--- title: "Lighting installation in Colchester | 4.9 Star · NAPIT · From £65" description: "4.9 Star from 58 reviews · Trading since 2016 · Call 07414 545781 · Lighting installation in Colchester with Lighting Electrical. Downlights at £65 per…" canonical: "https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/electrician-colchester/lighting-installation" --- # Lighting installation in Colchester > 4.9 Star from 58 reviews · Trading since 2016 · Call 07414 545781 · Lighting installation in Colchester with Lighting Electrical. Downlights at £65 per… New downlights, replacement fittings and outdoor lighting for homes and business premises in Colchester are installed by Lighting Electrical, on existing circuits or on new ones. ## How much does lighting installation cost in Colchester? Downlights start at £65 a fitting and a switch or dimmer replacement starts at £60, both priced in writing before we start. - Downlight installation (per fitting): from £65 - These are starting prices, and the number of fittings, what sits above the ceiling and whether a new cable is needed change the final figure. - Bronze, Silver and Gold maintenance plans take 5, 10 and 15 percent off labour and certificates. ## Lighting installation in Colchester Downlights are fitted from £65 each, and we also move lights, add new points and change switches across CO1 to CO4. ### Downlights in a kitchen or bathroom Each fitting is from £65, cut into the ceiling and wired into a lighting circuit that will carry the load. ### A new light where there is none We take a cable from the nearest lighting point or from the board, then fit the rose, batten or track you want. ### Switches and dimmers A switch or dimmer swap is from £60, with the lamps checked first so a dimmed LED does not flicker. ### Outside and outbuilding lights Garden, drive and garage lighting gets its own protected cable, so an indoor lighting circuit is not left carrying it. ### Shop and office lighting Commercial fittings are from £65 each, and an emergency lighting test with a certificate is from £150. ## Lighting in Lexden, New Town and Highwoods Colchester housing runs from sixteenth century timber frames to 1980s estates, and the age of a house changes how a light gets its cable. ### The Dutch Quarter More than sixty timber framed weavers' houses from the late sixteenth century stand north of the High Street. The frame decides what can be cut into a ceiling, and the conservation area limits what goes on the outside. ### New Town New Town behind Magdalen Street and Military Road is roughly 470 brick houses from the 1880s, now a conservation area. A lighting circuit in a house of that age can have been extended more than once since it was wired. ### Highwoods Highwoods in CO4 went up from 1981, with the first buyers arriving around 1983. An original board in one of those detached and semi detached homes predates RCD protection, the trip that cuts a circuit on a fault. ### Greenstead Greenstead in CO4 holds a council estate that was among the largest in the country when it was built. Where the house is rented, the landlord gets a minor works certificate from £95 for the lighting work. ### Lexden Lexden in CO3 sits a mile west of the centre and kept the large eighteenth century houses, Lexden Park among them. Cable runs to a top floor or an outbuilding are long in a house that size. ## What happens on the day We start at the board, fit and wire the lights, then test and certify before we leave. ### We look at the board first Before anything is cut, we check the earthing, the bonding and whether the lighting circuit will carry the fittings you want. ### The lighting circuit goes off Only the lighting circuit is switched off, so sockets, the fridge and the heating stay on where they sit on their own circuits. ### Testing and your certificate We test insulation, polarity and earth continuity on the finished circuit, then issue the certificate the work calls for, from £95 for minor works. ## Why Colchester customers choose Lighting Electrical Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered, prices in writing and issues the certificate that goes with the lighting work. Homes, rentals, shops and offices are all booked through one number. ## Our recent electrical work The photographs below come from our domestic and commercial jobs around Essex rather than from Colchester lighting alone. ## Questions Colchester customers ask about lighting Prices, power, ceilings and paperwork, answered before you book. ### How much does it cost to fit downlights? Downlights are from £65 a fitting. The number of fittings and whether the existing lighting circuit will carry them set the rest of the figure. You get the price in writing before any ceiling is cut. ### Can downlights go in an old ceiling? Usually yes, but the joists and the depth above the plaster settle where each one can sit. In an older Colchester house the fittings follow the joists rather than a grid drawn on paper. We look above the ceiling before cutting anything. ### Do I need a certificate for new lights? Yes, the work is certified. Adding to an existing lighting circuit is covered by a minor works certificate from £95, while a whole new lighting circuit is notifiable work. Our NAPIT registration means we certify the new circuit and it is notified to Colchester City Council. ### Will the power be off while you fit the lights? Only the lighting circuit goes off. Sockets stay live where they sit on their own circuits, so the fridge, the kettle and the router keep running. Each circuit goes back on once it is tested. ### Can you fit lights on a house in a conservation area? Yes, and the wiring inside is the same job as anywhere else. A conservation area such as the Dutch Quarter or New Town limits what goes on the outside of the house. We fit and certify what is allowed there. ### Can you just change a light switch or add a dimmer? Yes, from £60. A dimmer has to match the LED lamps above it, so we check the lamps and the existing switch wiring first. Several rooms done in one visit cost less in labour than separate bookings. ### Do you do lighting for shops and offices? Yes, commercial fittings are from £65 each. Emergency lighting is a separate job, with a test and certificate from £150. Work in a trading unit is planned so the lights you need stay on while we change the rest. ### How soon can you book me in? The line is answered at any time. Silver plan customers get next day priority and Gold plan customers get same day priority booking. Out of hours emergency work is charged from £90 an hour. ## Our Colchester patch Home ground is CO1 to CO4, taking in Lexden and Greenstead. We travel further out too, so ask about your address. ## Other electrical work in Colchester If the lights keep tripping, fault finding is from £75 an hour, an EICR (electrical safety report) is from £150 and a consumer unit replacement is from £450. - [Electrician in Colchester](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/electrician-colchester): Electrician in Colchester for EICRs, fuse boards, rewires, fault finding and lighting. Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered and covers CO1 to CO4. - [Lighting installation (all areas)](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/services/lighting-installation): Lighting Electrical fits downlights, pendants and outdoor lights in Peterborough and Essex. Downlights from £65. 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