Safety Inspections

An inspection establishes what condition an installation is actually in. That is worth having before a purchase, before a change of use, before an insurer asks, and periodically for any installation that has been in service for years without one.

The work is a structured examination rather than a look around. It covers the intake and supply arrangements, the distribution boards and their protective devices, the condition of the wiring and its connections, earthing and bonding, and the tests that establish whether the protective devices operate as intended. Where something cannot be examined without disturbing the installation, the report says so rather than implying a completeness the inspection did not have.

The result is a written report: what was inspected, what was found, which findings are urgent and which can be planned, and what the applicable standard requires in each case. It distinguishes between a defect, a departure from the standard and a recommendation, because those carry different weight and are not the same thing.

We report on the installation we inspect. We do not issue certificates we are not entitled to issue, and where a formal certificate from another body is required we say so rather than substituting our report for it.