What can an electrician do for you?
Almost anything on the fixed wiring in a home, a rented property or a small business, from one extra socket to a full rewire. All work follows the current Wiring Regulations (BS 7671, 18th Edition).
These are the jobs we're asked for most. If yours isn't here, send a photo and ask.
- Fuse box problems
- Trips traced, the board tested and its RCD protection checked.
- Full and partial rewires
- New wiring for older homes, planned room by room.
- Fault finding
- Tripping switches, dead sockets and flickering lights traced and fixed.
- Lighting
- Pendants, downlights, LED and outdoor lights.
- Sockets and switches
- Extra, USB and outdoor sockets.
- Showers and cookers
- Electric showers, cookers and hobs on a suitable circuit.
- Three-phase supplies
- For workshops, businesses and larger equipment.
What are the signs you need an electrician now?
A burning smell, scorch marks, buzzing, or a switch that trips again as soon as you reset it all need looking at soon. If anything is smoking, sparking or too hot to touch, switch off at the main switch and leave it off. If there is fire or smoke, call 999.
Other warning signs to watch for:
- Hot sockets or plugs
- Warm to the touch, discoloured or melted around the pins.
- Repeated tripping
- The RCD or a breaker keeps going off, sometimes at random.
- Flickering or dimming lights
- Especially when something else switches on.
- Tingles or small shocks
- From appliances, switches or metal taps.
- An old fuse box
- Rewireable fuses, a wooden back or no RCD protection.
Which electrical work needs certifying under Part P?
In England, new circuits, consumer unit replacements and most work in bathrooms are notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations. Smaller jobs, such as adding a socket to an existing circuit, usually aren't notifiable, but they still have to meet the Wiring Regulations.
Every job gets a certificate: an Electrical Installation Certificate for new circuits, or a Minor Works certificate for smaller changes. Keep them safe, because buyers' solicitors usually ask for them when you sell.
- Usually notifiable
- Consumer unit changes, rewires, new circuits, electric showers, EV chargers.
- Usually not notifiable
- Extra sockets on an existing circuit, like-for-like lights and switches.
How does fixed pricing work for electrical jobs?
You get one price for the whole job before any work starts, and that is the price you pay. We tell you what it covers, such as the parts, the work and the certificate.
Smaller jobs like lights, sockets, showers and most fault finding are priced from photos. Bigger jobs such as rewires and three-phase supplies need a survey visit first, because we need to see the property and the supply.
Sometimes we open a wall or a board and find something photos couldn't show, like damaged cable or poor earthing. When that happens we stop, show you, and price it separately. Nothing extra is done without your approval.
Can you do several electrical jobs in one visit?
Yes. Put every job on one request and we price them together and do them in one visit where we can. A tripping circuit traced, two outside lights and a socket for the shed can all be one booking.
Because Norman also does plumbing, air conditioning and handyman work, the list doesn't have to be all electrical. A TV mounted with a socket moved behind it, or a new electric shower plus a dripping tap fixed, is still one visit and one fixed price. That means fewer days off work and fewer trades to arrange, whether you're in a terrace near the city centre or out in Loughborough.