Fuse Box Relocation in Sussex

Almost, within the rules. The board has to end up somewhere accessible for emergency switching, inspection and testing, at a sensible working height, out of the damp and clear of your escape route. In practice that means hallways, utility rooms, garages and dedicated switchgear cupboards work well, while a wet cellar under a Victorian terrace or a shelf above your bed does not. The survey is where we agree the exact spot. We walk the cable routes with you and always explain why a position is or is not suitable rather than just saying no.

Only if the meter or the main cutout has to move as well. The consumer unit is yours, so we can relocate it without anyone else's permission. The meter belongs to your electricity supplier and the cutout and service cable belong to the district network operator, so if you want the whole electric meter cupboard moved, they carry out that part of the work. We handle the applications and line up the dates for you so their visit and ours dovetail, which matters in the older terraces and cottages across Sussex where the supply position was fixed generations ago.

When the move happens alongside a board replacement, most jobs across Sussex still finish in a single visit, typically 4 to 6 hours on site with the power off for around 4 to 5 hours of that. A standalone relocation of an existing modern board is usually a day as well. Long reroutes, for example moving a board from the cellar of a Victorian terrace up to a ground floor hallway with every circuit extended, can run to a second day, and we tell you that at the fixed quote stage, never on the morning.

Yes, and it is the best value way to do it. Every circuit is already disconnected for the replacement, so moving the board at the same time adds from £250 rather than the from £395 a standalone move costs. You get a new 18th Edition board with dual RCD or RCBO protection and a Type 2 surge protection device, sited somewhere safe and sensible, with one set of testing, one Electrical Installation Certificate and one Part P notification covering the lot. Most of the relocations we do across Sussex happen exactly this way.

Yes. We fit compact garage boards with dual RCD or RCBO protection, most often for EV chargers, workshop machinery and garden offices across Sussex. A 6 way dual RCD board starts from £425 and a full RCBO board with 8 ways from £625, and every new board includes a Type 2 surge protection device, full testing, an Electrical Installation Certificate and Part P notification. We also check the feed from the house and replace it with correctly sized armoured cable where it falls short.

Often, yes, and an integral or attached garage is one of the positions we recommend most in interwar semis along the coast and on the 1950s to 1970s estates across the county. The garage needs to be dry, connected to the house or reachable without going outside in an emergency, and the board goes at safe working height with clear access. Moved alongside a new board it adds from £250, while a standalone move costs from £395, both tested, certified and notified under Part P.