EICR & fixed wire testing
Electrical installation condition reports to BS 7671, scheduled out of hours across every site, with a plain-English explanation of any defect and a fixed price to put it right.
Why it matters
An Electrical Installation Condition Report assesses the fixed electrical installation — wiring, distribution boards, sockets and fixed equipment — against BS 7671, the UK wiring regulations, and is the evidence an insurer, landlord or enforcing authority will ask to see. ILUX carries these out across your estate on one rolling schedule.
The interval is set by the guidance in BS 7671 and IET Guidance Note 3 for the type of premises, by your insurer, and by the condition the inspector finds — it is not a blanket figure. Many commercial premises fall on a five-year cycle; higher-risk environments and some sectors are shorter. The inspector records the recommended next-test date on the certificate and we hold it against the site.
What's included
- Inspection and testing of the fixed installation against BS 7671
- A full EICR with every observation coded and explained
- A recommended next test date based on the condition found
- Fixed prices for any remedial work identified, before you commit
- Certificate uploaded to your client portal the same day
- Scheduling out of hours or around trading, where a site needs it
Reading the observation codes
Every observation on an EICR carries a code that tells you how urgent it is:
- C1 — Danger present. Risk of injury. Made safe immediately, on the day of the inspection.
- C2 — Potentially dangerous. Urgent remedial action required. We'll give you a priced, timescaled quote to fix it.
- C3 — Improvement recommended. Not dangerous, but not to current standards. Worth planning in, not urgent.
- FI — Further investigation required. Something we couldn't fully assess without further work, such as opening up an inaccessible area.
Any C1 or C2 observation records the installation as unsatisfactory overall until the work is done — C1 items made safe on the spot, C2 items priced and scheduled. An FI observation doesn't make it unsatisfactory on its own, but we agree access to close it out and update the certificate.
An EICR is one line in the bigger register.
We hold the certificate, the next-due date and every other statutory obligation for the site in one place, so nothing depends on someone remembering when the next test falls due.
Common questions.
Can testing be done without closing the site?
Usually yes. We schedule around trading hours or out of hours where a site needs power live during the day, and agree the approach as part of the survey.
What happens if the report comes back unsatisfactory?
Any C1 observation is made safe on the day. C2 observations come with a fixed-price quote so you can plan the remedial work; the site isn't shut down over it unless the danger genuinely requires it.
Do you test across multiple sites on one schedule?
Yes. Once we've surveyed the estate we build one rolling programme against each site's due date, so testing lands as one schedule rather than forty separate bookings.
Is an EICR the same as PAT testing?
No. An EICR covers the fixed wiring and installation; PAT testing covers portable appliances plugged into it. Most sites need both — see PAT testing compliance.
Who needs to see the certificate?
Your insurer will usually ask for it, and it's evidence for any fire risk assessment reviewer too, since a defective installation is a fire risk. It sits in your client portal, ready whenever it's needed.
Know where every site stands.
Send us your sites and current test dates and we'll show you what one EICR programme looks like.