Domestic electrician in Uttoxeter
Most household electrical work is small: another socket where you actually need one, a cooker circuit for a new range, a switch that's stopped working. It still needs testing and certificating, and it's still worth doing properly.
What we can help with
If your job isn't on this list, ask anyway. It's a summary rather than a limit.
- Additional sockets, USB sockets and moving accessories to sensible positions
- Cooker, hob and electric shower circuits
- Replacing damaged or dated sockets, switches and light fittings
- Extractor fans, towel rails and immersion heaters
- Wired smoke and heat alarms, and interlinked alarm systems
- Loft, garage and utility room power
- Small snagging jobs left behind by someone else
Do you take on small jobs?
Yes. One socket, one fan, one switch. That's normal work, and it's usually how people find out whether they want to use someone for the bigger stuff.
The only honest caveat is scheduling: small jobs get grouped so we're not driving across the county for twenty minutes' work, so a socket in Uttoxeter may be sooner than a socket in Ashbourne. You'll get told a realistic day rather than a vague promise.
What needs certificating, and what doesn't
Not every job is notifiable, but every job should leave a record. Here's roughly how it splits.
- Notifiable under Part P: new circuits, consumer unit work, and work in a bathroom or shower room. As a NAPIT registered business we self-certify and notify these.
- Non-notifiable but still certificated: additions and alterations to existing circuits, extra sockets, replacement accessories, which get a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate.
- Straight like-for-like replacements: still tested, but the paperwork is proportionate.
Kitchens, bathrooms and higher-load appliances
The jobs that most often catch people out are the ones with a big appliance at the end of them. An induction hob, a range cooker or an electric shower each need a properly sized dedicated circuit. You can't hang them off a ring final circuit and hope.
Worth checking the appliance's actual rating before the kitchen is fitted. A 7.4kW hob and an 8.5kW shower on a house with a 60A main fuse is a load calculation, not an assumption.
How we work
- You get a price before the work, not a number at the end.
- Dust sheets down, mess cleaned up, and cable routes agreed before anything is chased.
- Test results and certificates issued for the work, every time.
- If we find something that needs doing that isn't in the quote, you get told and asked, not billed.
FAQs
Domestic electrical work, common questions
Do you undertake small electrical jobs?
Yes, a single socket, a fan, a light fitting or a switch are all normal jobs. Small work gets grouped by area to keep travel sensible, so we'll give you a realistic day rather than promising same-day and letting you down.
Do I get a certificate for a small job?
Yes. Additions and alterations get a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate; new circuits, consumer unit work and anything in a bathroom get a full Electrical Installation Certificate and are notified under Part P.
Can you add sockets without redecorating the whole room?
Usually, yes. Where a socket can be fed from an existing accessory nearby, chasing is minimal. We'll always tell you honestly what the wall is going to look like before we start, because that's the bit people mind about.
Do you work with other trades?
Regularly, kitchen fitters, builders, plasterers and plumbers. On a kitchen or bathroom refit, being in the right week matters as much as the wiring, so we'd rather book against the programme than turn up and find the units aren't in.
Are you insured?
Yes, all applicable insurances are held, and KS Electrical is NAPIT registered. Documentation can be provided on request before work starts.
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KS Electrical · Uttoxeter, Staffordshire · NAPIT registered

