chris French wrote in message ...
Finally approaching the end of the rather extended rewiring of my house.

I'm confident in the work I've done (though the garage has never been
properly rewired and one or two bits could be 'marginal' I guess) but an
inspection of the installation seems prudent.


what sort of things would such a report/inspection entail


Probably a visual inspection involving looking at the main intake and
assesing the supply type and rating of the main fuse.
Then checking the consumers unit for correct ratings of MCBs and such
like.
Then the inspector will do some test on each circuit in turn with
special instruments testing for coninuity of CPCs,continuity off ring
main conductors,Insulation resistance,Polarity and Earth Loop
Impedance and finally testing any RCDs in the circuit.
If all the readings comply with BS7671 the 16th edition regs the
inspector will issue an electricial installation cirtificate to you
the client.

If you have a multimeter you can do basic electrical test such as
continuity of CPCs and ring main conductors. Anouther investment would
be a plug in socket tester to cheack for polarity at each socket
outlet.

For some of the test the inspector will need to de-energize the
circuits to be tested and also disconnect all appliances and remove
any lamps electronic equiptment from the circuits.

Jon.