There has been a welcome increase in the level of Customers requesting Periodic Inspection Reports.
Some contractors are reluctant to issue Periodic Inspection Reports because they feel that the wiring does not fully comply with the National Wiring Rules and are therefore reluctant to “certify” the installation.
This is not the correct approach since a Periodic Inspection Report is no more than that which it’s name indicates, i.e. a report on the state of the wiring, including a note of all those items which do not comply.
The contractor is not certifying anything but merely informing his customer of the state of the wiring and drawing attention to those items which needs to be rectified before the installation can be certified as complying with the National Wiring Rules.
The Periodic Inspection Report book contains clear guidelines on the completion of the report and should be studied carefully before commencing the inspection.