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.
Who does the work
Every electrician clears six checks
We do not carry out the inspection. We put you in touch with an electrician who does. An EICR is worth what the person signing it is worth, so these checks are the product. Each is verified against the issuing body's own register, not taken from a logo.
Competent to inspect and test
Inspection and testing carries its own qualification. 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.
Reports that carry their schedule
We look at an electrician's reports before sending them a job. The schedule of results is the part worth checking.
Working to the current standard
BS 7671 as currently amended. The 2026 amendment changed what makes a report unsatisfactory, and not everyone has caught up.
A public record worth reading
We read what previous customers wrote instead of counting stars. We publish no figure of our own, because we have none.
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
- Your details are never sold on or passed around
- A fixed price for the work described, in writing
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