Service area · East Yorkshire
Electrical Testingin HullEICRs, Landlord & Commercial
EICRs, landlord certificates, fixed wire testing and PAT across Hull and East Yorkshire: coastal exposure, older terraced stock and port-side commercial premises all handled by one accountable contractor.
Rated 4.9 from 105 Google reviews · NAPIT registered · Remedials completed in-house
Local coverage
Electrical testing in Hull
Hull is our furthest regular eastern coverage, reached along the M62 corridor, and it is a genuinely distinctive place to test electrical installations. The city has one of the largest privately rented sectors in the region, built on dense terraced housing across the Avenues, Newland, Beverley Road and the east of the city, alongside post-war estates and newer development on the western fringe at Anlaby, Willerby, Cottingham and Hessle.
The rental density means landlord certification is the single biggest category of work we do in the city, frequently in portfolios rather than one-offs. These are properties where the installation has typically been altered several times, where cellars and yards add external circuits, and where the report needs to be clear enough for a tenant and defensible enough for the local authority.
Commercially, Hull's port, marine, logistics and food processing base brings a different set of requirements: fixed wire testing phased around operations, emergency lighting across large premises, fire alarm testing documented for the responsible person, and thermal imaging of distribution equipment where downtime is expensive. Retail, offices and hospitality in the city centre and along the main roads sit on standard five-year cycles.
Because Hull is a longer run for us, we plan work there efficiently: grouping properties for portfolio landlords, covering several addresses in a visit where possible, and being straightforward about lead times instead of promising same-day attendance we cannot honestly deliver.
Getting to Hull
Hull is a longer run from our South Elmsall base than our West Yorkshire patch, so we plan it rather than improvise it, usually offering appointments within days and grouping addresses where a landlord has several. Call 0113 418 2086 with the postcode and deadline and we will give you an honest date.
Property types we know in Hull
- Dense terraced housing across the Avenues, Newland, Beverley Road and east Hull
- Large privately rented portfolios and student lets near the university
- Post-war estates at Bransholme, Orchard Park and Sutton
- Newer development and family housing at Anlaby, Willerby, Cottingham and Hessle
- Port-side, marine, logistics and food processing premises
- City-centre retail, offices, bars and restaurants
What Hull usually needs
- Landlord electrical safety certificates across portfolios of terraced rentals
- EICRs for sales, remortgages and local authority requests
- Consumer unit upgrades where boards are decades out of date
- Fixed wire testing for port-side, industrial and food processing premises
- Emergency lighting and fire alarm testing for commercial buildings
- Fault finding on damp-affected external, cellar and yard circuits
Areas covered around Hull include Hull city centre, Cottingham, Hessle, Anlaby, Beverley, Sutton, Bransholme, Newland Avenue, Hedon, Willerby.
Services in Hull
What we test and install in Hull
EICRs
Full condition inspection of your installation, with a clear, coded report you can act on and evidence to your insurer or local authority.
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Fixed Wire Testing
Periodic inspection and testing of the fixed installation across commercial and industrial sites, phased to suit your operating hours.
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PAT Testing
Portable appliance testing with itemised asset registers, so you always know what was tested, when, and what it passed on.
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Emergency Lighting Testing
Duration and function testing of escape lighting, with logbook-ready certification and any remedial work carried out by the same team.
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Fire Alarm Testing
Inspection and testing of fire detection and alarm systems, documented for your fire risk assessment and responsible person duties.
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Thermal Imaging
Thermographic surveys of distribution equipment and machinery to find hot spots and loose terminations before they become failures.
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Landlord Certificates
Landlord electrical safety certification for single properties and portfolios, with remedials handled without a second contractor.
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EV Charger Installation & Testing
Installation, commissioning and testing of EV charge points for homes, workplaces and fleet parking.
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Consumer Unit Work
Consumer unit and distribution board upgrades bringing protective devices up to current standards.
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Fault Finding
Systematic diagnosis of intermittent tripping, earth faults and dead circuits: cause identified, not guessed at.
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Remedial Works
Correction of C1, C2 and FI observations from any inspection report, ours or another contractor's, then re-certification.
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Solar PV Installation
MCS-registered solar PV design and installation for domestic and commercial roofs.
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Battery Storage
Battery storage installed alongside new or existing solar PV to hold generation back for when it is worth most.
