New Electrical Installationsin Fleet and Hampshire,First Fix Through to Final Test

Kitchen extensions typically need new socket circuits, dedicated circuits for ovens and hobs, lighting circuits, and sometimes an outdoor supply for the garden. First fix has to be coordinated closely with the kitchen fitter's plan, since appliance positions dictate where dedicated circuits terminate.

Where an extension adds meaningful load to the property, the existing consumer unit is checked for spare capacity. It is common for a new installation project to include a consumer unit upgrade alongside the new circuits themselves, particularly in older properties where the board was already close to full.

Loft conversions need new lighting and socket circuits run up through the property, often via a new sub-circuit from the consumer unit rather than an extension of an existing one, to keep loading and cable runs sensible. Access constraints in an occupied loft space affect how first fix is sequenced compared with an empty shell.

Garage conversions into habitable rooms or home offices bring similar considerations, plus the question of whether the existing garage supply was ever designed for continuous domestic use or was only intended for occasional power tool use.

A new build room or a full gut renovation allows electrical design from a blank slate: circuit layout, consumer unit position and cable routes can all be planned together rather than fitted around existing constraints. This tends to produce a cleaner, easier-to-maintain installation than incremental additions.

Sequencing still matters. First fix happens after structural work but before plastering, and second fix happens after decoration but before flooring in most cases, so the order agreed with other trades at the start of the project should be followed through to the end.

A new supply to a shed, garden office or workshop needs its own circuit protection, correctly rated cable for the distance run, and appropriate protection against the cable being damaged if buried underground. This is priced and designed on its own merits rather than treated as a simple extension of an indoor socket circuit.

Note that EV charge point installation is not offered as part of this or any other service, since it requires OZEV accreditation that is not currently held. This is worth knowing early if a new supply is being considered partly with future EV charging in mind.