Oakwood went up mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, and many houses were built to similar plans. That helps us. We can usually tell you quickly what a board upgrade or a charger involves. Plenty of the original consumer units are still in place, and they lack the RCD protection a modern installation expects, so board changes are one of the most common jobs here. Most homes have a drive or garage, which keeps EV chargers simple. Extra sockets, outdoor power and lighting changes make up much of the rest, all tested and certified.
Electrician in Oakwood
Electrical work across Oakwood, from new boards and EV chargers to garage conversions and outdoor power. A few minutes from our Chaddesden base.
Electrical work in Oakwood
- DE21 postcodes
- About 1 mile from our Chaddesden base
- NAPIT registered, every job certified
Homes in Oakwood
Oakwood was built mainly in the 1980s and 1990s and at the time was one of the largest new housing estates in Europe. Houses are still being added. The ward also takes in the Durose Country Park estate, and green footpaths run through the whole area, with Chaddesden Wood surviving from the original oak wood. Wiring from that period is PVC and normally sound. The boards are the weak spot. Early 1980s ones often have no RCD at all, and 1990s ones tend to have a single RCD shared by half the circuits.
Oakwood in numbers
From the 2021 Census, for the 3,395 households in the streets around Oakwood.
- 48%of homes are detached (England: 23%). Bigger houses usually mean more circuits and longer cable runs, so a rewire or a new board takes a little more planning. Rewires
- 16%of households rent from a private landlord (England: 18%). Landlords in England must have the electrics inspected at least every five years and give tenants a copy of the report. Our EICRs start at £150 plus VAT. EICRs and fuse boxes
- 45%of households have two or more cars or vans (England: 35%). Fitting a home charger you’ve bought yourself costs £450 plus VAT, and one well-placed charger can serve both sides of a drive. EV chargers
- 31%of homes have four or more bedrooms (England: 21%). Larger homes often outgrow their original board as kitchens, offices and garden rooms are added. Consumer unit upgrades
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence.
The jobs we do most here
In Oakwood the usual jobs are consumer unit upgrades, EV chargers, extra sockets and power for gardens.
Covering Oakwood and nearby
We cover the whole of Oakwood and the DE21 postcode, a few minutes from our base in Chaddesden. Because most Oakwood homes were built to a similar pattern, we can usually tell you quickly what a board upgrade or charger install involves. If your consumer unit is the original one from when the house was built, it is worth having it checked before adding an EV charger, hot tub or garden room.
Asked in Oakwood
We're turning the integral garage in our Oakwood house into a room. What do we need electrically?
A garage conversion needs sockets, lighting and often heating, all on circuits with RCD protection. It also needs building regulations approval, and the electrical part is notified under Part P when we certify it. If the old garage was fed by a single socket off the house, we replace that properly.
The previous owner added sockets in our Oakwood loft. How do we know they were done properly?
Ask your conveyancer whether there was an electrical certificate or Part P notification for the work. If there wasn't, an EICR will show whether the loft circuit is safe, protected and correctly connected. We often find loft sockets spurred from a downstairs ring, which can overload it.
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