Rewires, New Builds & Extensions

The electrical wiring in your home has a finite lifespan. Most UK homes with wiring over 25 to 30 years old are approaching or past the point where a rewire should be seriously considered. The insulation on older cables deteriorates over time, connections loosen, and the original installation may not have included the safety features now required by the current BS 7671 wiring regulations. If your home still has rewirable fuses, old-style round-pin sockets, fabric-covered cables, or a consumer unit without RCD protection, these are all strong indicators that a rewire is needed.

Common signs that your wiring may be unsafe or outdated include lights flickering without obvious cause, a burning smell from sockets or switches, fuses blowing or circuit breakers tripping regularly, sockets that feel warm to the touch, or visible damage to cables. If an EICR inspection has flagged C1 or C2 codes on your installation, remedial work or a full rewire may be the recommended course of action.

A full rewire involves replacing all the fixed wiring in the property, from the meter to every socket, switch, and light fitting. The work includes installing a new modern consumer unit with MCB and RCD protection, new cables run through the walls, ceilings, and floors, new back boxes for sockets and switches, and proper earthing and bonding to current standards. A full rewire for a typical 3-bedroom semi-detached house takes 5 to 7 working days and costs between £3,500 and £5,500 in Yorkshire, depending on the size and complexity of the property.

Extending your home, whether with a single-storey rear extension, a two-storey side extension, or a loft conversion, requires new electrical circuits to be designed and installed to current standards. This is notifiable work under Building Regulations Part P and must be carried out by a qualified electrician registered with a competent person scheme. Amppro Electrical handles the full electrical package for your extension, from design through to testing and certification.

We coordinate with your builder to ensure cables are installed at the right stage of the build, sockets and switches are positioned exactly where you want them, and the existing consumer unit has sufficient capacity for the additional circuits. If your current consumer unit cannot accommodate the new circuits, we upgrade it as part of the extension project. We also install dedicated circuits for kitchen appliances, underfloor heating, and any other high-demand equipment specified in your extension plans.

For kitchen extensions, we typically install multiple ring circuits for sockets, dedicated radial circuits for ovens, hobs, and extractors, lighting circuits with dimming where required, and connections for integrated appliances. For loft conversions, we provide socket circuits, lighting (including emergency lighting if required for the new staircase), and smoke detector wiring. Every extension installation is tested and certified, giving you and your building control officer full confidence in the safety of the work.