Remedial work
Can the same contractor do the remedial work after its own EICR?
The other article is about instructing a different firm. The remedial service is where failed-report work is arranged. This page is only the practical question of staying with the contractor that wrote the report.
Reviewed 5 October 2026 by Michael (Technical Supervisor) and George Opsenica (Director, Codeex Maintenance Ltd). General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Review details
- Michael: electrical guidance within the recorded review scope.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
A choice, not a rule
The same contractor may carry out remedial work after its own EICR.
Nothing on this page makes the same contractor mandatory.
Nothing on this page makes a different contractor mandatory.
Using the same contractor does not by itself invalidate the report.
Where a private-rented duty applies, the inspection and any further investigative or remedial work the report requires are for a qualified person. Those regulations do not require a different contractor, and they do not say that the same contractor invalidates the report.
This firm does not state that it carries out the remedial work on every instruction.
What staying with the same contractor changes in practice
Ask for the remedial quotation against the observation list. The inspection and the repair are separate instructions even when one contractor does both.
| Point | Practical effect | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| The observation wording | The same person can read the note they wrote | That the repair is already included |
| Access already seen | Limitations from the inspection are already known | That every limitation has been removed |
| A second firm | Still allowed. They need the report and access | That a second firm is required |
| Quotation | Remedial work is quoted from the observations, not from the inspection fee | A combined price on this page |
| The report itself | It remains the record of the inspection day | A guarantee that the same firm will return |
How to decide
1. Start from the observation list
Ask for the remedial quotation against those items. The inspection fee is not the repair price.
2. Same contractor
You may ask the firm that wrote the report to quote the repairs. That firm already has the wording and the access notes.
3. Different contractor
You may send the same report to another firm. They need the report and access. Nothing here requires that second firm.
4. After the work
Keep the original report as the record of the inspection day, and keep the evidence that describes the repair. They are separate papers.
Where to go next
If you want a different firm, read using a different company for remedial work. To ask this firm about remedial work, use remedial work for a failed EICR.
Related pages
Stay or switch is a choice.
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