EICR and electrical testing for Gateshead buildings
Gateshead mixes riverside apartments with established industrial estates and trade parks, where multi-occupancy units often share a single fire alarm system that needs clear cause and effect between tenants.
An EICR is a detailed inspection and test of your fixed electrical installation. It identifies anything dangerous, potentially dangerous, or in need of improvement, and gives the installation an overall satisfactory or unsatisfactory result.
Private landlords in England, Wales and Scotland must have the electrical installation in rented homes inspected and tested at least every five years. Commercial premises are usually tested at intervals set by the person responsible, commonly every five years for offices and shops and more often for higher-risk sites.
The rules that apply in Gateshead
Private landlords in England must have the electrical installation inspected and tested at least every five years under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, and give tenants a copy of the report.
What is included
- Full inspection and testing to BS 7671
- Coded observations: C1, C2, C3 and FI
- Overall satisfactory or unsatisfactory outcome
- Fixed-price remedial quotes
- Remedial work and confirmation certificates
- Landlord-ready reports for tenants and councils
Buildings we work on in Gateshead
- Private landlords
- Letting agents
- Commercial landlords
- Blocks of flats (landlord supply)
- Shops and offices
- Industrial units
Areas we cover from Gateshead
From Gateshead we also cover Newcastle upon Tyne (2 miles), Washington (5 miles), North Shields (7 miles), South Shields (7 miles) and Sunderland (9 miles). Elsewhere in Tyne and Wear we work in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, North Shields and Washington. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for eicr and electrical testing in North East England is handled the same way.