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Market town and estate villages

Fuse Box Replacement in Petworth

Petworth homes range from Georgian town houses on the old market streets to stone estate cottages in the surrounding hamlets. We replace tired fuse boxes across the town and its villages at a fixed price, test the whole property, and treat older buildings with the care they deserve.

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  • Part P registered installers
  • Fitted and certified in a day
  • Surge protection as standard
  • Fixed prices, no surprises
  • 17+ YearsEst. 2009 in Brighton & Hove
  • 6 Year GuaranteeWorkmanship, every board
  • Specialist TeamDirectly employed installers
  • Free QuotationSurvey or photo, no call out fee
  • 2,400+Boards replaced since 2009
What we do in Petworth

Board upgrades for Petworth homes

Every option below is priced up front. Most Petworth jobs are a dual RCD or full RCBO board, with surge protection included as standard and a full inspection of the existing wiring before we sign anything off.

Full RCBO consumer unit with surge protection, neatly wired and labelled in a Sussex home
Our standard installationFull RCBO board with surge protection
Petworth housing

Old stone, timber and the wiring behind it

The centre of Petworth sits inside a conservation area, and a good share of its houses are listed. Lombard Street, East Street and the lanes off the Market Square are lined with buildings that were standing long before mains electricity, so the wiring has been added, extended and patched by different hands over the decades. It is common to find a cramped cupboard holding an old fuse board, a separate shower switch and a meter tail run that no longer makes sense.

Out in the villages the picture shifts to sandstone cottages, converted barns and post war council houses. These were often wired once and then added to as kitchens and extensions arrived. A board change is the right moment to find out what has been bolted on, and our whole property test shows exactly that.

  • Listed and conservation area homes
  • Neat, minimal disruption routing
  • Old rewireable fuse boards replaced
  • Barn and outbuilding sub-mains checked
  • Metal clad boards to current standard
  • Full test report for every circuit
Fuse box replacementSee prices
Flush mounted consumer unit mid installation with RCBOs, surge protection and neatly dressed cables
C1 & C2 defects clearedPaperwork to your agent within 48 hours
Letting in Petworth

Estate cottages, holiday lets and long tenancies

Rented homes around Petworth tend to be quite different from the shared houses of a city. Many are cottages on country estates, let to long term tenants, and others are holiday lets that trade on the town's antiques shops, the National Trust house and the South Downs. A tenant who has been in a cottage for years may be living with a fuse board nobody has looked at in a generation.

Private landlords in England need an EICR at least every five years. If yours flags an outdated or unsafe board, we can replace it and retest in one visit, then email the Electrical Installation Certificate within 48 hours for your records. For estates managing several cottages, we can work through them on a planned programme and keep the reports in one consistent format.

  • EICR £99 with any board change
  • Standalone EICR £175 to £350
  • Holiday let changeovers planned around bookings
  • Keys collected by arrangement
  • Certificates emailed within 48 hours
  • Clear report for agents and estates
Landlord upgradesEICR testing
Large distribution board being installed with cable tray and busbar, levelled and ready for termination
Specified for PetworthRural supplies
Rural supplies

Overhead lines and earth rods around Petworth

Away from the town centre, many homes around Petworth are fed by overhead lines from UK Power Networks rather than buried cables. Properties on these supplies often use a TT earthing arrangement, where the home relies on its own earth rod instead of an earth provided by the network. That rod can corrode, be disturbed by groundwork or simply never have been tested properly.

On a TT property the RCD protection on the new board does much of the heavy lifting, so we measure the earth electrode resistance before and after the change. If the rod is not up to the job we tell you plainly and put it right. Surge protection is also worth having where long overhead runs are exposed to lightning.

  • Earth electrode resistance measured
  • TT systems protected by RCDs
  • Surge protection for overhead fed homes
  • Outbuilding and workshop supplies
  • Oil boiler and pump circuits checked
  • Honest advice on earth rods
RCBO boardsAFDD boardsSurge protection
Getting to you

Getting out to Petworth

We are based in Brighton & Hove and come up to Petworth regularly. If your board has failed, is tripping repeatedly or has signs of burning, call us and we will aim to get someone to you the same day where possible. If we cannot make it safe immediately we will talk you through isolating the faulty circuit until we arrive.

Planned board changes are booked for a day that suits you. Most boards are fitted in 4 to 6 hours, with power restored by the afternoon in the majority of homes. We bring the board with us, so there is no second visit, and we leave the old equipment tidied away rather than in your porch.

