Electrician
Durham
Done Right

Yes, and a breakdown gets lifted above whatever was already booked. Anything that has put a property in darkness, stopped a breaker holding, scorched an accessory or produced a burning smell counts as urgent. Ring 0191 934 0118, describe what you are looking at, and we will name the thing to isolate before we set off.

Durham City and the villages round it, then out to Chester-le-Street, Sacriston, Lanchester, Consett, Stanley and Annfield Plain to the north and west, and Bowburn, Coxhoe, Trimdon, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, Wingate, Peterlee, Easington, Horden, Murton and Seaham to the east. Ring and ask if you sit outside that.

Yes, and the peninsula has plenty of it. Where a building is listed or sits in a conservation area, what can go on an external elevation is restricted and the internal fabric often cannot be chased the way a modern wall can. We plan routes around that, use existing voids where they exist, and flag anything you would want to clear with the council before we start rather than after.

It depends entirely on the job, and anybody quoting a flat rate down the phone for work they have not seen is guessing. Describe something small clearly and we will usually give you a figure on the call. Rewires, board changes and anything in an older property get a visit first. The number is settled before work begins either way.

A satisfactory Electrical Installation Condition Report for the property, renewed at least every five years, with a copy issued to tenants. If the property is a licensed HMO the council will want to see it as part of the licence. We work round term dates and changeover weeks, which for Durham landlords usually matters more than the price does.

Commonly an appliance leaking to earth, water getting into an outside circuit, or a failed light fitting. On older boards a single RCD often covers half the installation, so the normal small leakage from several circuits added together is enough to take it out. It needs testing to establish which — swapping the board without finding the fault usually just moves the problem somewhere else.

Yes, and we would rather you rang about one dead socket than lived with it. Replacing a light fitting, adding an outside socket, sorting an extractor fan or fixing a security light are all normal call-outs. None of them need bundling up with other work to be worth the trip, and the bill reflects what the job actually was.

Chasing walls and lifting floors makes dust, and nobody has ever managed it otherwise. What we do control is containment: sheeting goes down first, the day ends with a clear-up rather than a promise of one, and every bag of rubble leaves with us. On a rewire you get the room order in advance so you can work round it.

Regularly. Inspection reports, the certificates that follow, whatever remedial work they throw up, and appliance testing alongside. One flat or thirty spread between the city and the outlying villages both work. Give us the numbers and rough locations and we will build a run that suits your access arrangements.

The phone. 0191 934 0118 gets you an electrician rather than a call centre, which matters most when something has already failed. If writing suits you better, every form on this site lands with us instantly and we will ring back to agree a time.