Fast-response call-outs across Solihull, Shirley, Dorridge and Knowle. Fully qualified, NAPIT-registered, and fully insured.
When the power goes off, a circuit keeps tripping, or you can smell burning from a socket, you need someone on site quickly. Solihull's mix of detached family homes, period properties around Knowle and Dorridge, and modern developments across Shirley and the town centre means the electrical faults we attend vary widely. Some are straightforward. Others take proper fault-finding to get to the root cause. Either way, we come prepared.
We are NAPIT-registered, which means every engineer we send is qualified to work on any domestic installation and has been assessed against a national standard. We carry the tools to fault-find properly, not just reset and hope. When the job is done, we leave you with a written record of what we found and what we fixed. No verbal-only jobs, no guesswork, no hidden costs.
What's included
A thorough verbal and visual check of your consumer unit, circuits, and any suspect outlets or fittings before we start work, so we understand the full picture rather than just treating the symptom that called us out.
Electrical fault-finding using calibrated test equipment to trace the source of a power loss, persistent trip, or burning smell to its exact location, rather than working through the installation by trial and error.
Safe isolation of any circuit or equipment we identify as unsafe, with a clear explanation of why it has been isolated and what the permanent remedy will involve.
Repair or like-for-like replacement of the faulty component on the visit where parts allow, including MCBs, RCDs, sockets, fused spurs, and damaged cable sections within accessible runs.
A written job report documenting what we found, what we did, and any further work we recommend, handed to you before we leave the property.
A free, itemised written quote for any follow-on work identified during the call-out, with no obligation and no hidden costs added after the fact.
Local knowledge
Solihull sits in a belt of prosperous West Midlands suburbs, and its housing stock reflects that. The B90 and B91 postcodes around Shirley and Solihull town centre contain a high proportion of 1960s and 1970s detached and semi-detached homes. Installations from that era often have consumer units that have never been upgraded, rewirable fuses rather than modern MCBs, and wiring in early PVC that has become brittle over decades of heat cycling. When these installations develop faults, they can be harder to trace because the original layout rarely matches any surviving documentation.
Knowle and Dorridge in the B93 postcode lean towards larger, older homes, some of them Victorian or Edwardian, where electrical installations have been extended piecemeal over many years. It is not unusual to find three or four generations of wiring within the same property, a mix of rubber-insulated cable in the older sections, early PVC in a mid-century extension, and modern twin-and-earth in a recent kitchen refit. These hybrid installations can produce intermittent faults that are genuinely difficult to find without systematic testing. Solihull also has one of the highest rates of solar panel adoption in the West Midlands, and a growing number of properties in all three postcode areas have battery storage systems, including Tesla Powerwall 3 units. An emergency fault on a property with a DC solar string and an AC-coupled battery adds a layer of isolation complexity that not every electrician is equipped to handle safely. We are.
New-build estates around Blythe Valley Park and the fringes of Shirley operate under NHBC certificates that may still be within their early defects period, but electrical faults in new builds are not always the developer's responsibility if the cause is equipment failure or misuse rather than installation error. If you are unsure whether your fault falls inside or outside a warranty claim, call us first. We will give you an honest assessment before you decide whether to pursue the developer or get the repair done and move on.
Why Solihull
Solihull homeowners book us because we arrive with the right qualifications, the right test equipment, and a straight answer about what is wrong and what it will cost to fix.
NAPIT registration means every engineer we send has been independently assessed against a national electrical standard. You can verify our registration yourself on the NAPIT website before we arrive, rather than taking our word for it.
We are experienced with solar and battery-storage installations, including Tesla Powerwall 3 systems. Faults on properties with DC solar strings require specific isolation procedures, and we follow them as standard, not as an afterthought.
Every job ends with a written report of findings and actions taken. If your insurer asks what caused the fault, you have a document that answers that question clearly, signed by a NAPIT-registered electrician.
We are fully insured to work on residential and light-commercial installations. The cover is in place before we step through your door, protecting your property and ours throughout the job.
We cover the whole of the Solihull borough from our Redditch base, reaching Shirley, Solihull town centre, Knowle and Dorridge without the delays you might encounter from a Birmingham city-centre firm working against traffic.
How it works
Call us on 01527 337155 or submit your postcode online. We confirm immediately whether your address falls within our Solihull coverage area, which covers all B90 to B93 postcodes and the wider borough. No waiting for a callback to find out if we can help.
We agree a response time with you and attend. On arrival, we carry out a systematic visual and electrical assessment of the fault. We will not start work until we understand the root cause and have talked you through what we have found.
Before any remedial work begins, we give you a written, itemised quote. No verbal estimates that expand later. If the fix is straightforward and you are happy to proceed on the same visit, we can move straight to the repair once you have approved the quote.
