Electrician in Fairlop – Tack Electrical

Located within the London Borough of Redbridge, Fairlop is a well-known suburban area with a strong community feel and a mix of residential homes, green spaces, and local amenities. Historically, Fairlop was part of the ancient Hainault Forest, with the famous Fairlop Oak once acting as a central meeting point for fairs and gatherings.

Today, the area is best recognised for Fairlop Waters Country Park, offering open green space, water sports, and a welcome break from busy London life. With a mix of older properties and newer developments, Fairlop presents a wide range of electrical systems – some modern and efficient, others quietly ageing and ready for attention.

Our Electrical Services in Fairlop

At Tack Electrical, we provide a full range of services for homeowners and businesses. Whether it’s a quick fix or a full upgrade, we’re the **go-to electrician in Fairlop** for reliable, honest work.

Our services include:

Fault Finding & Repairs – Tracking down those frustrating electrical issues and putting them right safely

New Sockets & Additional Points – No more trailing extension leads around the house

New Lighting Installations – From modern LED upgrades to feature lighting

Outside Lighting – Security lights, garden lighting, and outdoor power

Fuse Box Upgrades – Bringing older installations up to current safety standards

Full & Partial Rewires – Giving your property a fresh, safe electrical backbone

Storage Heaters – Installation, upgrades, and replacements

EV Charger Installations – Safe, compliant charging solutions at home

Smoke Detector Replacement – Keeping your home protected and compliant

Immersion Heaters – Repairs and new installations

From small jobs others aren’t interested in, right through to full rewires – we’ve got it covered.

Local Expertise You Can Rely On

We’ve worked across Fairlop and the surrounding areas for years, and we know exactly what we’re walking into when we arrive at a property.

Older homes? We often find ageing fuse boards tucked under stairs, cables that have done 40–50 years of service, and additions made over time that don’t quite add up anymore.

Newer builds? Sometimes the installation looks neat on the surface, but hasn’t been set up properly for modern electrical demand.

This is where we come in.

We’re a trusted electrician in Fairlop because we don’t just “do the job” – we explain what’s going on in plain English, give you options, and help you make the right decision.

A common scenario we see:

A customer calls us out for a fault…

We investigate…

We find underlying issues that could’ve caused a much bigger problem down the line.

That’s where the real value is.

It doesn’t always mean a full rewire. Sometimes it’s a fuse box upgrade and a few targeted improvements – as long as the existing cables test out safely with our specialist equipment.

It’s always better to know where you stand than have it sitting in the back of your mind.

Why Choose Tack Electrical?

We pride ourselves on doing things properly, not quickly.

  • Clear communication from start to finish
  • Honest advice – no unnecessary upselling
  • Clean, tidy workmanship
  • Reliable attendance and follow-through
  • Focus on safety above everything else

We’re not just another professional electrician for homes and businesses in Fairlop – we’re here to build trust.

“Bringing A Little Trust Back To The Trade One Job & Customer At A Time.”

That’s not just a slogan – it’s how we operate every day.

Let’s Get You Checked Out

These fuse boards and old cables sit quietly working away… until they don’t.

If something doesn’t feel quite right, or you’ve been putting it off for a while – now’s the time to get it checked.

It doesn’t have to be a big job. It just starts with knowing.

Our team is ready to help.

👉 Fill in our contact form today and let’s get your property electrically safe and sorted.

Why customers trust us

  • NICEIC Approved

    You're in safe hands.

  • Trustmark Registered

    Work you can trust.

  • Written Quotation

    No surprises, just clarity

  • Tidy, Respectful Work

    We treat your home like our own

Test Your Smoke Alarms

Test Your Smoke Alarms, Recorded on the day of Grenfell Tower Tragedy at 7:30am as the story was on the news this touched me and you can hear my voice break in the small video below only 1 minute and 41 seconds, or just go to the bottom of the page for the Test Your Smoke Alarm Video 

Warning card on meter that looks like this?

Earth Bonding Warning Cards Left on Gas Meter, Check now?

When tradespeople come in to do emergency works and the customers are out or just not in at that time, gas companies will leave a card warning of the possibility of a dangerous situation you have without earth bonding. 

Many people because of this are left unaware and exposed to possible electrical shock conditions, 

Please now armed with this information use it to check for this when you go home and when you visit elderly parents or friends even or share this page with them.

What Earth Bonding Should Look Like?

What is Earthing & Bonding?

I only want a new socket! Why are you checking the earthing to my house? 

What a great question that we have been asked so many times and it comes from the rough traders out there that have given us all a bad name and many think we are making the job bigger than it needs to be, and this can not be further from the truth! See we needed to comply with a set of standard that change over time and we are checking to see what regulation standard your home was wired within, after all, we are there to make you electrically safer.