--- title: "Socket installation cost in Colchester (2026)" description: "Socket installation prices in Colchester: what the job involves, what moves the price, and what it costs town by town." canonical: "https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/costs/sockets-and-switches" --- # Socket installation cost in Colchester > Socket installation prices in Colchester: what the job involves, what moves the price, and what it costs town by town. ## What Lighting Electrical charges Published £85. Send the job details and the team will confirm the scope and price. ## What the price covers - Fitting a new socket or replacing an existing socket at the quoted position - Changing a light switch or damaged faceplate when that line is on the quotation - Checking earthing, bonding and whether the circuit can carry the extra load - The relevant electrical paperwork when the work is complete - Removing packaging and leaving the room ready to use the new point ### Priced separately - Plastering, painting or making good after any chasing - A house rewire when the circuit cannot take another point - A consumer unit replacement unless that is quoted as its own job ## Who needs extra sockets or new switches A kitchen with no spare sockets, a workplace running extension leads, or a cracked faceplate is why Lighting Electrical installs and replaces sockets and switches. - **No spare sockets in the kitchen:** Kettles, toasters and air fryers on one double socket overload the point and trip the board. - **A cracked or scorched faceplate:** A broken socket or a brown mark around the pins needs replacing before you use it again. - **A desk, garage or shop counter:** An extra point at the desk or till stops extension leads running across the floor. - **A switch that no longer works:** A failed switch is replaced during socket work when both jobs are on the quotation. ## What happens on the day We isolate the circuit, fit the quoted sockets or switches, then turn the circuit back on and leave the paperwork with you. - **Arrival and isolation:** We confirm the quoted points, isolate the circuit and check earthing and bonding before any faceplate comes off. - **Fitting the sockets and switches:** The new socket or switch is wired in, fixed, and turned on so we can check it works. - **Paperwork and handover:** The paperwork for the work is left with you, then we pack up and the point is yours to use. ## What you get with new sockets You are left with working sockets and switches at the quoted positions, on a circuit that has been checked for the extra load. - **Each point matches the quotation:** The rooms and socket types on the quotation are the points fitted, with no extra points added that were not quoted. - **Making good is not hidden in the electrical price:** Plaster and paint sit on their own quotation lines, so the £85 electrical starting price stays the electrical figure. - **The new point is ready to use:** When we leave, the new socket or switch works and you can plug in or operate it. ## Socket installation price questions ### How much does socket installation cost in Colchester? Lighting Electrical charges £85 — the rate we quote from, confirmed on survey, not a lead-generation estimate. ### How much to change a socket front? Our rate for this work is £85. The price moves with access, the age and condition of the existing installation, and how much making good the job leaves behind — all of which we confirm before work starts. ### How much to replace a double socket? Our rate for this work is £85. The price moves with access, the age and condition of the existing installation, and how much making good the job leaves behind — all of which we confirm before work starts. ### How much does a new socket cost? Socket installation or replacement starts from £85 with Lighting Electrical. That starting price is for one quoted point, and extra points or chasing appear as their own lines. Kitchen and outdoor points can cost more when extra protection is needed. ### Can you add a socket to an existing circuit? Yes, when the circuit can take the extra load. Valandi Kotorri checks earthing, bonding and whether the supply will carry another load before Lighting Electrical prices the point. If it cannot take it, house rewiring from £2,400 is quoted instead. ### Do you fit outdoor sockets and fused spurs? Yes, outdoor sockets and fused spurs are quoted as socket installation or replacement work. Extra protection and weatherproof accessories are named on the quotation. The starting price remains from £85, not a fixed outdoor figure. ### Will the power be off in the whole house? No. Only the circuit for the quoted sockets or switches is isolated while we fit them. Other circuits stay on, and that circuit comes back after we check the point works. ### Is making good included in the socket price? No. Making good is not inside the £85 electrical starting price. Plaster or paint is quoted as its own line, which you can check against the quotation before work starts.