Adding extra sockets
Most older houses were built with far fewer sockets than modern life needs, and the tell-tale sign is a trail of adaptors and extension leads behind the sofa and the television. Adding sockets where you actually use them, beside the bed, behind the TV, along the kitchen worktop, makes a room safer and tidier in one job.
New sockets are wired in properly from the existing circuit, with the cable routed neatly and the wall made good afterwards.
It is worth walking each room and counting what is actually plugged in before deciding how many to add. Home offices, kitchens and the corner where the television lives are the usual pressure points, and adding a double where a single sits is often possible without disturbing much of the wall at all.
USB sockets and modern faceplates
Sockets with built-in USB charging free up the plugs and suit kitchens and bedrooms where phones and tablets live. Replacing yellowed or cracked faceplates with fresh ones is a quick job that lifts a room, especially alongside redecorating.
Moving sockets matters too. When furniture gets rearranged, the sockets are always where the old layout wanted them, and shifting a socket a foot or two so the bedside lamp or the desk actually reaches is a small job that makes the room work properly again.
- Extra sockets added where you need them
- USB charging sockets fitted
- Damaged or cracked faceplates replaced
- Sockets moved for new furniture layouts
Outside socket installation
An outside socket makes the garden far more usable: mowers, hedge trimmers, pressure washers and garden lights all without an extension lead through a window. Outside sockets need proper weatherproof fittings and suitable protection, which is exactly the kind of small electrical job we take on.
The fitting is normally positioned on an outside wall close to an existing indoor socket, which keeps the cable run short and the making good simple. A cover that closes over the plug means the socket stays usable even in wet weather.
Sockets for a media wall or new TV position
If you are having a television wall mounted or a media wall built, the sockets and aerial points should move first so no cables trail down the wall. We work alongside our own carpentry on media walls and TV mounting, so the electrics and the joinery are planned together.
What affects socket installation cost
The number of sockets, how the cable can be routed, whether the wall is solid or stud and how much making good is needed all shape the price. All work is carried out by an NICEIC registered electrician. Request a free quote or call 07735 852901.
A home visit gives you a firm quote, and it is also the chance to walk the house and mark every position where a socket would make life easier, so nothing is forgotten once the work starts.