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Saleem Malik

07769993433

smalikelectrical@gmail.com

@smalikelectrical

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Can you inspect, test and sign off domestic DIY work?

If you need electrical work, hire in a professional. I get called out to too many installations which have to be put right at additional cost because they were done badly in the first place. Rather than go down the DIY route, it'll always be more cost effective to get the job done properly from the start. If you have performed electrical work yourself, or a non-qualified person has meddled with your shizz, then I certainly won't be putting my name to it on a certificate. What I can offer is inspection and testing of the work as a partial or full Electrical Installation Condition Report, but I won't provide an Electrical Installation Certificate or a Part-P Building Regulations Compliance Certificate for electrical installations I have not directly overseen from their conception, as to do so would leave me legally liable and would be a breach of my OFTEC membership & insurance conditions.

Can you perform Electrical Installation Condition Reporting (a.k.a. Periodic Inspection Reports / landlord certificates)?

Yes. Please see my EICR page for details.

Do you repair electrical appliances?

I might change an oven or storage heater element, but generally if your washing machine isn't washing or your cooker isn't cooking then you should seek someone who specialises in appliance repair. My speciality is fixed building wiring, i.e. supply and communication circuits.

S C O P E O F W O R K

I have a large project, can we agree a scope of works?

I always produce an itemised scope of works in writing for large projects such as a rewire/refurbishment so that all parties are aware of what the price includes. Any items missing or which have been misinterpreted can then be picked up on before work commences.

Can I alter the agreed scope of works?

Any additions or alterations you wish to make after a scope of works and price have been agreed may be undertaken, but such variations may alter the final pricing depending on the impact on time and materials.

Can I order my own materials for a job and have you just provide the labour?

With my trade wholesalers I can get great pricing on quality branded parts, and any materials I provide will be guaranteed for 24 months as I always source decent hardware to ensure I don't lose out on warranty call-outs. My mark-up on supplied materials is 10-25% which covers the cost of shopping around, ordering, stocking items, transportation to site and dealing with warranty returns on the rare occasion that such is needed. You may, if you prefer, choose to source your own materials, however they must meet British or equivalent European standards and be suitable for the job. If I find they're not suitable for whatever reason, then I reserve the right to refuse to perform the requested work. Materials I haven't supplied will not be guaranteed or warrantied in any way by S Malik Electrical. In the event of a subsequent fault or failure post installation, any call out for fault-finding or repair will be chargeable unless it can be proven that the issue was as a result of poor workmanship, e.g. failure to follow manufacturer installation instructions, damage caused by incorrect application of tools, etc.

What are the terms and conditions?

The T&C's relating to a specific job will be listed on the scope of works, however where work has been appointed without an agreed scope of works or, where not explicitly listed on the scope of works, then the standard terms and conditions listed here will apply.

Periodic inspections (EICR)

I undertake domestic and commercial periodic inspection & testing work and am qualified, accredited and insured to compile Electrical Installation Condition Reports. Pricing for such can be found on my pricing page. For more about what this is, what it involves and why you should be careful of who you hire for such work, read on....

Periodic condition reporting explained

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), formally known as a Periodic Inspection Report (PIR) before BS7671:2008 [IET Wiring Regulations] Amendment 1 was published in July 2011, is a report detailing the suitability of an existing electrical installation for continued safe operation.

Obtaining such a report on your home electrics is not currently a legal requirement, however in the case of dwellings it is recommended in BS7671 that you have your installation properly inspected at least every ten years. For offices, shops and properties being rented, an inspection up to every five years or upon a change of occupancy is recommended. Landlords are obliged to ensure the electrical installation in their property is safe, and ordering an EICR is the only recognised method for ensuring compliance. From mid-2020, it became a legal obligation for landlords in the private rented sector to have their installations passed as fit for continued use.

If you don’t have complete and valid EICR paperwork, you may be required to or want to obtain such if you plan to sell or rent your property, if you have major building work planned, if there has been a serious incident such as fire/flood damage, if previous electrical work is suspected to have been botched, if your insurance requires it or if you have purchased or rented a property where you feel the electrical installation may be old, inadequate or unsafe.

An EICR will involve the inspection and testing of all of your final circuits, your consumer unit(s), the protective devices, the suppliers' service head & earthing arrangements and the earth bonding. The report you receive will classify the overall installation as satisfactory or unsatisfactory as deemed appropriate by the inspector. Any deviations from the regulations will either be coded as C1, danger present, C2, potentially dangerous, C3, improvement recommended or FI, Further Investigation required without delay. Any C1, C2 or FI observation would result in an ‘unsatisfactory’ verdict being passed on the installation as a whole. A C3 is an advisory which requires you to make an informed decision on whether or not to act on the inspector's advice to alter or upgrade.

Examples of coding

C1 Immediate danger Exposed live parts, wiring undersized for design current.

C2 Dangerous in a fault Missing earthing for Class I equipment, incorrectly rated fuse/breaker.

C3 Advisory Plastic switchgear located in sole escape route, no RCD protection on certain circuits.

FI Further Investigation Test result out of tolerance which may impair the performance of safety devices.

A valid report is not just a few pieces of paper. The inspector who signs the report is transferring legal liability for the ongoing electrical safety of the installation onto his/her company, so in the event of an incident such as an electrical fire or shock injury, having a valid and current report will help you with any legal or insurance claims. Without it, you won't be able to prove that you kept the electrical installation suitably maintained. It is important therefore that the company undertaking the report is competent and insured. I hold City & Guilds Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications for electrical inspection and testing and I have the professional indemnity insurance to back up my results, however there are plenty of people out there passing verdict without the experience, training or insurance making the whole process one of buyer beware. It should be like booking an MOT on your car, however through ignorance, incompetence, fraudulence or those inspectors simply applying what they'd like to see as opposed to what the industry guidance permits them to tick off, the state of the industry is such that if you booked ten inspections on any given property, the observations would likely vary wildly resulting in some passing and some failing the installation. Some inspectors would be out in fifteen minutes, others would take all day. The process is largely unpoliced and massively abused.

An EICR, properly done, fully satisfies the requirements of landlords, estate agents, letting agents, banks, solicitors, mortgage lenders, loan providers, insurers, local authority building control and surveyors. Where someone refers to a 'landlord electrical safety certificate', they actually mean the EICR paperwork as no standard 'landlord safety certificate' is provided by BS7671 and any paperwork claiming to be such is meaningless if it doesn't contain the information BS7671 demands.