PAT Testing Swansea
PAT testing for Swansea businesses, landlords and holiday lets, labelled, logged and scheduled around your working day.
PAT Testing In Swansea
The Plug-In Half Of Compliance
Fixed wiring gets an EICR. Everything that plugs into it gets PAT testing: the visual inspection that catches crushed leads and cracked plugs, and the instrument tests that catch what inspection cannot. Failed leads and abused extension reels remain among the most common causes of workplace electrical incidents, which is exactly why the humble PAT test persists.
Each item is tested, labelled with the date, and logged in a register you receive with the invoice.
Who we PAT test for:
- Offices, shops and salons
- Pubs, cafes and commercial kitchens
- Workshops and trade tool inventories
- Landlords supplying appliances with lets
- Holiday lets and serviced accommodation
- Schools, clubs and community halls
- Event and market traders needing records
- Anyone whose insurer has asked for proof
PAT Testing Due At Your Premises?
See All Areas We Cover →Testing Rounds Across Swansea
From High Street Counters To Gower Cottages
A typical week mixes city centre premises tested before opening, workshop tool inventories in Fforestfach done alongside the fixed wire visit, and holiday lets across the Gower where owners want the appliance record sitting neatly beside the gas certificate before the season starts. Batching PAT testing with other electrical work on the same visit is the cheapest way to buy it, and we will always suggest that when the diary allows.
Our Accreditations
- NICEIC Registered
- Part P Compliant
- BS 7671 18th Edition
- Safecontractor Member
- MCS Accredited
- RECC Member
- CHAS Member
- OZEV Approved Charge Point Installer
- Trustmark Member
- Fully Insured
What Testing Involves
Inspection First, Instruments Second
Roughly half of what PAT testing catches is found by trained eyes: damaged flexes, cracked casings, plugs rewired by optimists. The instrument tests then measure earth continuity and insulation, catching the invisible faults. Items pass and get labelled, or fail and get taken out of service with the reason recorded.
We test at a pace that does not wreck your morning, and anything in constant use gets tested first so it is back on the desk quickly.
How Often Is Often Enough
Risk Based, Not Calendar Worship
The law requires equipment to be safe and maintained, not tested on any fixed date, so sensible intervals follow risk: a drill on a building site lives a harder life than a monitor in an office, and the retest interval should reflect that. We recommend intervals per equipment class rather than one blanket date, which usually costs less than the annual test everything habit.
Your register records the interval for each item, so next time is a lookup rather than a debate.
Frequently Asked Questions
PAT Testing Questions
Is PAT testing legally required?
The specific test is not named in law, but the Electricity at Work Regulations require electrical equipment to be maintained safely, and PAT testing is the recognised way to evidence it. Insurers and licensing bodies frequently require it in practice, which settles the question for most businesses.
How much per item?
It depends on volume and location, with the per item rate falling as the count rises. Tell us roughly how many items and where, and you will get a fixed written price. Combining PAT with an EICR visit brings the cost down further.
Do landlords need PAT testing in Wales?
Where you supply appliances with a tenancy, you are responsible for them being safe, and a PAT record is the practical proof. For HMOs and holiday lets, licensing and insurance usually make it explicit. It is a small cost against the size of the argument it prevents.
What happens to items that fail?
They are labelled as failed, withdrawn from use and listed in the register with the fault. Where a repair is worthwhile, a new plug or lead often is, we can do it on the spot and retest, which saves throwing away otherwise healthy equipment.