How we carry out our EICR’s
Here at Sol-Lux Electrical we believe that the current way our competitors and the industry as a whole perform EICR’s could be massively be improved. The electrical report itself should contain as much information as possible when it comes to the standard of the electrical installation, and our reports do just this. We believe that some installations require more attention than others, ‘mainly due to age’. We and have come up with a new method of evaluating in how much time should be taken and to what extent tests are carried out when testing each circuit. For example, for a property re-wired 10 years prior to the EICR you would generally expect the installation to be wired in new cabling, some form of RCD protection and accessible connections. Now let’s compare that to a property of 35 years, where you would expect old cabling with potentially low insulation readings, no RCD protection and also hidden junction boxes that could come loose and cause further problems. Upon contact with one of our office staff, they will ask you a series of questions to determine what level your property falls into and may request images of the property itself. We will then advise you of what level of test we feel appropriate and will leave the final decision to your discretion. You are free to opt for any EICR level you like as we feel this is the way the electrical industry needs to go when it comes to EICR’s.
