Introduction
Croft Electric Ltd is a small local business based in Birch Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire and provides electrical installation and testing services to residential customers and small businesses in and around the area.
The business is owned and run by Steve Davies, who has worked in the electrical and telecoms industries for some 35 years. Early in 2012, Steve decided to set up on his own and start his own company, which has now been successfully trading for 12 years.
The philosophy is to try to do things properly, but at affordable rates, and to run the business in a professional manner (see the home page). Installations are completed to the latest wiring regulations, and certificates issued where applicable, while avoiding any unnecessary expense for work that really is not needed. For example, if older wiring really is in good enough condition for continued use, it would be quite wrong to suggest a rewire is needed if actually it is not.
The company has only the one permanent full-time employee – Steve – who undertakes most of the electrical work himself. Help might be brought in for a larger job, or for some less-skilled tasks – such as digging an outdoor cable trench – if so, the work will be closely supervised.
Croft Electric Ltd is a member of the NICEIC Competent Person Scheme, and is listed on the Registered Competent Person Electrical register. Note: The former ELECSA scheme membership was merged into NICEIC in 2022.
Some completed jobs ...
A few examples of jobs completed by Croft Electric are shown in this section.
Kitchen & utility refurbishment
The electrics for this kitchen refurbishment, which included moving the hob, oven and several sockets, and a new downlight installation. The original downlights were removed due to being in the wrong locations, and a new set off 11 downlights installed, using LED dimmable lamps – see photos below.
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The adjacent utility room was also refurbished, with matching downlights installed to replace the old centre light, and several sockets and a fan outlet moved to accommodate the new layout. The consumer unit located in the utility room was also replaced, to bring the installation up to latest regulations.
Bathroom lighting
Part of the electrics for a 2-storey extension included the wiring for two new bathrooms – each room was provided with a centre light, a separate extractor fan / light over the shower (showerlite), and a wash basin mirror light with shaver socket.
Not shown here, but in the loft above each bathroom an in-line extractor fan was installed, with ducting to outlet vents in the soffit. Outside each bathroom room, at a high level, is a fused isolator switch for the extractor.
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Cabin power & lighting
This was a large L-shaped outdoor timber cabin at the far end of a large garden. It was fed with its own supply from the consumer unit, using armoured (SWA) cable, to a small 2-way consumer unit in the cabin – you can see the SWA cable entering the cabin below the consumer unit in the centre photo. Two fluorescent batten lights were installed, with a switch by the door (note: this was several years ago, LED lights would be installed now). Power sockets were installed in several corners of the cabin.
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For this cabin, the wiring was neatly clipped to the timber structure, but the wiring can be contained in conduit or mini-trunking instead. The installation for a cabin at a day nursery was completed with the wiring in conduit securely fixed to the walls – to keep all the cables away from access by the children.
Consumer units
Croft Electric often gets asked to replace an old fuse box with a modern consumer unit – a couple of examples from 2021 are shown below. Normally each circuit will be protected by an RCBO - a combined circuit breaker and RCD in one module - this means a fault on one circuit will not trip any other circuit. Surge protection is also normally included as standard on a domestic installation.
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24-hour & Off-peak consumer units. With & without covers |
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Contact details
Contact |
Steve Davies |
Address |
Croft Electric Ltd |
Telephone |
Office: 01344 484744 |
Croft Electric Ltd offers free estimates with absolutely NO obligation to commit, plus free help and advice. Call, email, or text message for any enquiries you may have.
NB: There is no Mr "Croft", the company name is derived from part of the address of the owner's mother!