Consumer unit replacements and relocations, EICR reports for landlords and homeowners, fault-finding and full installation testing.
The consumer unit, still widely called the fuse board or fuse box, is the part of the installation that protects everything else. An older board with rewireable fuses or early plastic-cased breakers will not offer the level of protection required by the current wiring regulations, and in many cases offers no RCD protection at all.
A modern board changes that. RCBOs protect each circuit individually, so a fault in one room no longer takes out half the house. Surge protection guards connected electronics against spikes. Metal enclosures meet the current fire-containment requirement introduced under the 18th Edition.
An upgrade is usually a single day's work. Before the new board goes in, the existing installation is tested. There is no sense fitting new protective devices to circuits with underlying faults, and a board change will often reveal problems the old fuses were quietly tolerating. Anything found is explained and priced before it is put right.
An Electrical Installation Condition Report is a formal inspection of the fixed wiring in a property. It records the condition of the installation and codes any issues found:
Since April 2021, landlords in England have been legally required to hold a valid EICR for rented properties, renewed at least every five years, with a copy supplied to tenants and to the local authority on request. Owner-occupiers are not obliged to have one, but ten years is the usual recommended interval, and a report is worth having before buying a property or starting a major refurbishment.
Intermittent faults are the ones that cost people money elsewhere. A breaker that trips at the same time each evening, a circuit that fails only in wet weather, a light that flickers on one particular switch. These take methodical testing to trace rather than guesswork, and that is exactly how they are approached here.
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Shafick was a pleasure to work with, professional, punctual, and reasonably priced. He installed spotlights in the living room and master bedroom, extended the TV switchboard, and added an extra power socket. His workmanship was clean, precise, and tidy. I’m very impressed with the quality of his work and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for reliable electrical services.
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