Fuse boards · consumer units
from £700 fitted in a day
If your board is fifteen years old or more, has no RCBO protection, or there is no spare way left for the things you want to add, it is worth a look. Jack fits modern 18th-edition consumer units in a day: tested, certified, notified to building control, and labelled so you can actually read it. Answer three quick questions and send him the details, with a photo, however suits you.
qualified electrician 4.8 on Google, 26 reviews Based in Dalgety Bay, Fife
No call centre, no form to chase. Tell Jack what you’ve got and he comes back with a real price, by WhatsApp, text, email or a call, whatever suits you.
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Straight pricing
from £700 fitted in a day
A new fuse board, the modern name is a consumer unit, starts from £700, fitted in a day. "Fuse board", "fusebox" and "consumer unit" all mean the same thing: the box that houses the protection for every circuit in your home. The exact price depends on the board you need and the condition of the existing wiring, which is why Jack asks a couple of quick questions, or takes a look at a photo of your current fusebox, before giving you a straight number rather than a vague "from".
What is included in the from-£700 price:
What can move the price is the property, not hidden fees: if the existing wiring, earthing or incoming supply needs attention before a modern board can go on safely, Jack tells you up front, in writing, before any work starts. Building-control notification is part of the job, not a hidden extra you have to chase.
From the van
When Jack gets called out, three problems come up again and again. On their own they can be a quick fix, but on an older board, they are usually the sign the consumer unit itself has had its day.
Dead sockets, ones that spark, or a ring that keeps dropping out. On an old board with no RCBO protection it often means a fault the board can no longer isolate safely on its own.
Lighting circuits that flicker, buzz or trip when you switch on are a classic sign of an ageing board and tired wiring sitting behind it.
If your board trips and takes out half the house, or will not reset at all, an old split-load RCD is usually the culprit. A modern RCBO board isolates the one faulty circuit instead, so the rest of the house stays on.
Jack finds the actual cause first. If a repair sorts it, he will tell you. If the board is the problem, you get one straight price to put it right.
What's involved
A consumer unit change is more than swapping a box on the wall. Done right, it is a tested, certified and notified job that leaves your whole installation safer than it was, here is how Jack runs it.
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Health check first
Before anything is quoted, Jack checks what you actually have: the age and type of the board, the state of the wiring feeding it, and whether your incoming supply and earthing are up to a modern unit. No point fitting a new board onto problems it cannot fix.
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Isolate and remove
On the day, the supply is isolated safely and the old board comes out. You get a realistic timescale for being without power, kept as short as possible, and the work area is kept tidy throughout.
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Fit the new 18th-edition unit
A modern consumer unit with full RCBO protection and surge protection where required, wired in, with circuits clearly identified rather than left to guesswork.
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Test, certify and notify
Every circuit is tested and recorded, the work is certified to BS 7671, and you get the completion certificate. Power back on, board labelled, job signed off.
No surprises
Building-control notification is part of the job, not a hidden extra. If your wiring needs anything beyond the board itself, Jack tells you up front before any work starts.
A typical job
A common Fife or Edinburgh job: a 1980s house with the original board, rewireable fuses or early MCBs, no RCD protection, and not a spare way left for the EV charger or extension the owner now wants. Jack swaps it for a fully loaded RCBO unit in a day, tests the lot, labels it, and leaves a certificate that an insurer, a buyer or a landlord's EICR will be happy with.
From £700 · fitted in a day
4.8 on Google across 26 reviews. Every word verbatim.
Very tidy and punctual, with transparent pricing. Explained everything and I feel much safer now.
Extremely professional and easy to work with. Helped us make good, informed decisions and the work was spot on.
Arrived within an hour and instantly diagnosed the problem. Sorted it quickly — brilliant when you need someone fast.
Straight answers
Fuse board (consumer unit) upgrades start from £700, fitted in a day. The exact price depends on the board you need and the condition of the existing wiring, which is why Jack asks a couple of quick questions or takes a look at a photo before giving you a straight number.
Most domestic fuse board upgrades are a single-day job. Jack isolates the supply, fits the new board, tests every circuit, labels it clearly and gets your power back on the same day, with the certificate and building-control notification sorted.
Often, yes. An EV charger pulls a sustained, heavy load, and an older board without spare capacity or proper RCD protection may not cope safely. Jack checks the board free on every EV install, so if it does need doing you get one quote for both jobs in one visit.
An RCBO combines overload and earth-fault protection on one circuit. On a fully loaded RCBO board, a fault on one circuit trips only that circuit, instead of taking out half the house like an old split-load RCD board. It is the modern standard and what Jack fits.
Yes. A consumer unit change is notifiable work. Jack tests and certifies the work to BS 7671 and issues the completion certificate for you, it is included, not an extra you have to chase or pay for separately.
Rarely. Boards under stairs, in garages, in lofts or high on a wall are all routine. If the position itself is unsafe or against current regs, Jack will tell you and talk through the options before any work starts.
Three quick questions, or send a photo of your existing board, and Jack comes back with a real fitted price, by WhatsApp, text, email or a call.
qualified electrician · 24 hours, 7 days a week · Based in Dalgety Bay, Fife