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Ravenglass - CA18
Enquiry from: ANN T
Start Date: Immediate
Enquirer: Property Owner Number of bedrooms: 2
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Ravenglass - CA18
Enquiry from: ANN T
Start Date: Immediate
Enquirer: Property Owner Number of bedrooms: 2
Cleator Moor - CA25
Enquiry from: Brian C
Start Date: Immediate
EICR CERTIFICATE I will need this done by end of September l give you a date next week Thanks Brian
Askam-in-Furness - LA16
Enquiry from: Hitesh A
Start Date: Immediate
Upgrading consumer unit to a surge protection and RCBOS unit Earthing required in upstairs bedroom switches Move earth cable to gas meter outside as old earth cable is inside house
Holmrook - CA19
Enquiry from: Sam T
Start Date: Immediate
External led lights fitting in garden
Askam-in-Furness - LA16
Enquiry from: Tess C
Start Date: Immediate
Electric cooker socket. New consumer unit
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Sarah H
Start Date: Immediate
Electrics installed in the outhouse
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Danny M
Start Date: Immediate
kitchen light needs looking at, loft room sockets, lighting and ensuit extractor fan plus a few extras are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace do you require any rewir...
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Kevin M
Start Date: Immediate
Need new consumer units fitted
St. Bees - CA27
Enquiry from: Joanne W
Start Date: Immediate
landlords electrical safety certification are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace how many bedrooms: 1-2 how old is the property: pre-1900 time scale: immediate pleas...
Askam-in-Furness - LA16
Enquiry from: Dave H
Start Date: Immediate
immersion heater in hot water tank needs replacing are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace do you require any rewiring in the property: no do you need any sockets repl...
Askam-in-Furness - LA16
Enquiry from: Dave H
Start Date: Immediate
immersion heater not working, request a quote are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace do you require any rewiring in the property: no do you need any sockets replaced:...
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: David S
Start Date: Immediate
Installation of ring door bell . Hole drilled though external wall to internal wall to run adapter cable from plug to the ring camera. Quote please
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Katia R
Start Date: Immediate
Check wiring and change a number of sockets and ceiling lights ...check consumer unit...
Askam-in-Furness - LA16
Enquiry from: Jennifer W
Start Date: Immediate
electric socket replacing, kitchen light replacement and some bedroom side lights blanking off are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached do you require any rewirin...
Broughton-in-Furness - LA20
Enquiry from: Andrew M
Start Date: Immediate
I would like an EV charger installing @ the property. I have the 7.4kwh Type 2 pin unit but need it fitting. Can you please give me an idea of what it may cost. The DB board is approx 10m away situ...
Millom - LA19
Enquiry from: Andrew B
Start Date: 1 to 3 months
i need an fixed electrical inspection with a eicr report. this is for a four bedroomed house and adjacent outbuilding. i require the report to ensure that the current electrical installation is safe a...
Millom - LA18
Enquiry from: Rita G
Start Date: Immediate
it's just a small job but important - a faulty light fitting in the bathroom property type: commercial
Beckermet - CA21
Enquiry from: Gary K
Start Date: Immediate
Redundant lights removing, sockets moved, 3 new extractor fans in bathrooms.
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Amanda M
Start Date: Immediate
hi i'm looking for a quotation to uninstall a house fixed wire burglar alarm, and to install some quinetec light switches to a landing light, and replace a back box for a loft light. are you the prope...
Egremont - CA22
Enquiry from: Emma F
Start Date: Immediate
Re wire x2 outside lights a outdoor socket and smoke alarms possibility of intruders alarm
How much do Electricians charge? Prices for Electricians in 2025 can be very different depending on the kind of job that you need to have actually performed in your home.
Do you have an electrical project that needs to be undertaken in your home or property? If yes, then hiring the services of an electrician is the next reasonable course of action. However, before you proceed, you’d probably wish to know exactly how much electricians charge so as to help you make a budget and start to plan. In this post, we’re going to give you a good insight into the cost of hiring an electrician to help you make informed decisions moving forward. Let’s take a look!
The price charged by electricians for a project is determined by number of factors. These factors include the electricians themselves, the location of your property as well as the electrical work in question. For instance, electrical jobs in older or period properties will be a lot more expensive than the ones in modern houses which features electrical wiring and fittings and comply with modern regulations (even more so if the wiring needs to be made up to standard). Furthermore, if you happen to reside on London and the South East, you can expect to incur more costs than the rest of the UK. The biggest cost driver, however, is the type of electrical job that involved.
