How much does a fuse box replacement cost in Timperley?
A typical Timperley semi has seven to ten circuits and lands on the £549 package. Bungalows and smaller semis often fit the £449 package for up to 6 circuits, and extended houses with 11 or more are £695. Earthing, meter tails or bonding are priced in advance from your three photos, so the quote you get is fixed.
How a price is built →Semis, bungalows and the board in the hall cupboard
The older part of Timperley, around the village and Park Road, is 1930s semis with a few Victorian cottages; further out towards Riddings and the Baguley border it moves into post-war semis and bungalows. The boards follow the building dates. Interwar houses usually had a 1970s rewire and still have the Wylex rewireable box that came with it, while the 50s and 60s houses tend to have a 1980s MEM or Crabtree board with a single RCD, if any, covering the sockets.
Timperley bungalows deserve a mention of their own. Many belong to long-standing owners who have never had reason to look at the fuse box, and the first prompt is often an electric shower that trips the old board or a family member arranging an electrical check. A single-storey house usually has fewer circuits, so these are often our £449 package, fitted in a morning and early afternoon with the certificate left on the kitchen table.
What the day looks like in a Timperley semi
We arrive in the morning with everything already priced from your photos, so there is no survey and no negotiation on the doorstep. Power goes off, the old fuse board comes out, and the new metal consumer unit goes in with an RCBO for every circuit and a surge protection device. Each circuit is dead tested before it is reconnected and live tested once the supply is back on, usually four to six hours after we started.
Before we leave you get the Electrical Installation Certificate, every circuit labelled properly on the board, and our 5-year workmanship guarantee, which transfers to the next owner if you sell. Part P notification to building control is lodged for you as well, so there is nothing left to chase. If you later sell, your buyer’s solicitor gets exactly the paperwork they ask for, already filed.
The four jobs that bring Timperley households to us
Timperley questions
Anything else, call or WhatsApp. A real electrician answers, 8am to 8pm, seven days.
Our WhatsApp is run by SB Electrical Group, the team behind Fuse Box Fitters.
Someone needs to let us in and be around at the end for the handover, when we show you the new board and give you the certificate. In between, the power is off for roughly four to six hours, so plenty of Timperley customers simply head out for the middle of the day.
A single RCD covering the sockets was good practice when it went in, but it leaves lighting and other circuits unprotected, and one fault takes out everything on it. A new board gives each circuit its own RCBO and adds surge protection. An EICR would normally flag those gaps.
Yes. Brooklands, Riddings and the streets up to Baguley are on the same rounds as Timperley village, along with Sale, Altrincham and Hale. There is no travel charge anywhere in Trafford or Manchester, and nearby bookings are often grouped on the same day.
Nearby, and the rest of Greater Manchester
Same fixed price and no travel charge anywhere across the nine boroughs we cover.