PAT Testing Case Studies

A 40-bed residential care home needed its full annual PAT test completed without disrupting residents or staff during the busy daytime shift. They had previously struggled with a provider who arrived during mealtimes and left work unfinished.

We scheduled an early morning start before the first shift handover, working through communal areas, residents' rooms, and the kitchen systematically. Every item was labelled, logged, and added to a full digital asset list on the same day.

A three-room physiotherapy practice was fully booked six days a week and couldn't afford to lose appointment slots for testing. Their insurance renewal was also approaching, making compliance urgent.

We arranged a Saturday evening appointment after the last patient left. All treatment rooms, reception, and the office were tested in a single visit — including specialist electrotherapy and ultrasound equipment.

A growing business had just moved into a three-floor city centre office and needed a full PAT test completed before their landlord's sign-off deadline. The building had a mix of old and new equipment left by the previous tenant.

We carried out a full sweep across all three floors, testing and labelling every item and creating a clear asset list that identified which appliances were safe to keep and which needed replacing — saving the client from future liability.

A primary school needed its annual PAT test completed during the summer holiday window — a tight six-week period with the caretaker's availability as the only constraint.

We worked across classrooms, the staff room, IT suites, the kitchen, and the sports hall over two days, fitting around the caretaker's schedule. Every item across the building was tested, logged, and labelled ready for the new term.

A landlord with four HMO properties needed PAT certificates for all of them ahead of licence renewal. The properties were tenanted, so access had to be arranged around residents with minimal fuss.

We contacted tenants directly to arrange convenient visit times, completed all four properties within a week, and provided individual certificates for each address — exactly what the council required for licence renewal.

A busy hair salon was asked by their insurer to provide a current PAT certificate at renewal. They had never had testing done before and weren't sure what was involved or how much it would cost.

We explained the whole process clearly, gave a fixed price upfront, and arranged an early morning visit before the salon opened. All dryers, clippers, styling tools, and back-office equipment were tested and labelled in under two hours.