Remedial work
Missing RCD protection is the most common finding
An RCD detects current leaking to earth, through a fault or through a person, and disconnects fast enough to matter. Its absence on circuits where it would now be expected is what produces more codes than anything else.
Usually a C2. A C3 where the installation predates the requirement and is otherwise sound.
Where is the property?
The postcode tells us whether we cover you.
What it protects against
A fuse or a circuit breaker protects the cable from overload. Neither of them is looking for a person. An RCD is: it watches for current going somewhere it should not, and it operates at a level and a speed intended to prevent injury.
That is why the finding tends to be coded rather than noted. It is a protection gap rather than a wear-and-tear problem.
RCD or RCBO
- An RCD covers a group of circuits, so a fault on one takes out all of them
- An RCBO combines that protection with the overload protection for a single circuit
- RCBOs cost more per circuit and lose less when something trips
- Which is appropriate is a judgement about the installation, not a rule
It is not always a board replacement
Sometimes protection can be added to an existing board, and sometimes the board cannot accept it and a replacement is the practical route. The report and the electrician who wrote it are the place to settle which.
Standards
The standards every inspection is carried out to
An EICR is only as good as the person signing it. Every inspection here is carried out to these standards, and each one is checked against the issuing body's own register rather than taken on trust.
Qualified to inspect, not just to install
Inspecting an existing installation is a separate qualification from wiring a new one. A good installer is not automatically the right person to sign a report.
Registered with a competent person scheme
Checked on the scheme's own public register, not a badge on a website.
Public liability insurance, in date
We check the certificate and the expiry date, not just that one exists. A lapsed policy is the most common reason to turn someone away.
You get the test results
Not just a pass or fail. The report lists each circuit and the readings taken, which is the part worth checking.
Working to the current standard
BS 7671 as amended in 2026. That amendment changed which findings make a report unsatisfactory, and not everyone has caught up.
Reviews you can read
Not a star rating with no detail behind it. We publish no figure of our own, because we have none to publish yet.
Scheme registration and insurance details come with your quote, so you can check them against the public register yourself. How we choose electricians sets out every check, including what gets someone turned away.
Next step
Get the remedial work quoted properly
Send the report, or the codes from it, and the work gets quoted against what was actually found.
Questions
RCD and RCBO upgrades questions
Is a lack of RCD protection dangerous right now?
Usually it is coded C2, potentially dangerous, which means nothing has failed but something would have to fail for it to become dangerous, and that failure is foreseeable. A C1 means danger is present already.
My RCD keeps tripping. Is that a fault?
It may be the device doing its job. A tripping RCD means it is detecting leakage somewhere, and finding out where is the useful next step rather than replacing it.
Do I need RCBOs on every circuit?
No rule requires it. It is a design decision about how much you lose when one circuit develops a fault.
Get a quote
Get remedial work quoted
What the report found, and the codes against it if you have them to hand.
- No cost, and no obligation to book anything
- We come back with a date or a question, not a sales call
- A fixed price for the work described, in writing
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