13 miles from the workshop
Electricians in Horsham
Washington sits inside the Horsham district, so an electrician in Horsham from us is the same council, the same roads and the same electricians who certificate our solar work — thirteen miles up the A24.
In short
An electrician in Horsham from Solar Squirrel means the NICEIC-registered team that fits and certificates our solar systems doing the everyday electrical work too: consumer unit changes, extra circuits, lighting, outdoor power and fault-finding, 13 road miles from our Washington workshop. Every circuit we add is certificated by the people who did the work. No price list — a quote follows a look at the board and the house, and we say at the door if the fault you rang about is a symptom of something bigger.
What we take into account in Horsham
The house, the board and the street decide an electrical job here more than the thing you rang about does. These are the ones that decide it in Horsham.
The local facts behind a Horsham quote
- Approximately 13 road miles north of Washington on the A24, in the same district council area as our own base.
- Two network operators meet in the district: UK Power Networks for the RH12 and RH13 postcodes around the town, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks for RH14 Billingshurst. The MPAN on your bill says which one is told about a new car-charging point or a supply upgrade.
- Horsham District Council lists four conservation areas in the town — the town centre, London Road, Richmond Road and Park Terrace Gardens — which matters for an outdoor light or a cable on a front elevation, not for work indoors.
- The older stock in and around those areas sits under Horsham stone, clay peg tile and slate; the estates to the north and east are modern concrete tile on simple pitches and, as a rule, more recent wiring.
- The council declared a climate and ecological emergency in 2023 and points residents to the West Sussex Affordable Energy service — relevant when an electrical visit is the first step towards a car charger or a battery.
Old core, new estates: two kinds of Horsham electrical job
In the conservation areas the job is usually a period house with a consumer unit that predates the house’s last two owners, an earthing arrangement to check, and an outdoor fitting that wants placing thoughtfully on a street elevation. On the estates north and east of the centre it is additional circuits — a kitchen, an extension, a garden room — and car-charging supplies on houses that already have a modern board. We quote each from the board and the house, not from the postcode.
When the visit is the first step towards a charger or storage, the same electricians carry on: EV charger installer in Horsham, battery storage in Horsham and our solar panel installers in Horsham page are the next pages, and the network operator — UKPN or SSEN by your MPAN — is told by us.
Certification, done by the people who did the work
Every new circuit we add in Horsham is certificated by the electricians who fitted it, and notifiable work is notified through our own registration, so you are not chasing a subcontractor for paperwork. What we do, and the order a visit runs in, is on our general electrical work page; electricians in Haywards Heath and electricians in Burgess Hill cover the Mid Sussex side.
Two things people in Horsham ask before they book
“Which operator do I need to tell about a charger?”
You do not — we do. Around Horsham town it is UK Power Networks; out at Billingshurst on the RH14 side it is SSEN. Your MPAN settles it, and the notification is part of the job.
“Do I need planning permission for an outdoor light in a conservation area?”
Almost never for a light. The planning question in the four town-centre conservation areas is about what sits on a front elevation, and we will tell you if a fitting or a cable run is better placed elsewhere before anything is drilled.
What you are not committing to
- A conversation on the phone first — ownership, the board, the fault — so no visit is wasted.
- A written quote with the reasons in it, and a separate line for anything we think the board needs that you did not ask for.
- If the honest answer is “leave it alone”, you hear it.
- The same electricians do the work and sign the certificate: MCS certified · NICEIC Approved Contractor.
Questions we get asked in Horsham
Are you Horsham electricians or Washington ones?
Both: Washington is a village inside the Horsham district, thirteen road miles down the A24. Our NICEIC-registered electricians do consumer units, extra circuits, lighting, outdoor power and fault-finding across the town and the villages, and certificate everything they touch.
Who notifies the network operator for an EV charger in Horsham?
We do. UK Power Networks for the RH12 and RH13 postcodes around the town, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks for RH14 Billingshurst — the MPAN on your bill says which, and the notification is part of the installation.
Electricians across the patch
Worthing
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Electricians in WorthingBrighton & Hove
17 miles · East Sussex
Electricians in Brighton & HoveChichester
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Electricians in ChichesterLittlehampton
12 miles · West Sussex
Electricians in LittlehamptonHaywards Heath
19 miles · West Sussex
Electricians in Haywards HeathBurgess Hill
19 miles · West Sussex
Electricians in Burgess HillThe next step
Get a Horsham quote
Tell us the job and the house, and whether it is a fault or a plan. A written quote follows, with the reasons in it — 13 road miles from our workshop, by the electricians who will sign for it.
- Call 01243 882444
- Email hello@solar-squirrel.co.uk
- Based Washington, West Sussex
If solar genuinely won’t pay for itself on your usage, we’ll say so and save us both an afternoon.