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Do i need an emergency electrician?

Electrical emergencies in your home need to be dealt with urgently because what can start off as a wire failing to trip (due to a faulty circuit breaker) can soon turn into a fire that you might not be aware of while it is still manageable and only become aware of once the fire is out of control. If you hear a humming or buzzing sound coming from the electrical breaker box, you need to urgently contact an electrician because it is the start of your system about to fail as is noticing a black burn mark or smelling a burnt smell around a plug outlet from your electrics being overloaded. An obvious electrical emergency is if your home is the only home plunged into darkness while the rest of the street still has lighting, and your utility supplier has no known issues, you would need to call on a qualified electrician to discover the cause of your power outage.

Tips on how not to be taken advantage of by an electrician in my time of panic

Before you begin your search for the right electrician for you, to minimise any damage to your home in the time it will take for the electrician to be with you, cut off the main power supply to your house by switching down the main switch on your circuit breaker. If you know which plug outlet is causing the overload, pull the plug out of the wall socket and do not attempt to put it back in. If there is a small fire, immediately cut off the mains power to disconnect the electricity and never put water on an electrical fire to extinguish it as water is a natural conductor of electricity and you can get electrocuted, rather smother a small fire with some baking soda if you have it nearby. Call the emergency fire department to take advice in case there is a chance of the fire spreading quickly.

No matter how desperate you are in your time of crisis needing an emergency electrician, do not be tempted to shortcut and settle for a non-qualified electrician. Dealing with home electrics is a skilled job were bad faulty workmanship and wiring will endanger your life. Make sure the electrician has an industry recognised qualification, such as a Level 3 NVQ diploma. Choose an electrician associated with National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC), as they will be assessed to the highest standards which will provide safety for you having them work in your home.

Once you are in contact with the electrician, ask them to explain what they will check and repair. Let them know what access to the wiring is like and if you have any house plans of the electrics from when you bought your home on hand. Explain in detail any smells or noises, letting the electrician know if you are able to pin-point the location of the smells and noises. Get confirmation that when the electrician arrives, whether they can carry out the repair or not, they will ensure that your property is made safe. If there is to be repair or installation work, insist on being left with an electrical installation certificate stating that your work meets the British Standard for electrical safety, BS7671.

Agree on a call out fee, before the electrician comes out so that there is no ‘beard scratching’ awkward moment on what to charge based on how panicked you seem. If the electrician is due out of hours (which always seems to be when emergency situations happen!) understand that there will often be a mark-up on the call-out fee. Ask the electrician if they have common spare parts (e.g isolation switches, cable connectors, plug socket face plates…) kept in their van to eliminate the need of needing to pay another call-out fee to come back and replace the problematic parts. Do not get spoken into paying any money upfront before the electrician arrives, you should only be presented with an invoice at the end of the initial call-out. Before the electrician arrives best to find out their preferred payment method because if it is after hours you might not have any cash in the house and it might not be convenient to leave the electrical fault to go and draw out cash so it is better to then have the conversation about other payment options.

While on the phone with the electrician, if speaking to them on their mobile try get a landline number as well as a physical address for their office so if there are any issues on-going you will be able to contact the tradesperson rather than them disappear and leave your electrical issue still damaged.

Finding an electrician to get me out of my jam

In your time of predicament, it can be difficult while panicked to quickly decide where to start calling to find a qualified emergency electrician without paying an arm and a leg for the emergency service. HaMuch.com helps you find affordable and qualified electricians, putting you in touch with them instantly to arrange a suitable time to get to your home and help you with your emergency.

