Commercial-grade fixed wire testing across the permanent installation — distribution boards, cabling and terminations verified to BS 7671 Part 6.
Testing arranged around production lines, trading hours or occupied premises rather than forcing a shutdown.
Multi-floor or multi-unit sites can be tested in phases so no single day loses full power.
Circuit schedules and test results delivered as a complete pack, not just a pass/fail summary.
Not necessarily — much of the installation can be tested live or in short isolated sections, we'll scope this at survey.
An EICR is the overall condition report; fixed wire testing is the detailed circuit-level verification that underpins it.
5 years for most commercial premises, shorter for higher-risk environments like industrial or agricultural sites.
Send the site postcode and we'll confirm a survey slot and fixed price.
Commercial fixed wire testing (a commercial EICR) in Chelmsford starts from £199 + VAT for small premises. Larger sites are priced on distribution boards and circuits and you receive a fixed written quotation that states whether every circuit is tested.
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require installations to be maintained in a safe condition. Guidance in BS 7671 and IET Guidance Note 3 recommends five-yearly testing for offices, shops and hotels, three-yearly for industrial premises and places of entertainment, and annual testing for swimming pools and similar high-risk locations.
Yes. Testing in Chelmsford is planned board by board, with out-of-hours and weekend sessions available so critical circuits are only isolated when it suits the site.
Any C1 (danger present), C2 (potentially dangerous) or FI (further investigation) observation makes the report unsatisfactory. Each observation is explained in plain English with a prioritised, itemised remedial quotation so you can decide how to proceed. C3 observations are recommendations and do not cause a fail.
Yes. Polarity Electrics London Ltd is an NICEIC Approved Contractor (#602034000) and every report is completed to BS 7671:2018+A3:2024 by a qualified, competent inspector.
This service is available across the following local and neighbouring postcode districts around Chelmsford.
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