Electrical work that
passes inspection
Domestic and commercial electrical contractors across Tyne and Wear. EICR testing, consumer unit replacement, landlord certificates and fault finding — every job certified and lodged, every time.
No power, burning smell, or a tripping RCD that will not reset
A qualified electrician answers this number at any hour. If it is genuinely unsafe we will tell you what to isolate before we arrive.
- 08:00 – 18:00 weekdays
- Within 90 minutes
- 18:00 – 23:00 and weekends
- Within 2 hours
- 23:00 – 08:00
- Within 3 hours
We charge an emergency call-out of £120 between 18:00 and 08:00 and at weekends, which is stated before we set off, never added afterwards. If the fault turns out to be your supplier's responsibility rather than your installation, we will tell you and there is no charge.
Which certificate you actually need
Four documents get confused constantly, usually by people being sold the wrong one. Here is what each is for.
- EICR
Electrical Installation Condition Report
£180Valid 5 years- Who needs it
- Landlords, every five years by law. Homeowners, roughly every ten, or before selling.
- What it covers
- An inspection and test of the existing installation, reporting faults by code. C1 is immediately dangerous, C2 is potentially dangerous, C3 is an improvement recommendation only.
- EIC
Electrical Installation Certificate
IncludedWith the work- Who needs it
- Anyone having new circuits, a rewire or a consumer unit installed.
- What it covers
- Certifies new work against BS 7671. Issued by whoever did the work — if a contractor cannot issue one, they should not be doing the job.
- MEIWC
Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate
£45With the work- Who needs it
- Additions that do not create a new circuit — an extra socket, a replacement fitting.
- What it covers
- Confirms the alteration is safe and tested. Cheaper and quicker than a full EIC, and still notifiable in certain rooms.
- PAT
Portable Appliance Testing
£3.50 per itemTypically annual- Who needs it
- Employers, landlords of furnished lets, and anyone hiring out equipment.
- What it covers
- Inspection and testing of plug-in appliances, with a register and labels. Not a legal requirement in itself but the standard way of meeting one.
Prices are for a standard three-bedroom domestic property with a single consumer unit. Larger properties and commercial premises are quoted per circuit after a look at the installation. We lodge every certificate with the scheme provider, and a copy reaches you by email the same day.
What your installation is telling you
Sorted by how quickly it needs dealing with rather than how alarming it sounds.
- Stop using it
A burning or fishy smell near sockets or the consumer unit
Overheating plastic gives off a distinctive fishy smell before anything visibly burns. This is the one genuine emergency on this list.
- Stop using it
Scorch marks or discolouration around a socket
Indicates arcing behind the faceplate, usually from a loose terminal. It will not improve on its own and it is a fire risk.
- Stop using it
An RCD that trips and will not reset
Something on that circuit has a genuine earth fault. Repeated resetting is not a fix and can mask a dangerous condition.
- Book this week
A fuse box with rewirable fuses rather than breakers
Pre-1980s installations often have no RCD protection at all. Not immediately dangerous, but well below current standards and usually flagged as C2 on an EICR.
- Book this week
Sockets that feel warm to the touch
Warmth under load can be normal for a high-draw appliance. Warmth with nothing plugged in is a loose connection.
- Book this week
No RCD protection on socket circuits
Required for new work since 2008. Retrofitting is usually a consumer unit change, and it is the single biggest safety improvement in most older homes.
- Mention at next visit
Lights dimming when an appliance starts
A brief dip when a shower or kettle starts is normal. A sustained one suggests a supply or loading issue worth investigating.
- Mention at next visit
Two-pin sockets or cloth-covered cable in the loft
Genuinely old wiring. Often still functional but rarely compliant, and it dates the installation for an EICR.
If you have anything in the first category, switch that circuit off at the consumer unit and ring us. Isolating a circuit is free, safe, and far cheaper than the alternative.
What we work to
Four standards decide whether electrical work in a UK home is legal. Any contractor should be able to name all four.
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BS 7671
The Wiring Regulations
The technical standard all fixed electrical installation work is designed and tested against. Currently the 18th edition with amendments.
18th ed. · Amd 2
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Part P
Building Regulations
Makes most domestic electrical work notifiable to building control. Registered contractors self-certify rather than paying for a separate inspection.
England & Wales
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EICR
Five-yearly landlord duty
Private landlords in England must hold a satisfactory report renewed every five years, and supply a copy to tenants within 28 days.
Mandatory since 2020
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NICEIC
Scheme membership
Annual assessment of our work, premises, test equipment calibration and paperwork by an independent assessor. This is what lets us self-certify.
Approved 18 years
Mostly from letting agents
The people who care most about paperwork arriving on time.
“EICRs come back the same day with the codes explained in English. Our previous contractor took a fortnight and a chasing email.”
“They quoted a consumer unit change, found the earthing was inadequate, and told us before starting rather than after.”
“Rang at half eleven on a Sunday with a dead ring main. Someone answered, talked me through isolating it, and arrived inside two hours.”
What people ask about certificates
Mostly landlords, and mostly about codes.
It means at least one C1 or C2 code was recorded. C1 is immediately dangerous and needs making safe on the day. C2 is potentially dangerous and must be remedied for the report to become satisfactory. C3 is an improvement recommendation and does not make a report unsatisfactory on its own.
Yes, and most do. If you would rather not, we will issue the report and you are free to take it elsewhere — there is no obligation and we will not price the remedials into the inspection.
Two to three hours for a typical three-bedroom house. Power is off for parts of it, so plan around anything that must stay running. We will tell you which circuits and for roughly how long before we start.
Someone with authority to grant access does, and we need access to the consumer unit and every room. For tenanted properties we are happy to arrange directly with the tenant.
Yes — "landlord certificate" is the common name for a satisfactory EICR. There is no separate document, and anyone selling you one as an extra is selling you something you already have.
Book an EICR or ring the emergency line
Certificates lodged and emailed the same day. Emergency call-outs answered by a qualified electrician, not a call centre.