Domestic & light commercial electricians
Power that behaves itself
Sunday Ward is a two-van electrical workshop. We test before we touch anything, write the quote before we start, and leave the paperwork in your hands the same day.
- Certified work
- Installations tested and certified to current wiring regulations.
- Visit days
- Weekday mornings and afternoons, plus Saturday survey slots.
- Fixed quote
- A written price before any board is opened or cable is pulled.
01 — Scope
Work we take on
Six job types cover most of what comes through the workshop. If your job sits outside them, say so in the enquiry and we will tell you plainly whether it suits us.
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Consumer unit upgrades
Replacing old fuse boxes and split-load boards with correctly rated protective devices, then testing and labelling every circuit that lands on the new board.
Includes circuit schedule · RCD tests · earthing and bonding check
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Full and partial rewires
Room-by-room or whole-property rewiring planned around how you actually live, with chases cut tidily and first-fix photographed before anything is closed up.
Staged by floor · first-fix photos · plaster-ready finish
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Fault finding and nuisance trips
Breakers that drop at odd hours, warm sockets, flickering circuits. We isolate and measure rather than swapping parts and hoping the symptom moves on.
Insulation resistance · circuit splitting · written findings
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EV charge point installation
Supply capacity check first, then a dedicated protected circuit and a cable route that does not cross a doorway or spoil a façade.
Load assessment · dedicated circuit · tethered or socket units
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Lighting and dimming
Layouts drawn by zone instead of a grid of downlights, with dimmers matched to the lamps so nothing buzzes, flickers or dies early.
Zoned circuits · dimmer-lamp matching · switch position plan
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Outdoor and outbuilding power
Garden offices, workshops, sheds and external sockets fed by armoured cable at the right depth, with protection sized for the run and the load.
Armoured supply · trench depth noted · weatherproof accessories
02 — Method
How a visit runs
The same four steps on every job, whether it is one dead socket or an empty house waiting for a rewire.
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Step one
Enquiry read properly
You describe the problem or project. We reply with what we would need to see, and whether a survey is worth your time at all.
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Step two
Survey and tests
We look at the board, earthing arrangement, cable condition and access routes, and take the readings that decide what is possible.
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Step three
Written fixed quote
One price, itemised by circuit or room, with anything genuinely unknown flagged as a separate line rather than hidden in a contingency.
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Step four
Install, test, hand over
Work carried out on the agreed days, then certification, a labelled schedule of circuits and a short walk-through of what changed.
03 — Field notes
When a board is telling you something
Most of the calls we take start with a small, repeatable symptom. These are the ones worth acting on rather than living with.
- Rewirable fuses or no RCD protection. An older board can still pass current happily and offer very little protection to the person holding the drill.
- A breaker that trips at the same time of day. Usually moisture or a cycling appliance, not a faulty breaker. Resetting it repeatedly hides the cause.
- Warm socket fronts or discoloured screws. A loose termination heats up long before it fails, and it is a short job while it is still only warm.
- Lights dipping when something switches on. Points at supply capacity or a shared circuit carrying more than it was designed for.
- No circuit labels at all. Nobody can isolate safely in a hurry, and every future job starts by paying someone to trace circuits.
04 — Pricing logic
What shapes your quote
Two jobs with the same description can price very differently. These are the four things we weigh on site, so you can gauge your own situation before asking.
Access and routing
Floor type, loft space, ceiling voids, whether walls are solid or studded, and how cable can reach the board without crossing finished rooms.
Good routes cut labour sharply. Solid floors and finished ceilings are the usual reason a price rises.
Existing installation
Age and condition of cable, earthing and bonding arrangement, and whether previous work was certified or improvised.
Sound existing circuits can often be kept, which turns a full rewire into a partial one.
Circuit count and load
How many new circuits the design needs, plus any heavy additions such as a charge point, shower, oven or outbuilding supply.
Tells you early whether the supply itself is the limiting factor rather than the board.
Finish expected
Whether you want chases left ready for a plasterer, made good, or accessories upgraded while the walls are open.
Deciding this up front avoids a second mess later, and it is the easiest line to trim.
05 — Before the walls close
Decisions that are cheap now and dear later
While a circuit is open, small choices cost minutes. Once it is plastered and painted, the same choices cost a day.
- Switch positions walked, not guessed. We stand in the doorway with you and mark the plate heights before any back box is fixed.
- One spare circuit way kept free. Leaves room for a future charge point, outbuilding or heating control without another board change.
- Sockets where furniture actually lands. Bed walls, desk returns and kitchen worktops need more than the regulation minimum.
- Dimming decided with the lamps in hand. Matching the dimmer to the driver is the difference between a smooth fade and a hum.
06 — Questions
Asked on most first visits
What paperwork do I get at the end?
Notifiable work is issued with an installation certificate and a schedule of test results; smaller jobs get a minor works certificate. Both list the circuits touched and the readings taken, which is what a surveyor or insurer will ask to see.
Can you work in a tenanted property?
Yes, and we are used to coordinating it. We agree a single access window with whoever lives there, isolate only the circuits in scope so the fridge and router stay live where possible, and send the certificate to the landlord and a copy for the tenant's file.
Will you finish work another electrician started?
Sometimes. We first test what is already installed and tell you honestly what can be certified. If the existing work cannot be verified, we will quote to redo that section rather than sign off something we did not install or measure.
How do I know my supply can take an EV charger?
It is a calculation, not a guess. We look at the main fuse rating, the existing load on the property and the meter arrangement, then confirm whether a standard installation, a load-limiting device or a supply upgrade is the honest answer.
How much damage does a rewire cause?
Chases are cut only where the route demands it and lifted boards are refixed, but a rewire does break plaster. We mark the affected walls at survey so you can see it in advance and decide whether we leave it plaster-ready or bring our plasterer in.
Do you take emergency calls outside normal days?
We are not a 24-hour callout service, and we would rather say so than leave you waiting. Existing clients can reach us for loss-of-power situations during the evening, and we will tell you within minutes whether it is a tomorrow-morning job or one for the network operator.
07 — Enquiry
Tell us what the job looks like
A few lines is enough to start. The more you can say about the property and the symptom, the more useful our first reply will be.
- Useful to mention: property age, board type if you know it, and whether the issue is constant or intermittent.
- Photos help. If you have a picture of the board, bring it to the survey rather than attaching it here.
- Replies go out on working days, in the order enquiries arrive.