Electrician in Hedge End

Electrical work across Hedge End

Whatever the house, the list is much the same. Tracing a fault when a circuit keeps tripping or a room has lost power. Replacing sockets, switches and light fittings. Consumer unit changes where the board is old or overloaded. And inspection and testing — an EICR before you buy or sell, and the certificate a rented property needs. On top of that, the additions: outside sockets and lights, extra circuits for a kitchen appliance, a shower or a charge point, and rewiring where an older house needs it.

I do the work myself, quote before I start, and give you the certificate that records the testing. There is no charge for coming to look and no obligation afterwards.

Newer estates and the older village roads

Much of Hedge End has been built over the last few decades around an older village centre, and the two make for different jobs. On the newer houses the wiring itself is rarely the problem. What comes up is whatever the original specification left out: too few sockets in a bedroom, nothing outside, a kitchen designed before anyone wanted an induction hob or a charger by the back door. The original village roads have older houses among the newer ones, with boards that have been changed once or twice and circuits extended over the years. Say which kind of house yours is when you get in touch.

If the house is still under the builder’s warranty

Newer homes usually come with a warranty, and in the first couple of years defects are normally the developer’s to put right. If something electrical is wrong in that period, report it to them first — a repair by somebody else can complicate things. If they have looked at it and you are not satisfied, or you want an independent opinion, I am happy to come and see.

Building work, garages and garden rooms

If you’re extending, converting the loft or turning the garage into a room, it’s much cheaper to sort the electrics early. We agree where the sockets and switches go before the plasterboard goes up, the new circuits are run while the walls are still open, and I check whether your existing board can carry them. Leave it until later and it usually means work being undone. A garden office or detached garage is the same job a few metres further out, on its own protected circuit sized for the distance.

Mention a car charger at the same time if one is likely. An EV charge point runs on its own circuit, so your board and incoming supply decide what’s possible, and it’s far easier to sort before a drive is relaid or a garage is converted.

Not sure where to start?

You don’t need to know the technical answer before you ring. Tell me what you’re planning and I’ll explain what’s involved. After 15 years I can usually tell you what to sort now, what will happily wait a year, and what would just be money wasted. I’ll price the options and leave you to choose. Let’s have a chat.