EV chargers, load-checked before we quote.
Home and workplace charge points installed properly — which starts with checking your supply can carry one, not with picking a unit off a website.
The bit that gets skipped
A 7kW charge point is one of the largest continuous loads you can add to a domestic supply. Before anything gets ordered, three things need checking: what your main fuse is rated at, what the existing installation already draws, and whether the earthing arrangement suits an outdoor charge point.
Skip that and you get one of two outcomes — a charger that trips the main fuse when the shower and oven are on, or an installation that needs expensive rework to pass. Neither is fun to discover afterwards.
Load management
Where the supply won’t comfortably carry a full 7kW on top of everything else, a load-managed charger is usually the answer rather than a supply upgrade. It monitors the incoming load and throttles charging when the house is drawing heavily, then ramps back up. In practice you rarely notice, because most charging happens overnight.
Earthing
Outdoor charge points need specific protection against a fault on the supplier’s earth. Modern units handle this internally; older or cheaper ones may need a separate earth electrode installing. This is a genuine cost difference between quotes, and worth asking any installer about.
Siting it sensibly
Where the charger goes is worth five minutes of thought. Cable reach matters more than people expect, because your charging port isn’t always on the side you assume, and you won’t always park facing the same way. We’ll walk the drive with you before fixing anything to a wall.
- Reach the port from how you actually park, not how you park once.
- Keep the cable off a walked route — a charging lead across a path is a trip hazard in the dark.
- Think about the cable run inside too: a tidy route beats a short one.
The chargepoint grant
The EV chargepoint grant is worth up to £500, covering 75% of the combined cost of the unit and installation, for people who rent their home or own a leasehold flat. That rate runs to 31 March 2027. It doesn’t apply to owner-occupied houses.
The grant has to be applied by an OZEV-approved installer and comes off the invoice directly rather than being claimed back. Flats need written permission from the freeholder or managing agent, and renters need the landlord’s consent, before an application can go in. Ask us before you order anything and we’ll tell you where you stand.
Workplace charging
Installing for staff or customers brings different questions — how many sockets the supply supports, whether loads need balancing across a three-phase board, and how charging gets metered or billed. We’ll survey the incoming supply and tell you what’s realistic before anyone commissions a design.
Tell us where you park.
Where the car goes, roughly where the consumer unit is, and the car you drive. We load-check the supply before quoting. Free quotes, no callout charge.
Things people ask
How long does an install take?
A straightforward domestic install is half a day to a day, depending on the cable run from the board to the charger. Installs needing a separate earth electrode or a board change take longer, which is why the survey happens before the quote.
Can my house take a 7kW charger?
Most can, but it depends on your main fuse rating and existing load. Where it’s marginal, a load-managed charger solves it without a supply upgrade. We check this before quoting rather than assuming.
Am I eligible for the grant?
Only if you rent your home or own a leasehold flat — it’s up to £500 and covers 75% of hardware and installation. Owner-occupied houses aren’t eligible. You’ll also need written permission from a landlord or freeholder.
Do I need a new consumer unit?
Not always. If your existing board has a spare way and suitable protection, the charger can go on it. If it’s full, or an older board without RCD protection, a consumer unit upgrade may be the sensible route — we’d price both so you can choose.
Other work we take on.
Full & partial rewires
Older properties brought up to current standards, room by room or all at once.
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Consumer unit upgrades
Old fuse boards replaced with modern RCBO units, tested and certified.
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