In general, for an electrical inspection, you can expect to incur within the range of £120 to about £200, repair of an electric shower should cost about £80 to £140, installation of an electric hob would cost between £90 to £250, while replacing a ceiling light can cost within the range of £85 to £130. With these wide variety in prices, if you need an accurate estimate, it’s advisable to get in touch with a local electrician who’ll be able to pay a visit to your home or property and provide you with a reasonable quote for your unique electrical project.
The table shows the types of job that Electricians generally do and also the typical price series of these jobs. Some tasks take longer to finish than others so costs do vary by project.
View our Electrician cost guide View our Electrician adviceElectrician job | Electrician cost in 2025 |
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Electrician in Ravenglass | £300-£460 |
Solar thermal in Ravenglass | £3,000-£4,600 |
Electric heaters in Ravenglass | £1,500-£2,300 |
Rewiring a House in Ravenglass | £2,625-£4,025 |
Electrical testing (pat testing) in Ravenglass | £135-£207 |
Electrical survey in Ravenglass | £150-£230 |
Solar battery in Ravenglass | £3,080-£5,390 |
Garden lighting in Ravenglass | £320-£480 |
Solar panels with battery in Ravenglass | £3,400-£5,100 |
Electric vehicle charger in Ravenglass | £100-£1,000 |
Asides from the fact that solar energy can be converted into electricity with the help of solar panels, there’s also another pretty cool way the sun’s power can be harnessed - solar thermal technologies. These technologies are able to convert sunlight into heat rather than power and these are in fact the very first solar energy products that were commercialized in the United Kingdom. Solar thermal panels, in a similar way to solar PVs, can help in minimizing your carbon footprint while also assisting you to save good money on your energy bills by providing the much needed coverage for your heating needs with the help of a renewable energy source that’s totally free.
Solar thermal panels provides some great benefits which is capable of making all homeowners in the UK consider installing one in their respective homes. Let’s take a closer look at these benefits.
✓ When compared to solar PV panels, they’re a more affordable heating option and also have a shorter payback period.
✓ Solar thermal panels are more efficient than PV panels due to the fact that the heat waves are able to hold more energy than sunlight and also because there’s no electricity transformation process.
✓ Solar thermal panels are able to operate in cold climates, strong wind as well as overcast weather, and make use of an energy storage system.
✓ They can help you save about 600kg of carbon dioxide emissions on an annual basis.
✓ Although most of the solar thermal panel systems come with a warranty usually within the range of 5 to 10 years, they’re able to last up to 25 years. What’s more? The require just a little maintenance, meaning the main cost you’d have to worry about is the cost of installation.
Tesla’s top-of-the-range battery storage system is still one of the most expensive on the market. It has a huge 13.5kWh usable capacity and can even keep you up and running during a power cut. But how long does a Tesla Powerwall battery last? And does this mean it’s worth investing in one?
The Tesla Powerwall 2.0 comes with a 10-year warranty. But Tesla says that it should last way beyond this – at least 5 years longer. The standard warranty says that it should work at 70% capacity for the full 10 years – so if it loses more than 30% of its storage capacity within that time, it should still be covered.
While the Tesla Powerwall does last a long time, it has a large capacity that most average households won’t require, and it’s a costly option. After installation, the Powerwall 2.0 will set you back between £6,500 and £9,000, so ideally you want it to last past its 10-year warranty.
Before you splash out, consider the size of the solar panel system you want to install or you already have. Will it generate enough electricity to make it worth storing in the Powerwall? If not, are you expecting to upgrade your solar panels to a larger system in the future? If you are, then it might be worth investing in a Powerwall. It might also be better to wait until you come to upgrade your solar panels – the solar battery price trend is going the same way as solar panels, so they will probably continue to decrease in price as more people adopt the technology.
Smart EV charger is basically a set of functionalities in EVBox charging stations which allows the owner of the station to run several charging stations in a manner that’s cost effective and energy efficient. The word “smart, technologically speaking can mean a number of things, but generally it simply implies automation or your device’s ability to connect to other devices. Talking of smart ev chargers, this enables your charger to communicate with your car, the electric grid, as well as the ev charging infrastructure or other chargers. In other words, this means that any time you plug in your car to charge, the charger is able to transmit data to the charging operator. This operator can then make use of this data to identify the best time for you car to be charged and as a result, puts much less pressure on the grid and could also turn to be very cost effective in the long run.
