Teesside electrical work FAQs

Consumer unit upgrades £450 to £750, full rewires £3,500 to £7,000, EV chargers £800 to £1,200 installed, EICR certificates £120 to £200, lighting from £150, fault finding from £80 for the first hour.

Yes. The job gets looked at, the price comes back fixed and in writing, and you decide in your own time. No charge and no pressure.

Defined jobs like a board, a rewire or an EV charger should come as fixed written prices. Fault finding runs on a first-hour charge plus an agreed rate, because nobody can honestly fix-price an unknown fault.

Most often the making good after chasing, certification and building control notification, and upgraded tails or bonding that older properties need. A quote that lists its exclusions is the safer document.

The part of the Building Regulations covering domestic electrical safety. Consumer units, new circuits and work in bathrooms or outdoors are notifiable: they must be registered with building control, which scheme-registered electricians (NICEIC, NAPIT) do themselves.

An Electrical Installation Certificate for new circuits, boards and rewires, a Minor Works Certificate for additions, and an EICR for condition reports. Plus the building control confirmation for notifiable work.

Yes. Private landlords in England need the installation inspected at least every five years, the report given to tenants, and remedial work done within 28 days of an unsatisfactory result. Councils can penalise non-compliance up to £40,000.

Like-for-like swaps of accessories are legal for a competent DIYer. New circuits, consumer units and bathroom or outdoor work are notifiable and need building control sign-off regardless of who does them, which is why they belong with a registered electrician.

Five to ten working days for a typical three-bedroom house: first fix through the first week, second fix after plastering. Empty houses run faster.

Possible but uncomfortable: floors up in every room, power off in sections, dust despite the sheeting. Most households arrange a few days away during the first fix.

Most of a working day, with circuits coming back one by one as each is tested. Fridge and freezer contents survive comfortably if the doors stay shut.

Either way works. Supplying your own fittings is fine if they are compatible and rated for the location; a good quote states clearly who supplies what.

A 7kW smart charger suits almost every home: roughly 30 miles of range per hour, overnight tariff scheduling, load management. The right model depends on solar panels, tariff and whether you want a tethered cable.

Not automatically. PVC cable from the late 1960s onwards often still tests fine; rubber-insulated cable from earlier does not. An EICR, £120 to £200, gives the answer in writing.

Usually an overloaded circuit or a developing fault. If it trips with nothing plugged in, the circuit itself needs testing. Either way it is a fault-finding job, from £80.

Smart switching and lighting scenes are cheapest to add during a rewire or refit when the cable runs are open. Retrofit smart bulbs solve colour and schedules but not layout.