For faults that need follow-on work beyond the emergency visit, we agree a date that suits you. For on-the-day repairs, we confirm your approval of the quote in writing before picking up a tool.
We complete the work, test and verify the repaired circuits, and hand you a written job report before we leave. The report covers what we found, what we did, and any recommendations for further work. Before-and-after photographs are included where access allows.
Often booked together
An emergency call-out often reveals that the installation has wider age-related issues. Once the immediate fault is resolved, an EICR gives you a full, documented picture of the installation's condition and any further remedial work required.
If the fault-finding visit identifies damaged cable runs, outdated accessories, or circuits that need reconfiguration, booking a follow-on domestic electrics visit means the remedial work is planned, priced and completed properly rather than patched on the day.
Solihull has a high density of battery storage systems. If your emergency involves an inverter or Powerwall fault, we can quote for a full battery storage health check or system reconfiguration at the same time, while our engineers are already on site.
Worth knowing
If you have a solar array or battery storage system, the installation has both an AC and a DC side. The DC side from the panels cannot be isolated simply by switching off the inverter. Always tell us about any solar or battery kit before we attend, so we bring the correct equipment and take the right precautions from the moment we arrive.
Older properties in Knowle, Dorridge and parts of Shirley may have split-board or rewirable-fuse consumer units. These cannot always be upgraded on the same visit as an emergency repair, but any unsafe fusing will be isolated before we leave. We will quote for a full consumer unit replacement separately, in writing, with no pressure to proceed immediately.
If your fault has caused visible scorching, melted plastic, or a sustained burning smell even after the circuit is isolated, your insurer may require a written record of what caused the damage before processing a claim. Our job report documents exactly that. Keep it safe alongside your insurance paperwork.
FAQs
Response time depends on current workload and your location within the borough. Call us directly on 01527 337155 and we will give you an honest arrival estimate straight away, whether that is the same day or the next morning. We cover all Solihull postcodes from our Redditch base, which is roughly 25 minutes south via the A34 and M42, so we are not fighting Birmingham city traffic to reach you. We will not give you a window and then miss it without calling ahead.
A persistently tripping MCB or RCD can mean a faulty appliance, a damaged cable, a failing device, or a genuine overload. We will not just reset it and leave. We use calibrated test equipment to measure insulation resistance, earth loop impedance and RCD operation times on each circuit until we identify exactly which circuit is causing the issue and why. Once we know the cause, we give you a written quote for the fix before touching anything. If the fault is unsafe, we isolate the circuit first and explain why.
Yes, treat it as one. A burning smell from a socket, switch, or consumer unit usually means there is localised overheating caused by a loose connection, a failing component, or a circuit carrying more load than its wiring can handle safely. Left unattended, these faults can cause fires. Switch off the affected socket or circuit at the consumer unit if you can do so safely, do not use it, and call us. We will attend, identify the source of the heat, isolate any unsafe equipment, and give you a written quote for the permanent repair.
It can, and it is important that you tell us when you call. A solar installation means there is a DC voltage present on the cable runs from the panels to the inverter even when the inverter is off and even at night if the panels are exposed to any light. Standard isolation procedures do not remove that DC voltage. We carry the correct equipment and follow the right isolation procedures for properties with solar arrays, including those with Tesla Powerwall 3 battery storage. Always mention your solar or battery kit when you first call so we arrive prepared.
Yes. Every emergency call-out ends with a written job report that we hand to you before leaving. The report documents what we found, which circuits or components were involved, what we did to make the installation safe, and any follow-on work we recommend. It is signed by a NAPIT-registered electrician. Most household insurers will accept this as evidence of the cause and scope of an electrical fault when you are making a claim for damage caused by the fault. Keep the report with your policy documents. If your insurer needs anything more specific, call us and we will help where we can.
Yes. We attend light-commercial premises including small offices, retail units, and workshops across Solihull and the surrounding area. The process is the same: we assess the fault, give you a written itemised quote before starting work, and provide a written report at the end. For larger commercial sites, we will discuss the scope of the fault with you before attending to make sure we bring the right equipment and the right number of engineers. Call 01527 337155 and describe the premises and the fault, and we will confirm whether we are the right fit for your job.
Our commitment
We take on a managed number of call-outs each week so that every engineer attending a job has the time and the test equipment to do it properly. A fault traced to its actual source and fixed correctly is worth far more to you than a fast reset that fails again three days later. We will not close a job until the installation is safe and you understand what we found.
Who we are
We are Djuka Electrics, based in Beoley, Redditch, and covering a wide area across the West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. We are NAPIT-registered electricians carrying full insurance for every job we attend. Our reviews are from real customers and our job photographs are from real sites. Call us on 01527 337155 to talk through your fault before we visit.
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