EV charger & electrical questions, answered

Every job is different. The price depends on the charger you choose, the distance from your consumer unit to where you park, the cable route, your earthing and whether your consumer unit needs upgrading. That's why we don't publish set prices. Quotes are free and tailored to your property once we have your details and, where needed, have carried out a survey.

We gather as many details as possible up front, such as photos of your fuse board, meter and parking spot and a rough cable distance. We then normally carry out a survey within a few days.

Normally less than one hour. We'll let you know before we switch off.

We fit Ohme, myenergi zappi (including the zappi GLO), EVEC and Sync Energy (formerly BG SyncEV) chargers. We'll recommend one to suit your car, your tariff, any solar panels and where you park.

Yes. We're OZEV approved, so we can apply for the government EV chargepoint grants for eligible customers, such as renters, flat owners, landlords and businesses.

If you rent your home, or own and live in a flat with private off-street parking, you may be eligible. Landlords and businesses have their own schemes. Homeowners living in a house are not eligible for the home grants. Where possible, we apply for the grant before installation, and if you don't qualify we'll tell you at the start. See our grants page for details and GOV.UK links.

Not always. Some older consumer units have no spare way or no suitable protection for a new EV circuit, and then an upgrade is needed. We check this at the survey and include it in your quote, and we can do both jobs together.

Usually, yes. Long cable runs to detached garages, barns, outbuildings and farm parking are common in rural Northumberland. The cable has to be sized and protected for the distance and the route planned carefully, and we cover all of that in the survey and quote.

For a standard home charger, yes. The cable must not trail across a public pavement. If you only have on-street parking, ask us about the options.

Yes, with the right charger. The myenergi zappi, for example, is designed to charge from surplus solar. Tell us about your system and we'll suggest suitable options.

Yes. We notify the appropriate DNO (distribution network operator, e.g. Northern Powergrid locally) through the ENA (Energy Networks Association) connections portal. If your supply needs upgrading first, we'll explain the process.

Yes. We're a full electrical contractor, covering fault finding, consumer unit upgrades, sockets, lighting and outdoor power, EICRs and full or partial rewires.

We're based in Hexham and cover the Tyne Valley, including Corbridge, Prudhoe, Haltwhistle and Allendale, as well as Ponteland, Morpeth, Alnwick and the wider Northumberland area. We also cover parts of Tyne and Wear.

Call 01434 454 011 during office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm), or send the quote form on this website at any time. We try to reply as quickly as possible; sometimes it falls to the next working day.