Electrician in East Kilbride
We are SELECT members, registered with NICEIC and NAPIT, and SafeContractor accredited. Every job is quoted in writing before we start and certified when we finish.
Wiring in East Kilbride homes: what we see most
East Kilbride was built in stages, and the age of your house tells us a lot about what is behind the walls before we lift a floorboard.
The Murray, Westwood, Calderwood and other early new town streets
Homes from the 1950s and 1960s that have never been rewired are now well past the working life of their cabling. Typical findings are an old fuse board with rewirable fuses and no RCD protection, lighting circuits with no earth, and one or two sockets per room feeding a houseful of extension leads. Some of these houses need a full or partial rewire. Many only need a new consumer unit and some targeted upgrades. An inspection tells you which, and we will say so plainly if the cheaper option is the right one.
Greenhills, St Leonards and Whitehills
Houses from the 1970s usually have sound PVC cabling but a consumer unit that no longer meets current standards, and often a history of DIY additions: a kitchen extended off one circuit, a garage fed from a socket, an electric shower added without the right protection. These are the homes where an EICR earns its money.
Stewartfield, Lindsayfield and Jackton
Newer estates rarely have wiring problems. The work here is additions: EV chargers, garden rooms and home offices, outdoor and soffit lighting, extra circuits for hot tubs and kitchen refits.
What we do in East Kilbride
- Consumer unit replacement: swapping an old fuse board for a modern unit with RCD and surge protection, tested and certified.
- House rewires: full and partial, planned room by room so you can stay in the house where possible.
- EICR testing: for landlords, home buyers and anyone unsure about an older installation.
- Electrical fault finding: tripping breakers, dead circuits, flickering lights and burning smells traced to the cause rather than patched.
- EV charger installation: home and workplace chargers, including the notification to SP Energy Networks.
- Smoke and heat alarms: interlinked systems that meet the Scottish standard every home is now required to have.
- Outdoor lighting and soffit lighting: driveways, gardens and downlights under the eaves.
EV chargers in East Kilbride
If you have a driveway beside the house, fitting a 7kW charger is usually a one-visit job. Parts of the town are less simple. Many terraces in the older neighbourhoods face onto footpaths, with parking in a shared court or lay-by away from the house. A charging cable cannot be run across a public footpath, and a charger in a shared court needs the landowner’s agreement. We survey before quoting and tell you honestly whether a home charger is workable at your address.
Landlords and letting agents
Rented homes in Scotland need an electrical inspection at least every five years, PAT testing of any appliances the landlord supplies, and interlinked smoke and heat alarms. We handle all three in one visit where we can, arrange access with tenants directly, and send certificates digitally. If the report finds faults, we quote the remedial work separately and you decide what to do.
Commercial electricians in East Kilbride
We work for businesses across the town centre and the Kelvin, College Milton and Nerston industrial estates: fixed wire testing, PAT testing, emergency lighting, LED lighting upgrades, fire alarms and fit-outs. Our SafeContractor accreditation covers the vetting most property managers and facilities companies ask for. Testing and installation can be scheduled outside trading hours.
Areas of East Kilbride we cover
The Village, East Mains, West Mains, The Murray, Westwood, Calderwood, St Leonards, Greenhills, Whitehills, Newlandsmuir, Mossneuk, Hairmyres, Gardenhall, Stewartfield, Lindsayfield, Jackton, Peel Park, Nerston and Kelvin. We also cover nearby Auldhouse, Thorntonhall, Eaglesham and Strathaven.
Questions from East Kilbride customers
How quickly can you get to East Kilbride?
We are about 15 minutes away. Enquiries are answered the same working day, and for urgent faults you should phone rather than use the form so we can get someone to you as soon as possible.
My house was built in the 1960s. Does it need rewired?
Not automatically. Age alone does not condemn an installation. If the original wiring has never been replaced it is due an inspection, and the EICR will show whether you need a rewire, a new consumer unit, or only minor repairs.
Can I have an EV charger if I park in a shared court?
Sometimes. It depends on who owns the space, how far it is from your electricity supply and whether the cable route crosses land you do not own. We check all of this at the survey before you spend anything.
Do you give written quotes?
Yes, for every job, before work starts. Quotes are free. Standard jobs such as an EICR or a consumer unit can usually be priced over the phone; rewires and EV chargers need a short visit first.
Are you registered to certify your own work?
Yes. We are SELECT members and registered with NICEIC and NAPIT, so our work is certified without a separate inspection.