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PATTA Trade Association Membership Accepted

Common Problems in Homes and Offices.

Our MD is now AQE assessed.

A Quick chat with our MD

Latest information Regarding Legal Changes to EICR in Rental properties

New Legal Requirements for Private Rented Property

RCD’s Explained and the reason to check them every 6 months

May Qualifications

Fire Statistics 2011 -2012 Domestic House Fires, but it will never happen to you?

Every year in the UK people are needlessly injured or killed in...

 MILLIONS OF BRITS COULD BE FACING A DIY DEATH TRAP

Electrical Safety Council charity issues stark warning as study reveals approximately 6.2...

Common Sense, insanity 20 mins later!

After Testing and Inspecting a School last weekend, the headmistress has asked...

Where To Fit A Consumer Unit

Commercial businesses, risk losing everything!

With their current cavalier attitude to “Electrical Safety” for their customers, and...

CONFUSION BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS EXPOSES MILLIONS TO SERIOUS ELECTRICAL DANGERS

Fuseboxes explained

Fuseboxes explained Your Fuse board – the fuse board also known as consumer...

RCDs Explained

RCDs Explained What is a residual current device (RCD)? It’s a safety...

10 Tips for Safe Christmas Lighting

As Christmas approaches and the fairy lights are brought down from the loft, follow...

Maximum period between testing for a Domestic rented Accomodation

Maximum Period  for a Residential Accommodation (I.e. Rented Property) is at Change...

So Napit says, and Suddenly NOW people read, I have been saying this for years.

So Napit says, and Suddenly NOW people read, I have been saying this...

EICR Reports the true cost?

Just five Steps, can make such a difference to peoples lives

Just five Steps! I woke up this morning, apart from it being...

What is an RCD and what does it do?

What is an RCD and what does it do? 1.       An RCD...

The real cost of testing Cheap

Unfortunately when you’re trying to compete with a market slowly drowning in...

Part P, the true cost to the electrical industry

Part P. When this first came out, like most electricians we hoped...

Confusion exposes millions to serious electrical dangers

Confusion exposes millions to serious electrical dangers 29 February 2012 As the...

The Energy Act 2011 EPC rateing.

NICEIC Launch MOT your Home Campaign with Linda Barker

New Campaign New research has revealed that homeowners are risking their lives...

Shopkeepers beware

In these recession hit times, the easiest thing to cut corners on...

Letting agents beware

So you rent out property on behalf of a landlord, and you...

Compulsory introduction of Home Condition Reports

With the Government’s u-turn on the compulsory introduction of Home Condition Reports,...

Is your property a death trap?

With almost one million people renting out their homes today, private landlords...

Legal requirments for Electrical testing

The Electricity At Work Regulations 1989 (regulation 4.2) requires an electrical installation...

Supplimental bonding in bathrooms

In a room containing a bath or shower, additional protection must be...

Rogue Electricians

Well done N.A.P.I.T, at last somebody is striking a blow for properly...

Legal specific that I can find is the “Landlord and Tenant Act 1985”:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1985/cukpga_19850070_en_1 “11 Repairing obligations in short leases (1)In a lease to which...

Legal Ramifications of not Testing

Electrical Safety for Landlords

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/RentingAHome/DG_4001394 “By law, your landlord must ensure that the electrical system (Fixed...