24 hour emergency electricians in Ilford
A large town centre with everything from Edwardian terrace to new blocks around it.
For an emergency anywhere in London we are usually with you inside the hour.
07502 396654Answered by a person, any hour. No call-out fee.
What we get called to in Ilford
Ilford covers more ground and more housing types than most places on this list, and the emergency work reflects that. Around the town centre there are conversions and flats above commercial premises. Further out it is Edwardian and interwar family housing, much of it extended. The common thread is that Ilford properties have usually changed hands and changed use more than once, and an installation that has been adapted repeatedly is one where the fault is rarely where you would first look.
A cupboard of separate meters serving different flats 
Two consumer units of different ages side by side on a landing
What to do while you wait
Switch off the circuit, not the house
If something is arcing, scorched or smells hot, turn off the breaker for that circuit at the consumer unit and leave it off. You keep the lights on everywhere else, and nothing gets worse while we are on our way.
Leave it as you found it
Resist swapping the socket or resetting the breaker repeatedly. A fault that has been reset a dozen times is harder to find, and the state you found it in is often the most useful evidence we have.
Tell us what changed
What was switched on, what work has been done recently, whether water has got in. Most faults have a cause somebody already knows about, and hearing it on the phone shortens the visit.
If you cannot get to the consumer unit safely, or there is water involved, or you can smell burning and cannot tell where it is coming from, do not go looking. Get everyone out of that room and ring us.
How the call goes
On the phone
A person picks up, not a machine taking a message for the morning. You will be asked what it is doing, told what to switch off in the meantime, and given a time — for an emergency in Ilford that is usually inside the hour.
On arrival
The first job is making it safe, which is not the same as fixing it. Once the danger is gone there is time to find out what actually happened, and that order matters more at two in the morning than at two in the afternoon.
Before we leave
You will be told what was wrong, what was done about it, and whether what is left is finished or holding. Where a proper repair needs daylight, materials or another pair of hands, we will say that plainly instead of pretending the job is closed.
Not an emergency?
This page is for the things that cannot wait until morning. For rewires, fuse boards, EICRs and everything else in Ilford (IG1 IG2 IG3 IG4), the area page covers what we do there and what the housing stock tends to need.
Emergency call-outs nearby
Something wrong in Ilford right now?
A person answers at any hour. No call-out fee, and a straight answer about when we can be with you.