The estates off Ninelands Lane and Barleyhill Road are the classic Garforth consumer unit job. They went up in the 1960s and 70s, many were rewired once and never touched again and the boards behind the cupboard doors still have rewireable fuses and no RCD protection at all. The colliery terraces around Main Street and Church Lane are older still. A modern board cuts the power in a fraction of a second when something goes wrong, which is what protects you from a shock and the house from a fire.
Because we are based in LS25 a Garforth board change is an easy day for us. We test every circuit before the changeover, fit a metal board with surge protection as standard, label every circuit and hand over the paperwork the same day. The power is off for a few hours in the middle of the day and back on by the afternoon. Across Leeds a consumer unit upgrade is typically £400 to £750 depending on the number of circuits and we fix your price before we start.
Your local electricians
Based in Garforth, so we are minutes away for the job and for anything you need afterwards.
Tested first
Every circuit is checked before the swap, so a hidden fault turns up before the new board goes on.
Surge protection as standard
A metal board with surge protection and RCD cover on every circuit, labelled properly.
Your questions, answered
Why do 1960s and 70s Garforth houses so often need a new board?
The wiring was fine for its day but the boards had no RCD protection and rewireable fuses that can be wrongly rated. An upgrade brings the protection up to date without needing a rewire in most cases.
Will an RCD board trip more?
It might once or twice at first, because it picks up faults the old fuses ignored. We trace anything that keeps tripping and fix the cause.
How long does a consumer unit change take?
Most Garforth homes are done in a single day, with the power off for a few hours in the middle of it.
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