The document

What does EICR stand for?

EICR stands for Electrical Installation Condition Report.

Reviewed 6 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.

The name and the document

It is the written report of an inspection and test of a fixed electrical installation.

The report answers what condition that installation was found in, within the extent that was agreed.

People often say certificate. The document name used here is Electrical Installation Condition Report.

The work and the report

The inspection and the testing are the work carried out on site.

The EICR is the report of that work. It is not a second, separate kind of test.

At a high level, the report identifies the installation, the extent inspected, and the observations made.

Questions the name does not answer

The name alone does not give you a price, a code, a remedial decision, or a check of plug-in appliances.

Use the testing page once you know the building. Use another page only when the question is the price, a rented home, plug-in appliances, a code, or remedial work.

The building is known
Continue to EICR testing once the building is known.
The question is the price
Use the cost page when the question is the price.
The question is a rented home
Use the landlord page when the question is a rented home.
The question is plug-in appliances
Use the EICR and PAT comparison when the question is plug-in appliances.
The question is a code
Use the codes page when the question is a classification code.
The question is follow-on work
Use the remedial page when the question is follow-on work.

Where to go next

Once you know the building, continue to testing