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Electrician: Emergency Hourly and Daily rates in the UK (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKHourly RateDaily Rate
Electrician near Aberdeen£35£350
Electrician near Aberdeenshire£35£350
Electrician near Amber Valley£36£284
Electrician near Angus£45£300
Electrician near Arun£30£216
Electrician near Ashfield£34£270
Electrician near Aylesbury Vale£43£270
Electrician near Barnsley£31£242
Electrician near Basildon£44£255
Electrician near Basingstoke & Deane£45£188
Electrician near Bassetlaw£35£350
Electrician near Bath & North East Somerset£31£236
Electrician near Bedford£48£320
Electrician near Belfast£20£164
Electrician near Birmingham£27£208
Electrician near Blackburn£48£290
Electrician near Blackpool£28£204
Electrician near Bolton£44£252
Electrician near Bournemouth£37£230
Electrician near Bracknell Forest£55£264
Electrician near Bradford£60£224
Electrician near Braintree£37£247
Electrician near Breckland£30£240
Electrician near Bridgend£33£207
Electrician near Brighton£33£214
Electrician near Bristol£27£218
Electrician near Broadland£50£250
Electrician near Broxtowe£36£284
Electrician near Bury£26£189
Electrician near Caerphilly£50£300
Electrician near Calderdale£60£220
Electrician near Cambridge£55£250
Electrician near Canterbury£40£258
Electrician near Cardiff£40£300
Electrician near Carmarthenshire£27£208
Electrician near Charnwood£20£220
Electrician near Chelmsford£36£247
Electrician near Cheltenham£31£248
Electrician near Cherwell£35£240
Electrician near Chester£23£190
Electrician near Colchester£41£212
Electrician near Conway£21£170
Electrician near Crewe & Nantwich£100£800
Electrician near Dacorum£41£294
Electrician near Derby£36£284
Electrician near Doncaster£19£220
Electrician near Dover£23£180
Electrician near Dudley£28£208
Electrician near Dumfries & Galloway£30£200
Electrician near Dundee£45£300
Electrician near East Ayrshire£30£225
Electrician near East Devon£36£224
Electrician near East Dunbartonshire£47£290
Electrician near East Hampshire£29£232
Electrician near East Hertfordshire£25£160
Electrician near East Lindsey£24£144
Electrician near East Riding£28£200
Electrician near Eastleigh£74£232
Electrician near Edinburgh£40£190
Electrician near Elmbridge£33£248
Electrician near Epping Forest£37£200
Electrician near Erewash£36£284
Electrician near Exeter£36£224
Electrician near Falkirk£46£274
Electrician near Fife£33£260
Electrician near Flintshire£25£216
Electrician near Gateshead£25£200
Electrician near Gedling£32£270
Electrician near Glasgow£40£262
Electrician near Gloucester£31£248
Electrician near Guildford£50£264
Electrician near Gwynedd£33£206
Electrician near Harrogate£43£200
Electrician near Havant & Waterloo£37£292
Electrician near Horsham£34£193
Electrician near Huntingdonshire£44£252
Electrician near Ipswich£40£217
Electrician near Isle of Wight£83£292
Electrician near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£26£200
Electrician near Kingston-upon-Hull£28£200
Electrician near Kirklees£60£224
Electrician near Lancaster£26£200
Electrician near Leeds£55£210
Electrician near Leicester£28£145
Electrician near Lisburn£20£180
Electrician near Luton£46£269
Electrician near Macclesfield£26£184
Electrician near Maidstone£119£378
Electrician near Manchester£26£189
Electrician near Mid Bedfordshire£44£287
Electrician near Mid Sussex£37£224
Electrician near Middlesbrough£35£280
Electrician near Milton Keynes£43£270
Electrician near Neath Port Talbot£50£304
Electrician near New Forest£82£240
Electrician near Newbury£40£204
Electrician near Newcastle-under-Lyme£17£168
Electrician near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£25£200
Electrician near Newport£40£300
Electrician near North Ayrshire£40£350
Electrician near North East Lincolnshire£24£186
Electrician near North Hertfordshire£48£278
Electrician near North Lanarkshire£40£262
Electrician near North Lincolnshire£28£200
Electrician near North Somerset£29£218
Electrician near North Tyneside£25£200
Electrician near North Wiltshire£35£300
Electrician near Northampton£49£338
Electrician near Norwich£50£250
Electrician near Nottingham£36£284
Electrician near Nuneaton & Bedworth£22£220
Electrician near Oldham£26£189
Electrician near Oxford£40£395
Electrician near Pembrokeshire£25£200
Electrician near Perth & Kinross£43£300
Electrician near Peterborough£20£180
Electrician near Plymouth£35£260
Electrician near Poole£37£230
Electrician near Portsmouth£78£258
Electrician near Powys£35£270
Electrician near Preston£28£208
Electrician near Reading£60£280
Electrician near Redcar & Cleveland£21£200
Electrician near Reigate & Banstead£30£270
Electrician near Renfrewshire£40£350
Electrician near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£50£300
Electrician near Rochdale£26£189
Electrician near Rochester-upon-Medway£46£360
Electrician near Rotherham£18£193
Electrician near Salford£26£189
Electrician near Salisbury£45£220
Electrician near Sandwell£28£208
Electrician near Scarborough£25£200
Electrician near Sevenoaks£20£170
Electrician near Sheffield£18£193
Electrician near Slough£39£261
Electrician near Solihull£28£202
Electrician near South Ayrshire£40£350
Electrician near South Bedfordshire£48£320
Electrician near South Cambridgeshire£55£250
Electrician near South Gloucestershire£29£216
Electrician near South Kesteven£30£258
Electrician near South Lanarkshire£39£312
Electrician near South Oxfordshire£85£300
Electrician near South Somerset£32£252
Electrician near South Tyneside£25£200
Electrician near Southampton£79£262
Electrician near Southend-on-Sea£74£332
Electrician near St Albans£41£294
Electrician near Stafford£25£200
Electrician near Stockport£26£189
Electrician near Stockton-on-Tees£35£280
Electrician near Stoke-on-Trent£17£168
Electrician near Stratford-on-Avon£45£84
Electrician near Stroud£35£240
Electrician near Suffolk Coastal£40£217
Electrician near Sunderland£25£200
Electrician near Swale£100£400
Electrician near Swansea£28£234
Electrician near Tameside£26£189
Electrician near Teignbridge£33£196
Electrician near Tendring£40£217
Electrician near Test Valley£35£218
Electrician near Thamesdown£60£300
Electrician near Thanet£40£258
Electrician near The Wrekin£26£196
Electrician near Thurrock£41£230
Electrician near Torbay£25£200
Electrician near Trafford£26£189
Electrician near Vale of Glamorgan£40£300
Electrician near Vale of White Horse£60£300
Electrician near Vale Royal£25£216
Electrician near Wakefield£55£210
Electrician near Walsall£27£209
Electrician near Warrington£22£160
Electrician near Warwick£21£225
Electrician near Waveney£29£200
Electrician near Waverley£60£260
Electrician near Wealden£237£544
Electrician near West Lancashire£28£200
Electrician near West Lothian£30£184
Electrician near West Wiltshire£35£300
Electrician near Wigan£24£191
Electrician near Windsor & Maidenhead£38£247
Electrician near Wirral£20£200
Electrician near Wokingham£60£260
Electrician near Wolverhampton£28£188
Electrician near Wrexham Maelor£23£200
Electrician near Wychavon£45£30
Electrician near Wycombe£40£280
Electrician near York£28£232
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