Bensham and Felling are two of Gateshead's most established terraced areas, and a lot of the housing there is still running on the original fuse board fitted when the street was built. These are proper old-fashioned rewireable-fuse boards, often with a wooden back board and no RCD protection at all, sitting quietly under the stairs of homes that have otherwise been modernised room by room. A modern consumer unit cuts power to a single faulty circuit in a fraction of a second, rather than leaving the whole terrace exposed to one fault.
We replace fuse boxes across Bensham, Felling and the surrounding terraces regularly, so we know the layout and age of wiring these streets tend to have. As a NAPIT registered, City & Guilds qualified firm working to the 18th Edition, we test every circuit before changeover, fit RCBO protection on each one and label the new board clearly. The work is usually finished in a day, and we test, certify and notify it to Building Control properly. You get a free fixed written quote first, one price agreed up front, so the cost of your fuse box replacement never moves once the job starts.
Terrace-street knowledge
We know the vintage of wiring typical to Bensham and Felling's terraces, so we can spot the common issues quickly.
RCBO on every circuit
Individual protection on each circuit means a fault in one part of the house no longer risks cutting power to the whole home.
Usually done in a day
Most terraced fuse box replacements are completed in a single day, with power restored circuit by circuit as we go.
Your questions, answered
How long will my power be off during the work?
Most Bensham and Felling terraces are done in a single day, with the supply off only for parts of it while we work through the changeover.
How much does a fuse box replacement cost?
A domestic consumer unit upgrade is broadly £450–£900 depending on the property's size and number of circuits. We confirm one fixed written price before any work starts.
Why does the new board trip when the old one never did?
Old rewireable-fuse boards simply couldn't detect the faults a modern RCBO board picks up. A trip usually means a genuine issue has been found, and we test beforehand so we can explain it.
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