NAPIT-registered electrician covering M1 to M50. 50 min south-west from our Bradford base. Free quote, fixed price, written guarantee.
Manchester is the busiest single patch on our diary outside West Yorkshire. The M postcodes take in everything from Victorian terraces in Levenshulme, Whalley Range and Chorlton, to the interwar semis of Urmston and Sale, the big postwar estates around Wythenshawe, and apartments in the middle of town.
In the older inner suburbs the meter and the board are very often down in the cellar, at the front of the house, sometimes behind whatever has been stored against them for twenty years. It matters more than it sounds. A board in a cellar is a board in the dampest part of the building, frequently with no RCD protection and tails that have been extended at some point by somebody who should not have.
It also makes for long cable runs. Taking a supply from a cellar board to a garage, an outbuilding or a charge point at the front of the house is a proper run, and once past thirty metres the cable has to be sized for voltage drop rather than just the load.
More than a quarter of Manchester's housing is privately rented, and parts of the city operate selective licensing, which adds conditions on top of the national rules. Wherever you are, the national duty is the same: a rented home needs an EICR at least every five years, tenants get a copy within 28 days, and remedial work has to be done within 28 days of an unsatisfactory report. Councils can fine up to £30,000 per breach. Which specific streets are licensed changes, so check with the council rather than a landlord forum.
Converted houses are where the real work is. A three-storey Victorian house split into flats in the seventies often has circuits crossing between dwellings, a landlord's supply doing something it was never meant to, and communal lighting nobody has tested since. The first job is establishing what belongs to which flat — get that wrong and somebody loses power who never asked you to be there.
The Manchester question we get asked most is how to charge a car on a terraced street with no off-street parking. Being straight about it: a cable trailed across a footway is not a solution, and it is not something we will install. Some councils are trialling cross-pavement charging gullies, which is a highways permission rather than an electrical one, so it starts with the council. Where there is a driveway, a yard or a garage, a charger is normally a straightforward day's work.
Manchester is Electricity North West territory. They own the street cable and the main fuse in your meter box, and they are who we apply to for a supply upgrade from 60A or 80A to 100A. On a domestic supply it is normally free, but it takes a few weeks — so on any EV charger job the application goes in as soon as the work is agreed, not on the morning of the install.
An EV charge point in Whalley Range on its own external distribution board at the meter position. A cooker switch relocated in Wythenshawe with the cable extended through the loft and chased into the wall. Sockets and data points added for a commercial customer, and a garage supply taken from a kitchen out to a detached garage in Lowton. Board changes and landlord EICRs across the M postcodes most weeks.
Postcodes covered: the full local range. We bring our own kit, dust sheets and the right cable and board for the job — no second visits unless something genuinely changes.
The full Dixon Electrical service, available across Manchester and surrounding Greater Manchester postcodes.
Old rubber/lead cabling replaced top to bottom. Most Manchester terraces and semis 3-5 days.
Read more →RCBO 18th-Edition consumer-unit upgrade. Required for EV chargers + most modern alterations.
From £875 Read more →7kW home chargers in Manchester. Load-balanced install, certificate issued same day.
£1,095–£1,150 Read more →Statutory 5-year EICR for Manchester rentals. Most properties 2-3 hours, certificate issued.
From £200 Read more →No power, sparking, burning smell — same-day in Manchester where possible.
£150 + £100/hr after Read more →Oven hardwires, extractor fans, smart-home wiring, commercial fits — all in Manchester.
All services →50 min south-west from our Bradford base. We cover Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester via the M62 corridor — we know the Greater Manchester stock.
Every notifiable job in Manchester registered with Building Control via NAPIT — certificate issued at handover.
Steven did 26 years in the British Army. On time. Tidy. Finished. That's the standard in Manchester.
The quote is the bill. No surprise extras at the end of a Manchester job. Insurance and competence checked at NAPIT.
Not by running a cable across the footway — that is a trip hazard and it is not something we will install. Some councils are trialling cross-pavement charging gullies, a channel set into the pavement with a lid, and that is a highways permission rather than an electrical question, so it starts with the council. If you have a driveway, a back yard with access or a garage, a charge point is normally a straightforward day's work.
At least every five years, with a copy to tenants within 28 days and any remedial work completed within 28 days of an unsatisfactory report. That is the national requirement under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020, and councils can fine up to £30,000 per breach. Parts of Manchester also operate selective licensing with extra conditions, and which streets are covered changes, so check with the council directly.
It is not automatically a problem, but it is worth a look. A cellar is the dampest part of the building, and in the older inner suburbs cellar boards are often still on rewireable fuses with no RCD protection, sometimes with tails that have been extended along the way. It also means long cable runs to anything at the other end of the house. An EICR will tell you where you stand before you spend money.
Often, yes. Conversions done decades ago regularly have circuits crossing between dwellings, a landlord's supply feeding something it was never intended to, and communal lighting that has not been tested in years. Before we do anything we establish what belongs to which flat, because getting that wrong means leaving a neighbour without power. It is the first job on a conversion, not an afterthought.
Yes. We cover the whole Manchester patch (M1 to M50) from our Bradford base. Manchester is roughly 50 min south-west away — well within our standard service area. NAPIT-registered, fixed-price, written guarantee, and we don't charge a callout fee for quotes inside our coverage.
For booked work in Manchester we slot you in within a few days, typically 1-2 weeks for full rewires depending on the diary. For genuine emergencies (no power, sparking, burning smell) we aim for same-day attendance in Manchester where the schedule allows — call 0800 061 4526 first.
No. Our prices in Manchester are the same as Bradford. The drive is built into our day. You get the fixed price up front in writing — no hidden travel surcharges added at the end.
Yes. Dixon Electrical Solutions Ltd is fully NAPIT registered — every notifiable job in Manchester (fuse-board changes, rewires, EV chargers, bathroom circuits) is registered with Building Control via NAPIT and you receive the certificate at handover.
Manchester is part of our wider Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester coverage via the M62 corridor — including Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and the wider M62 corridor.