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 cobbled lanes of the citadel to the cottages out at Rye Harbour, we answer electrical emergencies across East Sussex around the clock, with fixed callout prices agreed before we set off.
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Rye is a town of timber frames, thick lath-and-plaster walls and floors that have been lifted more than once. Wiring in buildings like these is rarely straightforward, and it is rarely all one age. We find faults, make them safe and put the installation right, whether that is a Tudor cottage on the hill, a flat above a shop or a holiday let out towards the harbour.
Much of the work we do in Rye starts with wiring that was added to, rather than replaced. Period houses in the citadel often hold a mix of ages under one roof — rubber or lead-sheathed cable surviving in a loft, PVC from the seventies below it, and a rewireable fuse box still feeding the lot.
That mix shows up as an RCD that will not stay in, sockets on a ring final circuit that has been extended one spur too far, or lighting that dims when the immersion comes on. Testing tells us which part of the installation is actually at fault, rather than guessing at it.
We also do a steady amount of certification work: EICRs for holiday lets and rented flats, consumer unit upgrades with RCBOs, and earthing and bonding brought up to BS 7671 where an old installation never had it.
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. We cover Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings, Eastbourne and all of East Sussex, which takes in Rye itself along with Rye Harbour, Winchelsea, Camber and the surrounding villages. We are available 24/7 — call 0333 360 8583 and tell us what is happening.
It changes the method, not the standard. In an emergency the first job is making the installation safe, and that rarely involves altering the fabric of the building. For anything more permanent in a listed property or the conservation area, the aim is to route cables through existing voids, under lifted floorboards or in discreet surface containment instead of chasing into historic walls, and consent may be needed from the council for visible alterations. Whichever route is used, the work is tested and certified to BS 7671.
Treat it as unsafe until it has been tested. Low-lying parts of Rye and the land toward the harbour and the marsh do take water, and damp reaches cable, accessories and consumer units that look perfectly dry from the outside. Stop using the affected circuits and do not open or dismantle anything. If the main switch on the consumer unit is easy to reach and you are not standing in water, switching it off is sensible. Insulation resistance testing then shows whether the circuits have dried out safely or whether cable and accessories need replacing.
An EICR is the starting point. Rented homes in England must have one at least every five years, and while short-term holiday lets sit outside those particular regulations, the duty to provide safe electrics still applies — and holiday properties see heavy, unfamiliar use with a new set of guests every week. In older Rye cottages the report usually earns its keep, because it picks up the things a walk-round cannot: missing earthing or bonding, circuits with no RCD protection, and old cable hidden under floors.
Cold, damp and empty is a hard combination for an ageing installation. When a house on the hill or out on the marsh is unheated for weeks, moisture gets into older cable, outdoor circuits and anything at floor level, and the small leakage currents that result add up until an RCD lets go. Heating loads returning in autumn — immersion heaters, storage heaters, towel rails — often bring the same problem to light. Testing each circuit in turn is what separates a genuine fault from an accumulation of minor ones.
An electrical emergency in Rye often has weather behind it. The town sits where the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede meet the sea, and the low ground around the harbour and the marsh takes water when a high tide meets heavy rain. Damp finds its way into cellars, under-floor voids and low-level socket outlets, and an installation that was fine in August can start tripping in January.
Occupancy matters too. A holiday cottage or second home can sit cold and unwatched for weeks, so a fault is often discovered by an arriving guest late on a Friday rather than by anyone who knows the building.
Whatever the hour, the number is the same. We are on call 24 hours a day across East Sussex, and the callout price is set by the time of day before we leave.
…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
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ELECTRICIANS IN RYE
Rye's old town is genuinely old. Behind the tile-hung and Georgian brick frontages there are medieval and Tudor timber frames, oak beams, lath-and-plaster partitions and cellars cut into the sandstone the town stands on. Very little of it is square, and almost none of it was built with cables in mind.
That has consequences for the wiring. There are no reliable safe zones behind a timber frame, so cable often runs along beams, under boards and through voids that were never meant to be reached twice. Imperial-sized cable, rubber insulation and lighting circuits with no earth at the switch all still turn up in houses of this age, alongside boards changed once and circuits that never were.
Conservation and listing shape the work as much as the building does. In the citadel, chasing walls and fixing accessories to an elevation are not decisions to take lightly, so routes are often planned around lifting floors, using existing voids and discreet surface containment rather than cutting into historic fabric.
Outside the hill the conditions change again. Toward Rye Harbour, Camber and Winchelsea Beach the wind carries salt, which works away at outdoor socket outlets, garden lighting and external isolators. On the marsh and out at Iden, Playden and Peasmarsh, supplies are often overhead with long submain runs to stables, workshops and garden rooms, where voltage drop and earthing arrangements need checking.
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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