A refit usually brings new circuits with it. A separate cooker or hob supply, more sockets than the old kitchen ever had, and often an electric shower where there was only a bath before. Each of those wants a way in the board, and on the older units still fitted across a lot of Darlaston housing there is simply nowhere for them to go. The choice becomes either squeezing things onto circuits that were never designed to carry them — which is how you end up with a kitchen that trips whenever the toaster and the kettle argue — or changing the board once and giving each new circuit its own protection.
Bathrooms and shower rooms bring requirements of their own. A shower is a substantial load and needs a suitably rated circuit and a way of isolating it. The room itself has rules about what may be installed where, and the earthing and bonding arrangements need to be verified rather than assumed. None of this is exotic, and all of it is far cheaper while the room is stripped — the point at which cable can be run properly instead of being chased into finished tiling months later.
Timing is the other half of the job. We would much rather hear from you while the kitchen is being planned than be phoned the week the units are being delivered, because first fix has to happen before the plasterer and second fix after the fitter. Get that order right and the whole thing takes one set of visits. You can read more on the fuse board replacement service page, or about an EICR if you want the existing circuits looked at before committing to anything. There is also the wider list of what we do as an electrician in Darlaston, and a house rewire in Darlaston page if the whole installation is tired. Ask us for a free quote whenever you are ready.
The unit, the new circuits it has to carry, and fitting around everybody else on site.
A dedicated supply for the cooking appliances and socket circuits that suit how the room will really be used, so a new kitchen is not fighting over a circuit designed for the old one.
An electric shower on its own correctly rated circuit with proper isolation, fittings suitable for where they are going, and the earthing and bonding arrangements verified rather than taken on trust.
A steel-clad unit with an RCBO on each way and deliberate spare capacity, so the circuits the refit adds have a home — and so does whatever gets added after it.
First fix before the plasterer, second fix once the units are in. We work to the programme you already have rather than asking the site to work around us.
The board and every new circuit tested together, the results written up on a single Electrical Installation Certificate, a legible schedule left behind, and the notification made on our registration.
Four stages, arranged around the refit rather than dropped into the middle of it.
The existing unit, what the refit adds, where the new circuits have to run and what the room layout is going to be.
The board and its ways, each new circuit priced separately, and anything the testing says has to be dealt with before the rest goes ahead.
First fix booked ahead of the plastering, second fix once the units land. Dates agreed against the programme you are already working to.
Board replaced, new circuits installed and labelled, the whole lot tested together, one certificate raised and the notification made for you.
Fuse boards, inspections, rewires and chargers all get done by the same electrician in Darlaston; the towns either side get the same fuse board service.
What homeowners ask us while a kitchen or bathroom is being planned in WS10.
Often, though not always for the reason given. If the refit adds circuits and the existing unit has no spare ways or no individual protection, a change is the sensible spend. We will look and tell you honestly if it can wait.
That is usually the cheapest way round. The board has to be worked on anyway to add the circuits, so combining them saves a visit and leaves you with a single certificate covering the whole job.
Twice, ideally. Once before the plastering to run the cables and set the boxes, and once after the units are fitted to connect everything and test it. Tell us the programme early and we will fit around it.
Yes. A shower is a significant load and needs its own correctly rated circuit with a means of isolation, not a spur off something else. It is one of the more common reasons a board runs out of room.
Yes, and so is most of the circuit work inside a kitchen or bathroom. The lot goes through the Competent Person Scheme on our NAPIT registration, so the certificate reaches you and no paperwork lands on you.
Ring us anyway. It is easier before the plastering, but plenty of jobs get picked up part-way through. What we would rather avoid is being asked to run new cable through a kitchen that has just been tiled.
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A good share of the board changes we price in Darlaston come attached to a kitchen or a bathroom that is already being pulled out. A fuse box replacement in Darlaston done at that point costs less and disrupts less than one done afterwards — provided the electrics get thought about before the units are ordered.
Send us the details and we will price a new consumer unit in Darlaston, on its own or together with the kitchen and bathroom circuits that come with it. Quotes are free.
All work is completed by qualified and certified electricians, with relevant approvals and documentation provided where required.
