EICR in Sheffield

Pinnacle Testing Solutions Ltd can provide you with a professional, sensibly priced EICR in Sheffield and the surrounding area to educational, industrial and commercial buildings
This is also sometimes known as Fixed Wire Testing, Periodic Inspection Report or Hard Wire Test, amongst others.

Unfortunately we do not test domestic properties.

Is an EICR a Legal Requirement?

The Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is the testing procedure you have carried out to maintain your electrical installation, so it’s not a legal requirement itself but if you don’t have one you’re not maintaining your electrical installation and are therefore not legally compliant. It’s a little confusing, but the long and short of it is: you need to be compliant.

Employers are legally required to comply with a number of workplace safety regulations which are designed to protect the health and safety of employees and the public.

You will also need an up to date report to comply with the following regulations –

• Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

Your buildings insurance will also be invalid without an up to date ” satisfactory” EICR.

What we do:

An EICR involves testing the electrical installations within a building to ensure that it is safe.

Following a visual appraisal and verification of the whole electrical installation the following test procedures are applied where appropriate, in order to ascertain the safety of the electrical installation:

Continuity – to ascertain that the earthing is continuous throughout the circuit.
Bonding Conductors Continuity – to ensure bonding is in place and effective.
Ring Circuit Continuity – ascertains whether or not the ring is complete.
Insulation Resistance – to test whether there has been any breakdown in insulation to the installation.
Polarity – to check that the installation is correctly wired.
Earth Fault Loop Impedance – to ascertain the Zs of the installation.
Earth Electrode Resistance – applies to TT systems only, to test the earthing rods.
RCD Testing – to check that Residual Current Device disconnects the supply in the event of a fault.
Functional Testing of Isolators and Breakers – to ensure that they disconnect the supply.

On completion of the testing a full NICEIC or NAPIT EICR will be issued highlighting any remedial work that may be required. We can then offer you a quote for the work required or you are completely free to use whichever electrician you choose to carry this out. This ensures complete transparency in our testing.

You would receive either a minor works certificate or an Installation Certificate depending on the work carried out.

Frequency of Testing