Today on a very cold Monday we've been installation new sockets and lights in a customers new garden office!
In this instance there was already power to the building because it was a shed. It's far more elegant now! We've extended the circuit and installed some new sockets including some USB sockets by the desk space and some indoor and outdoor lights. 

Who's ever used the electrical competent person website before?

It can be tricky choosing an electrician for your electrical work and you should always do your due diligence. The electrical competent person website is an easy place to check if your electrician is actually registered for the work they're carrying out. Things like fuseboard upgrades are notifiable work and you must use a registered electrician to carry out this work. 

The answer is no! 

I've been a bit slow with correspondence and not answering phone calls as swiftly as I should but there's good reason! I'm not on paternity leave after my first baby came 3 weeks early. 

Fear not! Your small jobs such as fuseboard upgrades, and replacement lights are still being carried out by our other electrician, Josh. He's been holding the fort whilst I've been catching up on sleep. 

Dimmers are great, but also not great. They can create a nice ambience in your home but sometimes you'll be hearing a buzzing noise or your LED bulbs will be flickering. 

As more people used a registered electrician to install them, more resources were put in to improving them.

It still takes some planning and reading instructions but these days dimmers are so much better quality and it's rare to get flickering lights or buzzing dimmers. 
 

Yes, we're local, registered electricians priding ourselves on the work we do carrying out those small electrical jobs that most electricians simply don't want. But...

With the Whitley and Shaw fate coming up so soon we've sent off our application to hopefully showcase some of our work. 
We'll be bringing a battery and an inverter along with some of our outside lighting components to show you how we do outside lighting. 

If you're from Corsham, Melksham or surrounding areas will we be seeing you there?

So many times when viewing jobs I see no smoke alarms, or battery smoke alarms with no battery in and it amazes me that such an easy fix that could potentially save a life, hasn't been carried out!

As homeowners, there's currently no requirement for you to have any form of fire detection in your home but a lot of people will have 1, maybe 2 battery powered smoke alarms. Rarely is there maintenance carried out on these alarms.