Lighting and sockets, put where you actually need them
Downlights for a kitchen, a pendant over the table, a socket behind the TV, USB points by the bed, lights along the drive. Small jobs done neatly, chased in and made good, with the certificate that keeps your insurer and your survey happy.
How much does it cost to add a socket or light in Manchester?
Adding a double socket spurred from an existing one costs £85 to £120 including VAT. A new pendant or wall light on an existing circuit is £85 to £150 depending on the fitting. Kitchen downlights are from £55 each fitted, so a typical six-light kitchen is around £350. Outdoor and garden lighting starts at £180 for a single fitting on a new circuit. Everything is priced in writing first.
- Cables chased in and plaster made good, or surface-run neatly if you prefer
- Fittings of your choice, or supplied by us at trade price
- Dimmers and smart switches set up
- Outdoor work to IP rating with RCD protection
- Every point tested
- Minor Works Certificate, or EIC for new circuits
Lighting and socket prices
Prices include labour, materials, testing, certificate and VAT. The written price is the price you pay unless you change the job.
What happens, start to certificate
Send photos
Photos of the room and the nearest socket or light. Most small jobs are priced from that.
Written price
By WhatsApp or email, itemised if there are several points.
Fit and make good
Usually one visit. Chases filled, dust sheets down, fittings wiped over.
Test and certify
Each point tested. Minor Works Certificate emailed with the invoice.
Kitchen refit · Wilmslow
Three lighting circuits for a full kitchen refit, planned around the builders
Pendants over the island, dimmable downlights and LED under the wall units. First fix before the plasterer, second fix after the painter, certificate on handover day. Zero days added to the build.
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Lighting and socket questions
Not answered here? Ring 07703 295654 and ask an electrician.
Adding a socket or light to an existing circuit is not notifiable but should still have a Minor Works Certificate, which we include. A new circuit, or any work in a bathroom or outdoors, is notifiable and gets an EIC and Building Control notification.
Yes, that is most of what we do. Send a photo of the fitting and the ceiling. If it is heavy we check the fixing can take it.
Roughly one per 1.2 square metres for even light, so six to eight in a typical Manchester kitchen. We plan them around the worktops and the island, not on a grid.
Yes. Smart switches and dimmers that work with existing bulbs are the reliable route. We set them up on your phone before we leave.
Registered and assessed
NAPIT registered. Member number 75762.
NAPIT is one of the UK’s government-approved registration schemes for electricians. To get on the register, a firm’s work, qualifications and insurance are checked by NAPIT’s own assessors, and it has to keep passing those checks to stay on it.
- Work checked on siteNAPIT assessors inspect our finished work against the current wiring regulations, BS 7671.
- Qualified and insuredWe had to prove our qualifications and insurance to join, and keep them up to date to stay registered.
- Building Regulations certificateWhen we fit a new fuse box, add a circuit or rewire, we register the work through NAPIT and you get a compliance certificate.
- Check it yourselfOur registration is public. Search member number 75762 on NAPIT’s register and it takes seconds.
On the NAPIT site, choose Member Number and enter 75762.
The registration is held by SB Electrical Group Ltd, the company behind Wired & Certified, so that is the name you will see on the register.
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