Each year, defective wiring or appliances cause fires in homes like yours.

Recent surveys show that there are more than 13,500 homes in Guernsey that need some kind of electrical repair. Older houses are especially at risk.

There are also accidents involving electric shocks in the home, many of which are DIY and amateur repairs.

That’s why the Institution of Electrical Engineers recommends that a qualified electrician examine home wiring installations every ten years.

Most electrical wiring is hidden, but here are a few things, which you may easily be able to check yourself:

• Is your wiring more than 15 years old?
• Has it been longer than ten years since the wiring was checked?
• Has electrical work been carried out by amateurs?
• Do your plugs or sockets get hot?
• Do your fuses blow regularly and for no obvious reason?
• Do you have to use adapters routinely to run your appliances?
• Do your lights use the old, twisted type flex?

If the answer is yes than contact us for a free quotation to up grade.