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Electrician in Reading: 7 Checks Before You Book
Searching for an electrician in Reading? Use these seven checks on registration, Part P, quotes, certificates and reviews before you book.
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Lighting
Choosing LED Bulbs: A Plain Guide for Reading Homes
Used to buying bulbs by the watt? Here's how lumens, colour temperature and bulb fittings work, in plain English.
Home Improvement
Adding an Extra Socket Neatly: A Caversham Job
Ever wondered how a new socket appears in a finished wall? Here's how we added one neatly in Caversham and saved the wallpaper around it.
Electrical Safety
RCBO Consumer Unit Upgrades: One Fault, One Circuit
Why upgrading to an RCBO consumer unit means a single fault trips one circuit — not half your home.
Electrical Safety
Green goo from a socket: old cable, Caversham call-out
Green goo oozing from a socket is a known fault in 1960s and 70s cable. What causes it, and why this Caversham house avoided a full rewire.
Home Improvement
Fitting a Ceiling Fan in Caversham to Beat the Heat
A pendant light swapped for a stylish, quiet ceiling fan in Caversham — with timber support added in the loft to do the job properly.
Electrical Safety
How to test your RCD at home
Pressing your RCD's test button takes 30 seconds and could save a life. How to do it, how often, and what a failed test means.
Electrical Safety
What We Found Behind a Bathroom Light in Caversham
A simple bathroom light change in Caversham uncovered a hazardous tangle of cables — here's how we made it safe within the same hour's labour.
Home Improvement
Kitchen Refit Electrics: A Reading Homeowner's Checklist
The electrics most kitchen-fitter guides skip — circuits, sockets, lighting and appliances — sequenced to your refit timeline.