Three days of EICR remedial work in Hertford.
An older town-centre property, a list of defects from its EICR, and three boards to replace. Everything put right, tested and labelled.
An EICR on an older town-centre property listed a range of defects. The owner instructed SEG to carry out the remedial works, including the boards serving the house, utility room and garden outbuilding.
At a glance
| Location | Hertford (SG14) |
|---|---|
| Completed | June 2026 |
| Work | EICR remedial works |
| Property | Older town-centre property with garden outbuilding |
| Time on site | Three days (28-29 May and 1 Jun 2026) |
| SEG team | Tom, Henry, George and Arthur |
What we found
- Downlights joined with connector blocks, with exposed conductor whiskers
- Socket back box not secured (missing lug) and a broken socket
- Twin and earth clipped externally with no mechanical or UV protection
- Poor end-to-end readings on a ring final circuit caused by loose terminations
- Damaged PIR on the rear external light
What we did
- Replaced the main distribution board, building a spacer to bridge two wall depths, and relocated the main earthing terminal
- Installed a 2-pole isolation switch and used the old enclosure as an isolated joint box
- Replaced the utility-room and outbuilding boards (Wylex), fitting banjos and crimped fly leads to the SWA glands for sound earths
- Re-terminated every downlight with Wago connectors in safe enclosures and replaced bathroom downlights with IP-rated units
- Replaced damaged sockets and repositioned an external socket to keep water out
- Fitted new shed lights and external lanterns
- Ran new conduit discreetly behind the guttering to protect the external cable
- Split the ring, found and tightened loose terminations, and retested to good readings
- Torqued all terminals, tested RCDs, polarity and earth fault loop at all points, and labelled all boards
Equipment used
- Wylex consumer units / distribution boards
- Wylex RCBOs
- Wago connectors
- IP-rated downlights
- External lanterns
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