry out an EICR for you for a domestic let property.

Costs of rewiring or upgrading an electrical installation can be expensive. A mortgage valuation or homebuyers report will only make general comments on the electrical services whereas an EICR can be used to give a full appraisal of the condition of the wiring.

The Wiring Regulations suggest that electrical installations in privately owned properties are inspected every 10 years. In practice however, most domestic installations over a few years old have probably never been tested. An up-to-date Electrical Installation Condition Report will give homeowners peace of mind that they are living in an electrically safe environment.

It is important that electrical equipment is maintained as part of a Health and Safety policy. In addition to fixed wiring inspection and testing, Sky Electrical offers a complete portable appliance testing service from a very few items in, for example, a rented property, to large numbers of items in schools, offices, and other commercial and industrial premises.

In every workplace in the UK it is a requirement to have emergency lighting. This lighting needs to be maintained every year and a maintenance log must be filled out throughout the year to ensure the emergency lights work correctly should the power fail. We install and maintain emergency lighting systems to BS5266.