Electricians in Skegness
We are electricians based in Skegness, at the Skegness Business Centre. Rewires, consumer units, new circuits, outside supplies and fault finding, carried out by an NICEIC approved contractor and certified, so the paperwork stands up when you come to sell, let or insure the property.
Which electrical jobs in Skegness need notifying
Electrical work in a home in England falls under Part P of the Building Regulations, and some of it is notifiable. That means a new circuit, a replacement consumer unit, and any addition or alteration to the wiring in the zones around a bath or shower. Changing a light fitting, adding a socket to an existing circuit in a living room or swapping a damaged accessory is not notifiable, although it still has to be done to the wiring regulations.
Kitchens and gardens are no longer special cases on their own, which surprises people, but a new circuit to either still counts. Notifiable work has to be either carried out by an installer registered with a competent person scheme, who certifies it, or reported to building control at East Lindsey District Council before it starts and inspected. As an NICEIC approved contractor we register the work ourselves, so you receive an electrical installation certificate and a Building Regulations compliance certificate. Keep both with the deeds, because a buyer's solicitor will ask for them.
Wiring a Skegness home with the flood map in mind
Almost all of Skegness sits in Flood Zone 3 on the Environment Agency's map, which shows the chance of flooding from the sea as if there were no defences. The town relies on the sea wall and the beach in front of it, and most homes will never see water indoors, but it is worth knowing where yours sits. The government's long term flood risk service will tell you by postcode.
Where the risk is real, a rewire or a consumer unit change is the cheapest moment to plan for it. The government's guide to preparing a property for flooding suggests raising sockets, fuse boxes and wiring to at least 1.5 metres. In practice that means a board mounted higher up, ground floor circuits dropped from the ceiling instead of run along the floor, and the upstairs on circuits of its own, so the first floor can stay on while the ground floor is isolated. Not every home needs every socket at chest height, and we will say so where it would make a house harder to live in. After any flood the installation should be inspected and tested before it is switched back on.
Bungalows, adaptations and sockets you can reach
Skegness has a great many bungalows, and plenty of them are lived in by people planning to stay put as they get older. Approved Document M asks for switches and sockets in new homes to sit between 450mm and 1200mm from the floor, so nobody has to kneel to a skirting socket or stretch to a high switch. It does not apply to rewiring an existing home, but there is no reason not to use the same heights when the walls are already open.
The same visit is the time for the supplies an adaptation needs, being a fused spur for a stairlift or a riser recliner chair, lighting that switches from both ends of a hallway, an outside light on a dusk sensor, and a socket where a mobility scooter will charge. None of these is complicated on its own. Planned together they save a second disruption a year later.
Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented homes
Landlords of homes in Skegness have duties on alarms as well as wiring. Since October 2022 the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations have required a smoke alarm on every storey used as living accommodation, a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker, and a repair or replacement once a tenant reports a fault.
The regulations do not say the alarms must be mains powered. A guest house that has grown room by room, or a flat above a shop with its own front door, is often better served by mains powered, interlinked detection, so that a fire on one floor sounds on every floor. That is a job we fit alongside the inspection every rented home needs.
Working in Skegness.
Our team at CES Lincs frequently works in Skegness, from Winthorpe and Seacroft to the streets behind the seafront. It is our home town as well as our base, so there is no travelling to do. For an electrician in Skegness, ask for a free quote or ring the office and talk the job through.
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