Guides and advice
Answers to the questions people ask before they get quotes. Each guide is written to settle a decision — including, often enough, the decision not to spend anything. Where a job is genuinely needed, each one points at the page that prices it honestly.
RCD keeps tripping: how to find the cause yourself
26 September 2026 · feeds: Fault finding
The elimination test that identifies the offending circuit in about twenty minutes, the difference between a real fault and cumulative leakage, and why a new board usually is not the answer.
Do I need to rewire my house?
26 September 2026 · feeds: House rewiring cost
Age is not a fault. The five findings that genuinely justify a full rewire, the ones that only need a partial, and how to settle it for about £119 instead of guessing.
How long does a rewire take?
26 September 2026 · feeds: House rewiring cost
The electrical work is 5–7 days on a three-bed. The house is disrupted for three to four weeks. The full stage-by-stage timeline, including the week of plaster drying nobody schedules.
Fuse box or consumer unit? How to tell what you have
26 September 2026 · feeds: Consumer unit replacement cost
Identify which of four generations of board you have from the outside in thirty seconds, and find out whether it actually needs replacing — often it does not.
The EV chargepoint grant if you rent or own a flat
26 September 2026 · feeds: EV charger grant
You are the group the grant was designed for. What it is worth, why the parking space is the real obstacle, and how to get a landlord or freeholder to agree.
Unsatisfactory EICR: what it means and what to do next
16 September 2026 · feeds: EICR certificate cost
What C1, C2, C3 and FI actually mean, why an FI can fail a report with no C1 or C2 on it, and the landlord deadlines that start running the moment it lands.
What this section is for
This is an independent information site, not a contractor — we do not carry out electrical work. The guides exist because the questions people search before hiring an electrician are mostly answered by pages selling the thing being asked about, which is a poor way to get a straight answer. So these are written the other way round: what the law actually requires, what the work actually costs, and when the honest answer is that you do not need it.
If you do need work doing, the priced pages are EICR certificate cost, consumer unit replacement cost, house rewiring cost, EV charger grant, PAT testing cost, garage and outdoor electrics and electrician hourly rates. Whoever you hire, check them on the register first — here is how.
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