Here are some of the primary benefits of smart ev charging
Most people want to connect solar panels to a battery when they’re not at home all day to use the electricity they generate, or generate more than they consume over a day. Solar batteries are a great way to maximise the savings on your energy bills since you can use every unit of electricity you generate.
If you want to connect your solar panels to a battery, the best – and safest – way is to ask an MCS-registered company to do it for you. They’ve had lots of training and hold qualifications in handling electricity and installing solar batteries, so they will be able to recommend the best battery for your solar panels and for the among of electricity you use. Some of the brands they might recommend include Tesla, SolarEdge and SolaX, but there are many more to choose from. If you want to send electricity to the grid from your battery to receive Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) payments, it’s also worth leaving installation up to a registered installer. This is because you might not be eligible for payments if your battery wasn’t installed by an MCS-registered company.
However, if you do want to have a go at connecting your solar panels to a battery, it’s worth finding out whether your system is ‘storage ready’. Most relatively new systems will be, since batteries are becoming more commonplace. If your solar panels are storage ready, they will have an inverter that can easily have a battery added to it. If this is the case, then you should be able to buy the solar battery you want and follow the manufacturer's instructions to install it.
But it’s worth remembering that electricity is extremely dangerous when handled improperly. If you don’t get the solar battery connected properly and something goes wrong, it could cause a fire or you could electrocute yourself. If a fire breaks out due to your battery, it’s unlikely that your home insurance company would pay out since you connected the battery yourself. That’s why it’s always worth speaking to a registered installer to install a solar battery storage system for you.
It might be possible to fit electrics in your shed, depending on where it is and what it’s made of. You should get in touch with a qualified electrician to find out whether it’s possible. Never attempt to run electrical cable from your house to an outbuilding!
Unlike in houses constructed in the 1960s, where you’d probably need to rewire the entire house unless the wiring is the modern PVCu coated type, majority of houses built in the 1970s would not need to be rewired. Most often than not, what they’ll need is just a consumer unit as well as an earthing upgrade. If you happen to have a consumer unit change, the electrical professional you hire would have to inspect the most parts of the property regardless. With that answered, you may also wish to know just how often a house would need to be rewired.
First and foremost, in order to make sure that your wiring is safe there’s a need to ensure that a periodic inspection is carried out by a fully licensed and qualified electrician every 10 years. Meanwhile for rental properties with tenants, the landlord is required to carry out a periodic inspection at least every 5 years. This will make sure that the electrical works in the property are safe, up to date and suitable for continued usage.
In order to determine whether your house needs to be rewired, there are some signs or indicators you’d have to watch out for. If you notice one or even a combination of the following , then you should get in touch with a registered electrician:
It must, however, be said that rewiring a house is a messy and quite disruptive work. It’s also considered to be quite dangerous and recommended to be carried out only by a professional is well trained and experienced when it comes to tackling electrical works.
If you’re considering getting a solar thermal system, one of the first things that comes to mind is the possibility of the system functioning properly during the cold months. The short and simple answer to this question is yes, a solar thermal system works in the winter. However, the downside here is that it’ll be a lot less efficient when compared to how it operates during the warmer months or summer. As a result of this fact, you’ll likely need to rely more on your boiler, immersion heater or any other backup heating system during this period as your solar thermal system will fail to contribute as much as it does during the warmer months. So what exactly is the reason why solar thermal is less effective and less efficient in the winter period? Let’s have a look!
As you know, solar thermal system banks on the sun’s energy to heat the water for your home’s use. During the cold months or winter, the sunlight becomes a lot less available when compared to the warmer months, as a result, there’s less sunlight that’s available to be used for its solar energy. And even more so at the periods when the days are shorter or skies are clearly overcast.
Also having a great impact on a solar thermal system’s output is heavy snow. Flat plate collectors normally have the capacity to cope better during snowy conditions as the light that’s able to travel through the snow will heat up the absorber plate - thereby making the snow slide off more quickly. However, the case is contrary with evacuated tube collectors which possesses a form of vacuum insulation that’s crafted to minimize the loss of heat, meaning they can’t generate heat to melt and cause the snow to slide off in a similar way.
The short and simple answer to this question is, no. If you’re a seasoned DIYer then you should probably know a thing or two about electrical works around your property. However, house rewiring works should only be carried out by a qualified and registered electrician for a handful of reasons. In this FAQ, we’re going to take an in depth look at a few reasons why a house rewiring project should always be tackled by a reliable professional.
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