Railway town at the foot of the Downs
Fuse Box Replacement in Polegate
Polegate grew up around its railway junction and filled out with bungalows and family estates through the twentieth century. Plenty of those homes still have their original fuse box or an early replacement. We swap them for modern, fully protected consumer units at a fixed price, with the whole house tested.
- 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 Polegate
What we fit in Polegate homes
Every board below comes at a fixed price with Type 2 surge protection, a full test of your wiring and an Electrical Installation Certificate emailed within 48 hours. Most Polegate jobs are done in a single visit.
RCBO Consumer Units
AFDD Consumer Units
Surge Protection
Fuse Box Relocation
Landlord Fuse Box Upgrades
EICR Testing
Transparent Pricing
Free Fixed Quotes
Our standard installationFull RCBO board with surge protection
Bungalows and estates
Single storey living, older boards
Bungalows make up a large part of Polegate and Wannock, alongside post-war and later family estates. In a lot of these homes the fuse box sits in a hall cupboard or by the front door, and it may date from when the house was built. Rewireable fuses, a single RCD covering everything, or a wooden backboard behind the unit are all things we regularly come across in homes of this age.
Bungalows are often extended into the loft or out to the rear, which adds circuits the original board was never designed for. A new consumer unit gives each circuit proper protection and leaves room for whatever you add next. If an earlier extension was wired from a spur, we will find it during testing and explain what it means.
- Bungalows in Polegate and Wannock
- Boards in hall cupboards and porches
- Rewireable fuses replaced
- Loft and rear extensions accounted for
- Spare ways left for future circuits
- Wiring tested before the new board goes in
C1 & C2 defects clearedPaperwork to your agent within 48 hours
Renting in Polegate
A quieter rental market with long tenancies
Polegate's rented homes are mostly family houses and bungalows let by small landlords, often to tenants who stay for years. Long tenancies are good news, but they mean a board can go a long time without anyone looking at it. When the five yearly EICR comes round, an old fuse box is one of the most common reasons for a report coming back unsatisfactory.
We can carry out the EICR, replace the board if it needs it and hand you the paperwork in one visit. Adding an EICR costs £99 when we are already fitting a board. If your tenant is elderly or works from home, we will agree a date with them directly and keep the power off for as short a time as the job allows.
- Family houses and bungalows to let
- Five yearly EICR for private lets
- Unsatisfactory reports put right
- EICR for £99 with any board
- Certificates emailed within 48 hours
- One visit, one day of disruption
Specified for PolegateBoards that suit later life
Boards that suit later life
Fewer trips, easier resets
Many Polegate homeowners have lived in their bungalow for decades and plan to stay. That makes the layout of the board worth thinking about. With a full RCBO board, a fault on one circuit only switches off that circuit, so a kettle tripping does not also cut the lights, the fridge or a stairlift. We can also label every way in plain words, so anyone in the family can reset it.
If the board is somewhere awkward, such as high in a cupboard or behind coats, moving it to an easier spot costs £250 extra alongside a new board, or £395 as a job on its own. Before we leave, we show whoever lives there how to find and reset a tripped circuit, and we leave a printed circuit chart beside the board.
- Full RCBO boards from £625
- One fault, one circuit off
- Clear printed labels on every way
- Board moved to a reachable height
- Relocation with new board add £250
- Standalone relocation £395
Getting to you
Lost power in Polegate?
If your fuse box keeps tripping, smells of burning or has stopped working altogether, ring us between 8am and 8pm any day of the week. We will talk you through what is safe to do, and where possible get an electrician to you the same day. Once the installation is safe, we will give you a fixed price for any replacement.
Polegate is a straightforward run east along the A27 from our Brighton and Hove base, so the town and the villages around it are well within our regular area. Wannock, Willingdon and the downland villages are covered on the same terms, with fixed prices that do not change because you live further out.
Polegate at a glance
- PostcodesBN26, BN20
- Typical homesBungalows, post-war semis, family estates
- CouncilWealden District Council
- Common board issueOriginal fuse boxes in hall cupboards
- Earthing we seeMostly PME, some TT in outlying villages
- Getting to youA27 east to the Polegate junction
How long does it take?
A new consumer unit, fitted in a day
- 01The first hour
Protect, isolate, strip out
- 02Hours two to four
Fit and terminate the new board
- 03Hour five
Test every single circuit
- 04The final hour
Energise, label, walk through
Not sure how many ways your board needs?
Text a photo of your current fuse box to 0333 360 8691 and we will tell you, with a fixed price, today.
Pricing guide
Fixed fuse box prices in Polegate
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£425Two 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
High integrity
12 way, from£575Dual 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
Most popular
Full RCBO board
8 way, from£625One 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
RCBO + AFDD
10 way, from£1,095RCBOs 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
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 Polegate
Polegate and the villages around it
As well as the town itself, we cover Wannock, Willingdon and the small villages tucked under the South Downs, where some older cottages are on overhead supplies with their own earth rods. Send us a photo and we will tell you what we see.
Phones answered 8am to 8pm, 7 daysInstallation slots typically 3 to 5 working days out
BN26Polegate and Wannock
Polegate town, Wannock, Polegate High Street, the Windmill area
BN26Downland villages
Jevington, Wilmington, Folkington, Berwick, Alfriston, Arlington
BN20Willingdon side
Willingdon village
Polegate
Wannock
Willingdon
Jevington
Wilmington
Folkington
Berwick
Alfriston
Arlington
Stone Cross
Westham
Lullington
Polegate questions
Fuse box questions from Polegate
Still not sure?
Call for a straight answer from an installer, not a call centre. No pressure, no hard sell.
Call 0333 360 8691Rewireable fuses are not automatically dangerous, but they give no protection against electric shock and no protection against many fire risks that modern RCDs and RCBOs catch. They are also easy to rewire with the wrong fuse wire. If yours is still in use, it is worth replacing. We test the wiring first so you know whether it can go straight onto a new board.
Not necessarily, but loft conversions often add lighting, sockets and sometimes an extra shower or heating circuit. If those were added to an older board with no spare ways, or were spurred off existing circuits, we would recommend a new consumer unit so each circuit is protected and correctly sized. We will tell you honestly if the current board is fine.
Yes. A full RCBO board gives every circuit its own protection, so if a faulty appliance trips the kitchen sockets, a stairlift on its own circuit stays on. An 8 way RCBO board is from £625 and larger boards are from £695. We can also label the stairlift circuit clearly so carers and family can find it.
We do. Some properties in the downland villages are on overhead lines and use their own earth rod rather than an earth from the network. That makes testing the earth electrode an important part of the job, and the type of RCD protection matters more. We check all of this as standard and include it in the fixed price.
Polegate is in Wealden District. You do not need to apply to them yourself: we are Part P registered, so we notify the work to Building Control on your behalf and you receive the compliance certificate by post. Your Electrical Installation Certificate is emailed to you within 48 hours of the job.
Around Polegate
Villages and hamlets we cover near Polegate
16 smaller places around Polegate each have their own page. Same installers, same fixed prices, no travel charge.
Nearby
Also covering towns near Polegate
Ready when you are
Replace your Polegate fuse box
Take a photo of your fuse box with the cover closed and text it to 0333 360 8691. We will reply with a fixed price and the earliest date we can fit it.
- Call, 8am to 8pm0333 360 8691
- CoveragePolegate: BN26, BN20