Specialist electrical services for your gardens

Certification is required on all new circuits including modifications and/or alterations to existing circuits.

If the circuit has to be adapted in some way to accommodate new or additional accessories, and this changes the characteristics of the circuit, then a certificate will be issued for your records.

If you’re simply changing an accessory like–for–like, testing will be performed but no certification would be required as this is classed as maintenance.

Building control are notified on your behalf for particular electrical works; replacement consumer units, full or partial rewires, new circuits & circuits in special locations like: gardens, swimming pools, hot tubs – and any electrics close to a bath or shower (Zone 1).

A digital receipt of notification to you local area building control (LABC) will accompany your electrical certification.

Yes. A garden is classed as a special location, any electrical installations in an outside area require a greater level of electrical safety designed into them.

The details of this would be recorded on the electrical installation certificate (EIC) and your local area building control (LABC) would also be notified.

Any new installations, after a refurbishment for example, would require either an electrical installation or a minor works certificate. Any electrical works within the bath or shower area (zone 1) – like the installation of an electric shower or mains powered extractor fan, would also be notified to your local area building control (LABC).

If new sockets or lights are required and are going to be connected to existing circuits, then a Minor Works Certificate (MWC) would be issued. If the sockets and/or lights are being connected directly to the consumer unit (fuse box) on their own circuit, then an electrical installation certificate (EIC) would be issued.

An electrical installation certificate (EIC) is a comprehensive multipage document issued for new major electrical works. These are new circuits, full & partial rewires, consumer unit replacements, supplies to garages & outbuildings and hardwired smoke alarms, etc.

A minor works certificate (MWC) is issued when a change is made to an already existing circuit. This might be an additional external socket directly connected to a socket in the lounge, or installing down lights into a room and removing an existing pendant light.

An electrical installation condition report (EICR) – sometimes incorrectly referred to as a landlord safety or NIC cert, is a multipage document that is produced to relay information back to the property owner about the existing electrical installation. These are very useful if you have just purchased a property and have no idea of the history or maintenance of the installation. Short-term any safety issues with the electrics would be highlighted, and depending on what tests have been agreed & conducted; long-term (with regular testing at intervals) the owner can develop an understanding of any deterioration within the system, this could pre-warn the owner of potential problems so that preventative action can be taken before a fault develops. This information is also useful if you are about to undertake extensive renovations – you won’t want to be rewiring a property after it’s just been nicely decorated, or having to get a new supply cable to the garage after the garden has been landscaped!