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Why us
Why choose Pyramid Services in Hull
Built for portfolio landlords
We work with single-property landlords and portfolio owners, grouping addresses into efficient visits and keeping clear records of what was done where.
Honest about timescales
Hull is further out for us, so we give realistic dates rather than promises that slip. Customers repeatedly describe us as reliable and quick to respond.
Accredited and insured
NAPIT registered, CHAS accredited, SafeContractor approved and MCS registered, and fully insured with details available on request.
Rated 4.9 from 105 reviews
An average of 4.9 across 105 Google reviews, with customers citing high standards, reasonable pricing and work completed as promised.
Remedials without a second contractor
C1, C2 and FI observations are corrected by our own engineers and the installation re-certified, including work arising from another firm's report.
Free quotes, flexible payment
Quotes are free and carry no obligation, and we accept BACS and all major credit and debit cards.
Local conditions
Electrical problems we see in Hull
Dense terraced stock and repeated alteration
Hull's terraced housing is extensive, tightly packed and has been altered continuously for a century. Rear extensions, converted attics, replaced kitchens and bathrooms, and yard or outbuilding supplies all sit on installations that were originally very simple.
The result is a familiar set of report observations: outdated boards without RCD protection, missing or undersized main protective bonding, extended circuits with no record, and cables run without mechanical protection. For a landlord with several similar properties the same issues tend to recur, which makes it possible to plan upgrades in sequence rather than reacting to each failed report separately.
Coastal and estuarine exposure
Hull sits on the Humber, low-lying and exposed, and the air carries moisture and salt. That combination is hard on external electrical equipment: outdoor sockets, security and yard lighting, outbuilding supplies, meter enclosures and external glands corrode faster here than inland.
The electrical symptom is usually declining insulation resistance and intermittent RCD tripping that gets worse through autumn and winter. We test for it rather than guess at it, and the correct remedy is normally replacing the affected accessories and sealing the installation properly rather than repeatedly resetting a device.
Flood risk and ground-level circuits
Large parts of the city are low-lying with a documented history of surface water and tidal flood risk, and any property that has taken water carries an electrical legacy: sockets and circuits at low level, cellar installations, and outbuildings that have been submerged or persistently damp.
Water damage does not always announce itself. Insulation resistance testing exposes circuits that have quietly deteriorated, and where a property has flooded, testing the affected circuits properly is the only way to know whether the installation is genuinely safe rather than merely working.
Port, marine and processing premises
Port-side, marine and food processing environments are demanding: washdown areas, cold stores, corrosive atmospheres, three-phase machinery and equipment that cannot be taken out of service casually.
Testing here has to be phased around operations, with isolations agreed in advance, and equipment ingress protection genuinely assessed rather than assumed. Thermal imaging is particularly valuable in these premises, because finding an overheating termination during operation avoids an unplanned shutdown that costs far more than the survey.
Older boards and new domestic load
As across the region, Hull households are adding EV charging, electric showers, induction hobs and solar PV to installations built for far less demand, often on boards that predate current protective device requirements.
We assess the supply, the board, the earthing and the bonding before load is added, upgrade the consumer unit where it is required, and certify the finished installation. As an MCS-registered installer we can also carry out solar PV and battery storage work, so the sequence can be handled by one contractor.
Our process
How a job in Hull runs
- 01
Call or send the details
Tell us the address, the type of premises and what you need: a landlord certificate before a tenancy starts, a five-year fixed wire inspection, PAT testing for an office, or remedial works from someone else's report. We ask about board type, circuit count, access and occupancy so the quote reflects the real job rather than an average.
- 02
Free, no-obligation quote
We quote against your actual premises. We do not publish headline prices, because age, size, access and condition change the work involved on every site. The quote is free, carries no obligation, and we accept BACS and all major credit and debit cards.
- 03
Booked around your building
Testing is scheduled around tenants, trading hours, shift patterns and production. Where a deadline is tight, a mortgage completion, a tenancy start, an audit date, we have attended at weekends to get certification issued in time.
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Inspection and testing on site
Work is carried out by fully qualified, time-served engineers holding City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing and the 18th Edition. Results are recorded circuit by circuit, or asset by asset for PAT, so the documentation is a measured record rather than an opinion.
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Plain-English reporting
You get certification you can hand straight to a tenant, insurer, lender, auditor or local authority, plus an explanation in plain English of what must be corrected, what should be improved and what needs further investigation.
