Fuse box replacement in Westbury-on-Trym
A modern consumer unit with RCD protection on every circuit, fitted and certified in a day.
Westbury board upgrades are frequently the first electrical intervention in forty years, and they are done deliberately: RCBO protection selected for a house that will not be revisited soon, surge protection for homes full of equipment, and the garage sub-main brought under proper protection at the same time. Bungalows deserve a mention of their own: single-storey runs make these upgrades and their associated testing pleasingly straightforward, and the loft usually explains the whole installation at a glance. The Westbury addition is future-proofing done once: board upgrades here are specified with the EV charger, the garden office and the induction hob conversations had in advance, so spare ways and load headroom exist when those projects arrive. It is the difference between a board that lasts thirty years and one that lasts until the next idea.
The houses we see in Westbury-on-Trym
Larger interwar semis and detached houses, 1950s and 60s family homes, and a distinctive stock of bungalows. Gardens are generous, garages common, lofts large and often boarded. Ownerships run long; houses come to the market or to renovation at generational change, frequently with electrical installations that were excellent in 1975 and are original still. The area also has a quietly growing later-life adaptation market.
Working in Westbury-on-Trym: the practical bit
Working conditions are the best in Bristol: driveways for parking, garages for staging, lofts you can stand in, and owners who want the job done right more than done cheap. The installations themselves are period pieces: high-quality older wiring that has aged past its era, boards without modern protection, and garages and gardens wired ambitiously across the decades. Surveys respect the houses; recommendations distinguish must-do safety from nice-to-have modernisation, in writing.
We cover all of Westbury-on-Trym, Henleaze, Stoke Bishop, Sneyd Park fringe, Westbury Park (west), Brentry and the streets between.
What fuse boxes involves
Replacing a fuse box (consumer unit) in Bristol costs £450–£750 excluding VAT and takes most of a day. That covers a new metal consumer unit with RCD or RCBO protection on every circuit, surge protection as the current regulations expect, full testing of every circuit it feeds, and the Part P certification. An old rewireable fuse board still works, but it cannot protect people the way a modern board protects them; this is the single highest-safety-return job in domestic electrics.
This is for you if
- Your board still has rewireable fuses or a wooden backboard
- The electrics trip and you have no idea which circuit or why
- A survey or EICR flagged the consumer unit
- You are adding a big load: an EV charger, an electric shower, a kitchen extension
- There is no RCD protection, so a damaged cable means a shock, not a trip
- The board is a plastic one from the 2000s and you want current-standard protection
What's included
- A survey of every circuit the board feeds before we quote
- A modern metal consumer unit with RCBO protection per circuit
- Surge protection (SPD) fitted as standard, not sold as an extra
- Main bonding to gas and water checked and upgraded where needed
- Dead and live testing of every circuit, with the results recorded
- Part P notification and the Electrical Installation Certificate
The standard we work to
Consumer unit replacement is notifiable under Part P; installed and certified to BS 7671 including surge protection assessment; main bonding to gas and water verified before energising.
The full write-up, costs, timings and the questions people ask, is on our fuse box replacement page. Prices and standards are the same in every part of Bristol we cover.
| Guide range | £450 – £750 |
| Typical duration | Most of a day |
| Compliance | Consumer unit replacement is notifiable under Part P |
Guide ranges for budgeting, excluding VAT. We confirm a fixed price in writing before any work starts; the price we agree is the price you pay.
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Guide range £450 – £750 excluding VAT, typically most of a day. Fixed written quote through the form.