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What we do

Small electrical work across York, in homes and small business premises: repairs, replacements, new fittings and faults. From £89, with as many jobs on the list as you like; we work out the price.

A visit, not a quote

Most electrical firms need to see a job, price it, and fit it into a diary built around bigger projects. For a cracked socket or a single light fitting, that process can take weeks and often never happens at all.

Hour Electric works differently. You book an electrician’s time, describe the jobs, and a selected local electrical contractor sends someone prepared. Small work is what we’re here for.

See how Hour Electric works

Some jobs need more than a small-job visit.

We’ll always be straight with you. These are better handled with a survey and quotation:

  • full rewires
  • major renovation projects
  • extensive new circuits
  • large consumer unit projects
  • large commercial installations
  • three-phase or industrial work
  • work requiring extensive investigation
  • specialist installations

If a booking clearly needs more time, we’ll let you know that the work needs a quotation instead and arrange the next step with the electrical contractor. If bigger work comes to light during a visit, the contractor can quote for it separately. Nothing extra is carried out without your agreement.

Repair, replace or upgrade

Swap an existing socket, switch or light for a new one, including upgrading to USB sockets, or fix one that is damaged or faulty.

  • socket replacement
  • damaged sockets
  • switches
  • dimmers
  • light fittings
  • extractor fans
  • outdoor fittings
  • fused spurs
  • damaged accessories

Add a socket, switch or light where there isn’t one

A new point on new wiring: an extra socket, a switch, a light or an outdoor light where there is nothing now. Replacing an existing one counts as an upgrade, not a new point.

  • new socket
  • additional socket
  • new light fitting
  • new switch
  • outdoor light
  • smart switch or dimmer
  • additional domestic fittings

Appliance installation

Connecting or fitting an appliance you’ve bought: oven, hob, shower, extractor fan, heater, smart thermostat, plug-in solar kit.

  • electric oven or hob
  • extractor fan or cooker hood
  • electric shower
  • heated towel rail
  • electric heater
  • smart thermostat or doorbell
  • plug-in solar kit

Fault or problem

For electrical problems where you don’t necessarily know the cause.

  • socket not working
  • lights not working
  • circuit keeps tripping
  • intermittent fault
  • flickering lights
  • electrical accessory behaving strangely

Something else

For work that doesn’t fit neatly into the above.

Tell us what you need when booking. If it’s domestic, small and electrical, there’s a good chance we can help. If it clearly needs a bigger job, we’ll say so.

Who does the work

If we wouldn’t trust them in our own home, we wouldn’t send them to yours. We work with established local electrical contractors who meet the standards we expect for our own homes. We’ve read the reviews, checked the credentials and done the homework, so you don’t have to.

Partners we work with

Ouse Valley Electrical

Local electrical contractor in York

  • NICEIC Approved Contractor
  • £5m public liability insurance
  • 4.9 from 120 Google reviews

“Turned up when they said, sorted the socket and the flickering light in one go, and left the place tidy.”

Homeowner, Fulford

Example partner. The firms we work with appear here as they go live.

Got a list? We’ll work through it.

Add your jobs to one booking in priority order and we work out the price. From £89.

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