Emergency Callouts
You can count on us for any electrical emergency. We are extremely confident in our abilities and we solve 85% of all electrical emergency callouts on the spot.
From the Victorian terraces of Balsall Heath to new apartments in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham's wiring spans a century and a half. Power Pros answer the phone 24 hours a day, every day.
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Birmingham is several housing ages at once: byelaw terraces in Sparkhill and Handsworth, interwar semis ringing the outer suburbs, post-war blocks and maisonettes, and city-centre flats carved out of old warehouses. Each generation was wired to a different standard, and each throws up its own faults. Power Pros are NICEIC Part P registered and on call 24 hours a day.
Birmingham's terraced belt is the busiest ground. Houses in Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook and Handsworth were built with no wiring at all, then wired, extended and rewired in stages, so it is normal to find a 1970s rewire feeding a 1990s kitchen off a board sitting in the cellar.
We fault find on ring final circuits and lighting, trace nuisance RCD tripping, replace failed MCBs and RCBOs, repair socket outlets and switches, and check earthing and main protective bonding to the gas and water services. Where a fuse box is at the end of its life we can quote for a modern consumer unit.
For landlords and letting agents we carry out EICRs on flats, HMOs and converted houses. Every callout includes a visual inspection and circuit testing, and work is tested to BS 7671.
We will fault find and resolve the issue if it can be resolved on the spot. With 25 years experience in fault finding we believe there isn't an issue which we can't solve. Some issues may need a revisit due to the deterioration of the cabling, and where that happens we will always explain your options clearly before any further work begins.
You can count on us for any electrical emergency. We are extremely confident in our abilities and we solve 85% of all electrical emergency callouts on the spot.
All electrical installations deteriorate with age and use. They should be inspected and tested at regular intervals to check whether they are in a satisfactory condition for continued use — commonly known as periodic inspection and testing.
We are proud members of the NICEIC Part P scheme. Our electrical work is tested to BS7671 regulations and complies with the latest British Standards and Building Regulations.
Old fuse boxes and rewireable fuses can't protect you the way a modern consumer unit does. We supply, install and certify RCD-protected boards, with every circuit tested and labelled before we leave.
FAQ'S
All of our services are backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee and delivered by our qualified electricians.
Yes. Power Pros answer the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we take emergency callouts in Birmingham. Prices are fixed by time of day: £110 for a basic call between 9:30am and 3pm, £130 for a day callout, £180 early evening and £250 overnight. If anything beyond the callout is needed, we quote it and agree it with you before starting.
It is a familiar pattern in houses that have grown. A terrace with a rear extension and a converted loft often ends up with circuits split across more than one board, or on a split-load consumer unit where a single RCD covers half the installation, so everything grouped together goes off at once. Testing each circuit in turn is how the real cause is found. Please do not open the board, a socket outlet or any accessory yourself.
In a converted house or an HMO the supply arrangements are rarely simple. There is often a bank of meters in a hall cupboard, submains running up to each flat, and communal circuits for stairs, landings and door entry that belong to the building rather than to any one tenant. We start at the origin of your supply and work outwards, testing as we go, so it is clear whether the fault sits inside the flat or on the shared side. It helps if you can tell us who manages the building.
For a private tenancy in England the installation must be inspected and tested at least every five years, and the tenant given a copy of the report. An EICR records the condition of the consumer unit, the circuits, the earthing and the main protective bonding, and codes anything needing remedial work. If the property is licensed as an HMO, check the licence conditions too, as they can ask for more. We carry out EICRs and the remedial work that follows, tested to BS 7671.
Yes. Birmingham has a great deal of small industry tucked in among its housing, from Jewellery Quarter benches to units in Tyseley and Nechells, and the electrics are usually a mix of ages: an older three-phase intake, a distribution board added when the unit was subdivided, and machines wired in as they arrived. We fault find on single-phase and three-phase installations, look at motor and control circuits, and test and certify what we work on to BS 7671.
An emergency in Birmingham looks different depending on which street you are on. In a terrace with a converted loft and a rear extension, half the house can go dark while the front stays on, because the circuits were split across two boards years apart.
In a converted house or an HMO the fault may not even be in your flat: a shared submain, a landlord's meter cupboard or a communal lighting circuit can take several homes out at once. City-centre apartments are usually all-electric, so a tripped board means no heating, no hot water and no cooking.
Power Pros are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Every callout includes a visual inspection and circuit testing before anyone tells you what is wrong. Call 0333 360 8583.
…and if we can resolve and fix or (identify the issue if the circuit needs rewiring). The cost ends there.
We have structured our pricing in 4 easy categories, so the customer and ourselves understand the costs involved.
PRICING
CALLOUT PRICING
Basic call out 9.30am – 3pm which would not be within an hour would be £110
*When there will be any rewiring, we will specify works and extra costs before any extra work would commence.
Also rates are multiplied by 1.5 for any weekend works
We arrive with a smile and want to cause you as little inconvenience as possible, we want to make it a positive experience.
TESTIMONIALS
Power Pros came out at short notice, on a Sunday, as it was getting dark & cold, to trace a mains fault. Brilliant service from start to finish. Read more
GPosted onI had no power in half of my house at night time. The engineer came within 20 mins, found the fault quickly and had everything back on the same visit. Read more
GPosted onA Christmas miracle — they came over on Christmas Eve as our cooker kept shorting the circuit. Fixed it in time for dinner. Couldn't recommend more. Read more
GPosted onI had a great experience with the installation of my heating and ventilation system. Tidy work, clearly explained and fairly priced throughout. Read more
GPosted onWHY CHOOSE US
We take great pride in our reputation. That's why we have a solid work ethic based on reliability and customer service friendliness. We never compromise on customer satisfaction.
ELECTRICS IN BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham grew fastest in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the evidence still stands: mile after mile of byelaw terraces through Balsall Heath, Sparkhill, Small Heath and Handsworth, most with a rear addition, a yard and often a cellar holding the meter and the first fuse box. Beyond them are the interwar semis of Hall Green, Kingstanding and Great Barr, then post-war tower blocks and maisonettes, and newest of all the warehouse conversions and apartments of the Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth.
Wiring follows the same layers. Most terraces have been rewired once, often in the 1960s or 1970s, and cable of that age is well past its best; rubber-insulated remnants still turn up feeding a hall light. Solid nine-inch walls meant shallow chases and surface conduit, so later drilling carries risk. The 1930s semis usually hold a tidier but ageing installation, while the newest flats have small boards packed with RCBOs and almost no spare way.
Tenure shapes the rest. Birmingham has an enormous private rented sector, with whole streets of terraces split into flats and bedsits and licensed as HMOs. Conversions bring their own problems: submains run from a landlord's meter position, boards stacked in a hall cupboard, circuits that cross between flats, and communal lighting nobody has claimed. Every let needs a satisfactory EICR every five years.
Then there is the working city. The Jewellery Quarter still has hundreds of small workshops on three-phase supplies behind residential frontages, while Tyseley, Aston, Nechells and Digbeth carry industrial units, kitchens, studios and bars. Trade equipment that close to housing makes careful testing and labelling matter.
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Tell us what's happening and when suits you. For a genuine emergency, call us instead — we answer 24/7 and aim to be with you inside the hour.
Emergency line — 24/70333 360 8583