Electrician in Shelton Lock

Electrical work in Shelton Lock

• DE24 postcodes
• About 4 miles from our Chaddesden base
• NAPIT registered, every job certified

Homes in Shelton Lock

Shelton Lock takes its name from a lock on the Derby Canal, which closed in the 1960s, though the lock stones and a bridge are still there. The housing is mainly 20th century. There is a lot of inter-war private housing along Chellaston Road, the George V Jubilee Estate of 1935 west of Jubilee Road, and the 1970s Sinfin Avenue estate, a mix of council and private homes. The 1935 houses may still have pockets of rubber cable or unearthed lighting. The 1970s ones have PVC cable and first-generation boards.

Shelton Lock in numbers

From the 2021 Census, for the 3,816 households in the streets around Shelton Lock.

• 44%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
• 36%of households own their home outright (England: 33%). If you’ve lived somewhere for years and never had the wiring tested, an EICR tells you where it stands. Ours start at £150 plus VAT. EICRs and fuse boxes
• 43%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
• 32%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 Shelton Lock the common jobs are fuse board upgrades, rewiring in 1960s and 70s homes, and socket and lighting changes during refurbishments.

Covering Shelton Lock and nearby

We cover Shelton Lock and the neighbouring parts of DE24, along with Chellaston, Allenton and Sinfin. Many homes here have had loft conversions, porches and extensions added over the years, so we check how those were wired before connecting anything new to them.

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