Petworth at a glance

  • PostcodesGU28, RH20, RH14
  • Typical homesListed town houses, stone estate cottages
  • CouncilChichester District Council
  • Common board issueOld fuse boards with patched add-ons
  • Earthing we seeTT earth rods on many rural supplies
  • Getting to youFrom Brighton via the A27 and A283
How long does it take?

A new consumer unit, fitted in a day

  1. 01
    The first hour

    Protect, isolate, strip out

  2. 02
    Hours two to four

    Fit and terminate the new board

  3. 03
    Hour five

    Test every single circuit

  4. 04
    The final hour

    Energise, label, walk through

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Pricing guide

Fixed fuse box prices in Petworth

The same published prices we charge everywhere in Sussex, no travel supplement. Every figure includes the board, a Type 2 surge protection device, full testing, your certificate and Part P notification.

Dual RCD board

6 way, from£425

Two RCDs each covering a bank of MCBs. The budget friendly route to full RCD protection for flats and smaller homes.

  • Ideal for 1 to 2 bed flats
  • 10 way from £495
  • Surge protection included
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High integrity

12 way, from£575

Dual RCD protection plus dedicated RCBO ways for freezers, alarms and smart home kit, so the circuits that matter never share a trip.

  • 3 to 4 bed houses
  • Critical circuits isolated
  • Surge protection included
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Most popular

Full RCBO board

8 way, from£625

One RCBO per circuit. A fault trips only that circuit, fault finding is faster and nuisance tripping all but disappears. Our recommendation.

  • 10 to 12 way from £695
  • 14 to 16 way from £795
  • Our recommendation
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RCBO + AFDD

10 way, from£1,095

RCBOs plus arc fault detection devices for the highest level of fire protection available. The right choice for HMOs and period property.

  • 14 way from £1,295
  • HMOs & period terraces
  • Selected circuits from £845
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Surge protection retrofit £165 Relocation with a new board add £250 Standalone relocation £395 EICR with any board £99 Standalone EICR £175 to £350

Full breakdown by number of ways on the pricing page.

Where we work in Petworth

Petworth and the villages around it

We cover the town itself and the scattered villages of the western Weald and the South Downs edge. If your address is a farmhouse down a long track, that is fine, just give us directions when you book. Every village is quoted at the same price.

Phones answered 8am to 8pm, 7 daysInstallation slots typically 3 to 5 working days out
GU28Town and northern villages

Petworth, Tillington, Byworth, Lodsworth, River, Northchapel, Ebernoe, Balls Cross, Duncton, Graffham

RH20Rother valley

Fittleworth, Sutton, Bignor, Stopham

RH14Towards Kirdford

Kirdford, Wisborough Green, Plaistow

Petworth Tillington Byworth Lodsworth River Northchapel Ebernoe Balls Cross Duncton Graffham Fittleworth Sutton Bignor Kirdford Wisborough Green Plaistow
Petworth questions

Fuse box questions from Petworth

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Swapping a consumer unit in the same position is not usually something listed building consent covers, but any work that affects historic fabric, such as chasing walls or fixing new equipment to panelling, can be. If you are unsure, check with Chichester District Council's conservation team first. We keep new cable routes discreet and reuse existing ones wherever we can, and we will tell you before starting if anything might touch the fabric of the building.

Yes. A modern board with RCD or RCBO protection is exactly what a TT earthed home needs. Before the change we measure the resistance of your existing earth rod, and we measure it again afterwards. If the reading is too high we will explain why and offer to install a new rod, so the protective devices on the board can disconnect quickly if a fault ever occurs.

In most cottages the board stays where it is, so the work is contained to that spot and the meter position. We lay dust sheets, keep tools and offcuts tidy, and take all the old equipment away. If thick stone walls make new routes difficult, we will talk through surface options before any drilling, so there are no surprises.

Yes. Tell us your changeover days and we will book the work into a gap between guests. Most boards are fitted in 4 to 6 hours, so a single empty day is usually enough. We can collect keys from you or a key safe, and the certificate is emailed within 48 hours so you have it for your records and your insurer.

No. Our prices are fixed and the same across Sussex, whether you are on the Market Square or a farm lane beyond Northchapel. A dual RCD 6 way board starts from £425 and a full RCBO 8 way from £625. Send us a photo of your board by text to 0333 360 8691 for a free quote.

Around Petworth

Villages and hamlets we cover near Petworth

39 smaller places around Petworth each have their own page. Same installers, same fixed prices, no travel charge.

Nearby

Also covering towns near Petworth

Midhurst Billingshurst Storrington Arundel Littlehampton Chichester All Sussex locations
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