Other Services

Bartlettings, offers the following services that can be added on to any package or just on their own.

Gardening

Window and Gutter cleaning

Decorating

Carpet cleaning

General House cleaning

PAT Testing (Outsourced)

What is PAT Testing?

The inspection and testing of electrical equipment, or 'PAT Testing', as it is usually called, is the procedure whereby electrical equipment is formally visually-inspected and instrument-tested for electrical safety. PAT testing is mostly carried out in either the workplace, rented accommodation or in residential care homes, etc. PAT testing is short for 'Portable Appliance Testing', virtually all items of electrical equipment that have either a standard 240 volt three-pin plug or a 16 Amp 240 volt (blue) or 110 volt (yellow) round plug/socket attached are formally inspected and tested: portable, movable, hand-held, stationary, fixed, built-in, IT equipment and extension leads. The procedure also involves the important use of formal visual inspection. In fact, many of the items that fail are the result of close, visual inspection: plugs with gaping holes, bare copper wires, etc.

There is no legal requirement to have the electrical equipment PAT Tested.

It’s not the inspection and testing that is the legal requirement, but the fact that the electrical equipment, at all times, must be 'safe, well-maintained and suitable for the purpose for which it is being used'. And the penalties for non-compliance can be severe.

The only way that we can determine whether electrical equipment is 'safe, well-maintained and suitable for the purpose for which it is being used' (the legal requirement), is if it is routinely, formally visually-inspected and instrument-tested ('PAT Tested').