Emergency electrician in Peterborough
Emergency electrical repairs from Lighting Electrical resolve power loss and tripping circuits for homes and businesses, restoring supply and providing the relevant electrical paperwork as a NAPIT registered contractor.
Calls answered 24/7
- 10 years trading
What an emergency call-out costs
The starting price of £90 an hour for an out of hours emergency electrician covers our attendance, the first checks on the failed circuit or board, and making the property safe enough to leave.
From £90 an hour
from £90 an hour
Included in the call-out
- Attendance at the property in Peterborough or a nearby Essex town
- Isolation of the failed circuit, fitting or board
- Fault finding on the circuit that has gone down
- Temporary making safe so the rest of the installation can be used where that is possible
- A written note of what failed and what work should follow
Not included automatically
- A full house rewire or a planned consumer unit replacement on the same visit unless already quoted
- Parts we do not carry in the van, which we price in writing before we fit them
- Work on another trade such as gas, plumbing or structural fabric
Ways to pay
- Pay by bank
- Bank transfer
- That figure is a starting price, not a fixed or guaranteed total.
- Use the published phone or online booking. The hourly rate applies when we attend outside opening hours.
- If the fault needs parts or a later visit, we quote that work in writing before we start it.
Who needs an emergency electrician
People book this work when the lights go out, a board will not reset, or a fitting is hot or smelling of burning. We cover houses, flats and small commercial premises in Peterborough, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway and Brightlingsea.
- A house with no powerLandlords and homeowners call when a whole property is dark, the cooker will not work, or only one floor still has sockets. We find whether the consumer unit, a circuit, or a failed fitting has taken the supply down.
- A board that will not resetA tripped breaker or RCD that will not stay on is a common reason we are asked out. We isolate the failed circuit so the rest of the house can be used while the fault is traced.
- A burning smell or hot fittingSockets, switches and light fittings that smell of burning or feel hot need the circuit taken off before anyone uses them again. We make that circuit dead and tell you what has to be replaced.
- A shop or workshop that cannot openTraders in covered Essex towns book us when lighting, a forklift charger point, or a main board failure stops the working day. We restore a safe supply where we can, or isolate the failed part so staff can work around it.
What happens on the day
Use the published phone or online booking. We work through the failed circuit in order so the property is safe before we leave, with testing and applicable paperwork when the repair needs it.
- We arrive and take the failed part offWe check in with you, look at the consumer unit and the room that has lost power, and isolate the circuit or fitting that is unsafe. The rest of the board stays on where that can be done safely.
- We trace the faultWe test the circuit, the fittings on it and the board itself. Typical finds are a failed breaker, a short in a socket, water in an outside light, or a burnt connection in a junction.
- We make it safe and set out the next workWhere a repair can be finished on the visit we complete it and issue a minor works certificate if the work needs one. If the board or the wiring needs a later job, we leave the property safe and give you a written price for that work.
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Why choose Lighting Electrical
Valandi KotorriElectrician- Reviews
- 61
- Rating
- 4.7
- Trading since
- 2016
“Ten years on Colchester housing stock and I have seen most of it: terraces where the lighting circuit has been extended once too often, boards fitted before RCDs were standard, new builds with sockets nowhere near the kitchen. I check the earthing, the bonding and whether the supply will carry another load before I price anything, because the age of a house settles nothing on its own.”
Valandi Kotorri, Lighting Electrical
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WhatsAppHow much does an emergency electrician cost?
Out of hours emergency electrician attendance starts at £90 an hour. That starting price buys the visit, the first tests and making the property safe. Extra parts and later work are quoted in writing first.
Do you come out at night and at weekends?
Use the published phone or online booking. Booked work sits in opening hours. When you need us outside those hours the out of hours rate of £90 an hour applies.
Will you replace the fuse board on the same visit?
Only if the board can be made safe and we have already given you a written price. A consumer unit replacement starts at £450. Many emergency visits isolate the failed board and book the replacement for the next working day.
Who turns up?
We do. Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered. Use the published phone or online booking; appointment scope is confirmed and the repair is tested before we leave.
What towns do you cover for callouts?
We cover Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and Essex including Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway, Brightlingsea, Coggeshall, Marks Tey, Dedham, Rowhedge, Great Horkesley, Heybridge and Silver End.