Bronze
£12/mo
Billed annually at £144Save 20%
Lower rates on every job, plus a free safety certificate each year.
- 5% off labour
- 5% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
Socket installation in Colchester
Lighting Electrical installs new sockets and replaces worn sockets and switches in homes, rental properties and workplaces around Colchester. You get extra points where you need them, or a safe replacement where a faceplate is cracked, scorched or no longer in use.
“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 KotorriElectrician · NAPIT
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.
- Kettles, toasters and air fryers on one double socket overload the point and trip the board.
- A broken socket or a brown mark around the pins needs replacing before you use it again.
- An extra point at the desk or till stops extension leads running across the floor.
What the work covers
A socket installation or replacement from £85 covers the electrical work on the quoted points. Making good, extra circuits and board changes sit outside that figure.
Included when agreed
- 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
Not included automatically
- 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
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.
- 01
Arrival and isolation
We confirm the quoted points, isolate the circuit and check earthing and bonding before any faceplate comes off.
- 02
Fitting the sockets and switches
The new socket or switch is wired in, fixed, and turned on so we can check it works.
- 03
Paperwork and handover
The paperwork for the work is left with you, then we pack up and the point is yours to use.
What sockets and switches cost
A socket installation or replacement starts from £85. That starting price buys one new or replacement point on the quotation, not a run of extras and not chasing into finished walls.
- Extra points on the same visit are added as their own lines, not as silent copies of the £85 starting price.
- Chasing into walls, boxing in cable, or making good is priced separately so the electrical figure stays visible.
- Kitchen, bathroom and outdoor points can need extra protection, which is named on the quotation before work starts.
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.
Why customers choose Lighting Electrical for sockets
Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered and issues a written price for socket and switch work before the visit. You get the relevant electrical paperwork when that work is complete.
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Electrical maintenance plans in Colchester
Three yearly plans. Bronze takes 5 percent off labour and certificates and includes one free safety certificate. Silver doubles that to 10 percent and adds next day priority. Gold takes 15 percent off, runs to three free safety certificates a year, and adds same day priority booking with two emergency call outs.
Silver
Popular£20/mo
Billed annually at £240Save 20%
Double the discount, next-day priority, and a free safety certificate each year.
- 10% off labour
- 10% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
- Next day priority
Gold
£31/mo
Billed annually at £372Save 20%
Best rates, same-day priority booking, three free safety certificates a year.
- 15% off labour
- 15% off certificates
- Free safety certificates, 3 times a year
- Same day priority booking
- 2 emergency call-outs a year
Recent work from Lighting Electrical
These photographs show work completed across the wider service area covered by Lighting Electrical; they are not all presented as socket installation work.
Sockets and switches questions
People asking about extra sockets want the price, whether the circuit can take it, and whether plastering is in the figure.
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.
— Valandi Kotorri
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.
— Valandi Kotorri
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.
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Lighting Electrical sets the visit for extra sockets and switch changes after the booking line picks up, day or night.