Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) in Swansea
We carry out electrical installation certificate for new work in Swansea without upselling replacements that the readings do not justify. Available throughout Swansea, including Llanelli.
Book the inspectionElectrical installation certificate for new work touches safety, paperwork and cost, and the three do not always point the same way.
The EIC records the design, construction, inspection and testing of the work and carries the installer's declaration against each. electrical installation certificate for new work in Swansea is rarely identical to the same job twenty miles away: coastal terraces and detached homes in Mumbles and Sketty behave differently from newer stock, and the SA1–SA7 postcode covers both. If it turns out not to apply here, you will be told that plainly.
People often expect the worst outcome. In practice, most Swansea visits of this kind end with a defined, limited piece of work. An extension, loft conversion is the part worth confirming rather than assuming.
Every circuit affected is identified and labelled, which makes the next person's job — and yours — considerably easier. Which is why the price follows the test rather than the other way round.
Age alone does not condemn an installation. Plenty of older Swansea wiring tests perfectly well; some newer work does not. The regulations are specific about it, so there is little room for opinion.
The regulations change; the approach of measuring before advising does not. The intention of this page is to save you a wasted visit, not to create one.
A solicitor's enquiry during a sale asking for evidence is straightforward to correct once it has been identified properly.
Poor previous workmanship shows up as an extension, loft conversion or garage conversion completing more often than material failure does.
Work carried out previously by someone who never issued, especially on circuits that were extended rather than replaced.
A new consumer unit, rewire or added circuit, which testing separates from the other candidates rather than guesswork.
We inspection and testing of the new work, with results to the current edition of the wiring regulations.
Included for every Swansea job of this type: certificate issued with the installation, inspection and testing declarations.
Standard practice here: notification to building control through our registration where.
We design and installation to BS 7671 with the schedule as part of the same visit.
Written with Swansea housing and Swansea Council requirements in mind.
What the result can say
Why people in Swansea ask for it
- A new consumer unit, rewire or added circuit that must be certified. You will be shown it on the day.
- As a rule, a solicitor's enquiry during a sale asking for evidence of past electrical work.
- An extension, loft conversion or garage conversion completing. It is recorded on the paperwork.
How we get you the document
- 1Design and installation to BS 7671 with the schedule of circuits recorded as built. You will be shown it on the day.
- 2As a rule, inspection and testing of the new work, with results entered on the schedule of test results.
- 3Certificate issued with the installation, inspection and testing declarations completed. It is recorded on the paperwork.
- 4Where it applies: notification to building control through our registration where the work is notifiable.
In plain terms: certification is issued on completion of the work — usually the same day, and never left outstanding after final payment.
Swansea context
Swansea's housing stock — coastal terraces in Mumbles and Sketty, older miners' housing in Morriston, and post-war semis around Gorseinon — shapes what these reports typically find here.
Swansea falls under Swansea Council in West Glamorgan, and building control notifications go there.
If you are just outside Swansea — Neath, Llanelli, Port Talbot — the same rates and response apply.
What the electrical installation certificate (eic) actually covers
It is the document that proves work was done to BS 7671 and, where notifiable, that it was registered with building control. Missing certificates surface years later during a sale, when a solicitor asks for evidence of the work and there is none.
The important part: part P of the Building Regulations covers domestic electrical work in Wales. Certain work is notifiable to building control, which a registered installer can self-certify rather than routing through a separate application.
Questions about the electrical installation certificate (eic)
Can you certify someone else's work?
Not with an EIC — that declaration belongs to whoever designed and installed it. What we can do is inspect and test it and issue an EICR describing its condition.
Can you give a price over the phone?
A realistic range, yes. A firm figure follows the testing, because an extension, loft conversion or garage conversion completing and a simpler cause look identical from the outside.
Do you offer scheduled repeat visits?
Yes. Where an installation needs periodic checks we diary it rather than leaving you to remember.
What if the property has had DIY work done?
It gets tested like anything else. A new consumer unit, rewire or added circuit is often the result of well-meant work that was never verified.
How quickly can you attend in Swansea?
Certification is issued on completion of the work — usually the same day, and never left outstanding after final payment. We reach Swansea via the A483 and Fabian Way, so SA1–SA7 calls slot into the same run as the rest of the round.
Get it looked at properly
Tell us the address, the property type and what prompted the enquiry. You will get a straight answer about whether this needs doing now. Swansea Council notification is handled by us where the work requires it.
We carry out electrical installation certificate for new work in Swansea without upselling replacements that the readings do not justify. Available throughout Swansea, including Llanelli.