Overview
What this service covers and when to book
Fuse box replacement is one of those jobs most people only think about when something stops working. By then, the board is often decades old — a wooden-backed unit under the stairs with rewirable fuses and no RCD protection of any kind, which means a fault reaching a person is stopped by nothing at all.
Urgent Electrical Services carries out fuse box replacement and consumer unit upgrades across Nottingham and the East Midlands, installed to the current edition of BS 7671. A new fuse box brings the installation up to standard in the way that matters most: RCD or RCBO protection on every circuit, so an earth fault disconnects in milliseconds instead of relying on someone noticing a problem. Modern boards also carry surge protection and arc fault detection where the installation calls for it.
Fuse Box & Consumer Unit Replacement is not a like-for-like swap, and any electrician telling you otherwise is skipping the part that protects you. Before quoting, we test the existing installation, because a new consumer unit with sensitive RCD protection immediately reveals problems an old rewirable fuse tolerated for years. Deteriorated cable insulation, borrowed neutrals between lighting circuits, accumulated earth leakage across appliances — these surface the moment the new board goes in.
That is also why fuse box replacement cost varies so much between quotes. A price given without testing is a guess, and the shortfall reappears as extras once the work has started. We test first, then quote a fixed price covering the board, the labour and any remedial work we have found. What we quote is what you pay.
A typical domestic consumer unit installation takes most of a day, with the power off while the board is changed — we tell you honestly beforehand how long that will be. Every circuit is tested and recorded afterwards, and you receive an Electrical Installation Certificate with Building Regulations notification, both needed when selling, remortgaging or letting.
Where testing reveals wider problems, a full EICR gives the complete picture. Boards failing intermittently are diagnosed through Electrical Fault Finding, and urgent failures are covered by our Emergency Electrician service.
Urgent Electrical Services carries out fuse box replacement and consumer unit upgrades across Nottingham and the East Midlands, installed to the current edition of BS 7671. A new fuse box brings the installation up to standard in the way that matters most: RCD or RCBO protection on every circuit, so an earth fault disconnects in milliseconds instead of relying on someone noticing a problem. Modern boards also carry surge protection and arc fault detection where the installation calls for it.
Fuse Box & Consumer Unit Replacement is not a like-for-like swap, and any electrician telling you otherwise is skipping the part that protects you. Before quoting, we test the existing installation, because a new consumer unit with sensitive RCD protection immediately reveals problems an old rewirable fuse tolerated for years. Deteriorated cable insulation, borrowed neutrals between lighting circuits, accumulated earth leakage across appliances — these surface the moment the new board goes in.
That is also why fuse box replacement cost varies so much between quotes. A price given without testing is a guess, and the shortfall reappears as extras once the work has started. We test first, then quote a fixed price covering the board, the labour and any remedial work we have found. What we quote is what you pay.
A typical domestic consumer unit installation takes most of a day, with the power off while the board is changed — we tell you honestly beforehand how long that will be. Every circuit is tested and recorded afterwards, and you receive an Electrical Installation Certificate with Building Regulations notification, both needed when selling, remortgaging or letting.
Where testing reveals wider problems, a full EICR gives the complete picture. Boards failing intermittently are diagnosed through Electrical Fault Finding, and urgent failures are covered by our Emergency Electrician service.