How much does it cost to add a new socket?
Changing an existing single socket to a double socket is straightforward and shouldn’t cost too much. However, the price of additional mains sockets to your room can vary enormously. It all depends on whether the ring main needs extending and how easy it will be to do so.
User submitted prices
Prices provided by WhatPrice users who have had a new socket added or has been quoted for one.
| Job type | Description | Price | Units | Region | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a socket | Disconnected power outside so garden work could be carried out | £565 | Total price | South East | 2024 |
| Add a socket | Installed 11 sockets, kitchen light, 2 x smoke detectors, repositioned a light switch, sink 1 light switch and 1 double socket. Electrical Install certificate | £1,349 | Total price | South East | 2024 |
| Add a socket | 13amp double socket for | £60 | Total price | North West | 2024 |
| Add a socket | Double socket on oposite wall chased in | £90 | Total price | North West | 2024 |
| Add a socket | New RCD spur, double socket chased in for wall mounted TV | £130 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Move one socket approx. 2 metres on the same wall, lift floorboards, run cable, fit surface box, connect and test. | £85 | Total price | Scotland | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Two new sockets within ring circuit of lounge wires buried and flush mounted plate | £235 | Total price | South West | 2023 |
| Add a socket | 1 new socket plus x 2 fused spurs and chased in | £495 | Total price | Yorkshire & the Humber | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Supply of 7 new Double Sockets (3 different rooms) 1 New Light switch and light fitting Relocate a surface mounted RCD | £380 | Total price | Scotland | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Provide an additional double power socket on opposite side of room to original power socket fed via RCD fused connection unit as the property has a fuse board with no RCD protection. Conceal cable in white PVC mini trunking and issue Minor Works certificate on completion. | £190 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Moving 3 sockets from the skirting up to the wall. | £460 | Total price | London | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Electrician came out to add a new socket to the living room, fitted new socket and cleared up afterwards, very happy. | £390 | Total price | North West | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Supply and install to external wall of House 1 Mk Masterseal double socket outlet. Price excludes VAT. | £120 | Total price | East Midlands | 2023 |
| Add a socket | fitted outdoor twin socket (fully enclosed) for lawnmower etc. wiring concealed under floor and on seperate circuit from consumer unit. | £120 | Total price | North East | 2023 |
| Add a socket | To add one socket including test certificate | £147 | Total price | South East | 2023 |
| Add a socket | Extra socket fitted 3 mtrs away from existing socket. | £85 | Total price | London | 2024 |