Protheo LTD carries out electrical installations, electrical repairs and electrical inspections for homes, landlords and businesses across Milton Keynes — from a single dead socket to a full consumer unit upgrade and EICR.
Three core areas of work, covering everything from a quick repair to a planned installation and the paperwork that goes with it.
New wiring and equipment installed to current regulations, tested and certificated — whether that is one extra socket or a whole property.
Something tripping, dead or getting hot? We trace the actual cause with test equipment rather than swapping parts and hoping.
Independent testing of the fixed wiring, written up as a report you can act on — with faults explained in plain English, not just codes.
Most electrical problems give you warning before they become dangerous. If you recognise any of these in your Milton Keynes home or business, it is worth getting the installation looked at rather than waiting.
A simple process, whether it is a half-hour repair or a planned installation.
Ring or email with what is happening and roughly where you are in Milton Keynes. Photos of a fuse board or fitting help a lot.
You get a price for the work before it starts. If a fault needs tracing first, we tell you what that costs up front too.
We turn up when we say, keep the disruption down, and explain what we are doing and why as we go.
The work is tested and you get the relevant certificate or report for your records, landlord file or house sale.
Knowing what the box on your wall does makes it much easier to describe a problem — and to judge whether a quote is fair.
The work is the same standard whoever it is for — what changes is the paperwork you need at the end of it.
Extra sockets, kitchen and bathroom wiring, outside lights, board upgrades and the repairs that come with an older property. You get a certificate for notifiable work and a clear explanation of what was done.
EICRs for rented property, remedial work to clear C1 and C2 codes, and reports written so they stand up when a tenant or agent asks questions. Turnaround matters when a let is waiting — tell us the deadline.
Lighting installs and upgrades, additional power for equipment, distribution board work, fault call-outs and periodic inspection for commercial premises around Milton Keynes and the surrounding trading estates.
Based in Milton Keynes and working across the grid squares and the villages around them — Bletchley and the south, Wolverton and Stony Stratford in the north west, Newport Pagnell and Olney out to the north east.
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Cost depends on the type of work, how long it takes and the materials involved. Small jobs such as replacing a socket or light fitting are usually charged as a short visit, while larger work like a consumer unit change, a new circuit or a rewire is quoted as a fixed price for the whole job.
Ring 07411 349903 with a description of the work and we will give you a price before anything starts, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
An EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) is a formal inspection and test of the fixed wiring in a property. It checks the consumer unit, circuits, earthing and bonding, and reports any faults using codes C1, C2, C3 and FI.
A breaker that trips repeatedly is doing its job — it is detecting a problem. An MCB usually trips because a circuit is overloaded or there is a short circuit. An RCD normally trips because current is leaking to earth, often from a faulty appliance, water getting into an outdoor socket or light, or damaged cable.
The quickest way to narrow it down is to unplug everything on that circuit and reset. If it trips again with nothing plugged in, the fault is in the fixed wiring and needs testing rather than guesswork.
Some electrical work in dwellings is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations — for example a new circuit, a consumer unit replacement, or a full or partial rewire. Notifiable work must either be notified to Building Control before it starts or be carried out by an electrician registered with a competent person scheme, who can then self-certify it.
Replacing a like-for-like socket, switch or light fitting on an existing circuit is generally not notifiable.
An older board is not automatically dangerous, but there are clear signs it is past its best: rewireable fuse wire instead of breakers, a wooden or cast-iron enclosure, no RCD protection, or scorch marks and a burning smell.
Current wiring regulations expect RCD protection on most domestic circuits and a metal-clad enclosure for consumer units in domestic premises. If yours has none of that, an inspection will tell you whether it needs replacing now or can be safely left for the time being.
We install the electrical supply an EV charge point needs — the dedicated circuit, protective device, isolation and earthing arrangement — and can advise on where the unit is best positioned relative to your consumer unit and parking.
Charge point manufacturers usually also require their own approved installer for the unit itself and for any grant paperwork, so ring us on 07411 349903 and we will tell you honestly what we can do and what needs to go through the manufacturer.
We cover the whole of Milton Keynes including Central Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Woburn Sands, Olney, Furzton, Shenley Brook End, Walnut Tree, Broughton and the surrounding villages, plus nearby towns such as Buckingham and Leighton Buzzard.
If you are not sure whether you are inside our area, ring 07411 349903 and ask — or see the full coverage list.
Treat it as urgent. Stop using the socket or circuit, unplug anything connected to it if you can do so safely, and switch that circuit off at the consumer unit. Do not keep resetting a breaker that trips again after a burning smell.
A hot or discoloured socket, a smell of melting plastic or scorch marks around a fuse board all point to a loose or overheating connection, which can develop into a fire. Ring us on 07411 349903 to get it looked at.
Whether it is a fault that needs tracing, an installation you have been putting off or an EICR with a deadline on it — ring or email and we will tell you what it involves.
Protheo LTD — electrical installs, repairs and inspections across Milton Keynes.