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Remedials and re-certification in-house
Where the inspection finds work that has to be done, our own engineers put it right and re-issue the certification. You are not left holding an unsatisfactory report while you look for a second contractor: one company, one point of accountability.
FAQs
Hull: common questions
Do you serve Hull?
+Yes. We cover Hull city centre and the wider East Yorkshire area including Newland, the Avenues, Beverley Road, east Hull, Sutton, Bransholme, Cottingham, Hessle, Anlaby, Willerby and Hedon.
How fast can you reach Hull?
+Hull is a longer run from our South Elmsall base than our West Yorkshire patch, so we plan it rather than improvise. Appointments are usually available within days, and we will give you an honest date on the call rather than an optimistic one. Ring 0113 418 2086 with the postcode.
How much does an EICR cost in Hull?
+We do not publish prices, because circuit count, board type, property age, condition and access change the job on every address. Quotes are free and carry no obligation, and where you have several properties we can quote the group.
Do you offer emergency availability in Hull?
+Our published hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and we are not a 24-hour call-out service. We respond as quickly as we practically can and have worked weekends where a deadline demanded it, but for Hull specifically we will always be straight with you about travel time rather than over-promise.
Do you handle portfolios of rental properties in Hull?
+Yes, and it is much of what we do there. We group addresses into efficient visits, issue landlord electrical safety certificates, complete remedial works in-house and keep records of what has been done at each property.
My Hull property has damp or has flooded: can you check the electrics?
+Yes. Insulation resistance and circuit testing reveal what has actually deteriorated in affected circuits, including cellar, ground-level and outbuilding installations, and we repair the cause rather than resetting a tripping device.
Do you test commercial and industrial premises in Hull?
+Yes. Fixed wire testing phased around operations, PAT testing with itemised asset registers, emergency lighting duration testing, fire alarm testing and thermal imaging of distribution equipment and machinery.
Can you correct failures from another contractor's report?
+Yes. We regularly take on remedial works from unsatisfactory reports issued by other firms, complete the corrections and re-certify the installation.
Which areas near Hull do you also cover?
+York, Doncaster, Wakefield and Leeds, plus Sheffield, Harrogate and Manchester. Call 0113 418 2086 to confirm your postcode.
Are you accredited and insured?
+Pyramid Services is NAPIT registered, CHAS accredited, SafeContractor approved and MCS registered, holds City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing and the 18th Edition, and is fully insured with details available on request.
Nearby areas we cover
See our electrical testing specialists overview, the full list of services, all areas we cover across Yorkshire and the North West, or contact us to book work in Hull.
Accreditations
Independently assessed,
not self-certified
NAPIT registered, CHAS accredited, SafeContractor approved and MCS registered. City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing and 18th Edition held. Fully insured: details available on request.
Book electrical testing in Hull
One rental or twenty: tell us the addresses and what the certificates are for, and we will quote free, give you a realistic date and correct anything that fails ourselves.
Reviews
Rated 4.9 out of 5
by 105 local clients
Landlords, homeowners, letting agents, offices and industrial sites. Read them in full on Google.
“Harry is reliable, trustworthy and professional. He knows what he is doing and keeps records of the work that he has done and always responds in a timely manner.”
“I needed an EICR on my rental property and Pyramid were there the next day. I cannot recommend these guys enough. 5 stars isn't enough!”
“Harry even went the extra mile and worked on a Sunday at no additional charge at late notice to complete the work as we needed the EICR to complete our mortgage. Very quick turnaround from initial contact, through to survey, through to remedial works being completed.”
“Called Harry after being let down by another company who failed to show up. Came round within an hour as promised. The work was carried out to a very high standard and the price was very reasonable.”
“I recommend Harry and his team to all my clients for any electrical needs. My clients always compliment him on his work each time and how reliable he has been.”
“I sought 2 other quotes from other reputable businesses, however, I found Harry's quote to be the most competitive. His pricing was transparent and I would not hesitate to recommend Pyramid Services to others.”
“We have used Harry and Joe numerous times over several years, for different size projects, both inside and outside. They have converted all our offices to LED lighting.”
Request a quote
Book your electrical testing
with one accountable specialist
Tell us the premises and what you need certified. We will confirm scope and give you a free, no-obligation quote, then test, certify and put right anything that fails.
- Call
- 0113 418 2086
- Address
- 3 Eric St, South Elmsall, Pontefract WF9 2QD