Fuse Box Replacement Cost in Sussex

Because we have fitted over 2,400 boards across Sussex, we know almost exactly what a consumer unit change involves before we arrive. A photo of your board and a postcode tells us the ways, the board type and the likely state of the tails and earthing, so we can commit to a price and hold it. A general electrician who changes the occasional board quotes a day rate to cover the unknowns. For us, there are very few unknowns left.

Yes, always. Every figure on this page is the amount you actually pay: board, breakers, surge protection, labour, testing, certificate, Part P notification and VAT, all in. We learned early on that Sussex homeowners compare quotes carefully, and a price that grows by 20 percent at invoice time is not a price, it is bait. Ours do not grow.

We stop, we show you, and we price the remedy separately before touching it. Old wiring in Victorian terraces, Regency conversions and village cottages occasionally hides a genuine defect that only shows itself once the old board is off the wall. When that happens you see the problem with your own eyes, you get a written price for putting it right, and you decide. Nothing is ever added quietly to the invoice, and the price you agreed for the board itself never changes.

We take card, bank transfer or payment on completion, whichever suits you. There is no deposit on domestic work: you pay when the job is finished, tested and powered back up, not before. For landlords and letting agents across Sussex we can invoice the agency directly and email the certificates straight to them.

From £425 across Sussex. That buys a 6 way dual RCD board for a one or two bed flat, with a Type 2 surge protector, full testing, an Electrical Installation Certificate and VAT all included. A 10 way dual RCD board is from £495 and a full RCBO board from £625. The cost to replace a fuse box is agreed in writing before we book, and it never changes on the day.

The new consumer unit cost depends on the protection level you choose: dual RCD from £425, high integrity dual RCD from £575, full RCBO from £625 and RCBO with AFDDs from £1,095. Bigger boards cost more because every extra way needs its own protective device, so a 14 to 16 way RCBO board runs from £795. Every price includes a Type 2 SPD, testing, certification and Part P notification to Building Control.

For a typical one or two bed flat in Sussex, a 6 way dual RCD board runs from £425 and an 8 way full RCBO board from £625, fixed, with surge protection, testing, certification and VAT included. Basement flats and seafront blocks with awkward meter access are priced at survey, but the figure you agree is still the figure you pay. Send a photo of your board and your exact price comes back the same day.

The same, because they are the same job. Consumer unit upgrade cost and consumer unit replacement cost describe identical work: the old board comes off the wall, a new one goes on, and every circuit is tested and certified. Dual RCD boards run from £425 and full RCBO boards from £625. What we do not offer is a cheap partial swap that reuses old protective devices, because we could not test, certify or guarantee it honestly.

Because quotes are built differently. One quote includes the surge protector, testing, certificate and VAT; another is a bare board price with every extra added later. Ways matter just as much: a 6 way flat board from £425 and a 16 way RCBO board from £795 are genuinely different jobs. So when you compare quotes, compare what is included. Ours include everything, in writing, before you book.

Text or WhatsApp a photo of your current board with your postcode to 0333 360 8691, or use the contact form, and your fixed consumer unit replacement quote comes back in writing the same day. No survey visit is needed for most homes. We answer the phone 8am to 8pm, seven days, and installation slots are usually 3 to 5 working days out.