Electrical — Switches and sockets
A socket that is cracked, scorched, no longer grips the plug, or has no earth: the replacement itself is simple. What matters is checking what feeds it, rather than fitting a new socket over an old fault.
Time
20 to 40 minutes per socket
Standard
Every socket must be earthed
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Four situations, and what each one really involves.
The plug no longer holds, or the casing has broken. The mechanism is replaced and the terminals properly tightened — that is where overheating begins.
Common in homes built before 1970. If an earth conductor already runs in the conduit, it is connected; if not, one must be run from the consumer unit. I can tell you which as soon as the socket is open.
This is not a cosmetic flaw: it is a terminal heating up, which means a poor contact, which means a risk. The socket is replaced and the circuit checked upstream, consumer unit included.
Replacing all the fittings in an apartment at once costs less than doing them one by one, and lets any faults be found in a single visit.
Other services
Consumer units · Ceramic kiln installation · Fault-finding and electrical repairs · Switch replacement · Socket replacement · New sockets · Bringing wiring up to standard · Recessed spotlight installation · Recessed spotlight replacement · Appliance installation · Appliance connection · Lamps and light fittings · Doorbells · Radiator and towel rail installation · Radiator and towel rail replacement
From the workshop's other trades
Washing machine and dishwasher connection · Finishing work after renovation
An unearthed socket in a bedroom is an irregularity; in a kitchen or bathroom, it is a genuine danger. When I find sockets that are not earthed, I tell you how many remain, what putting them right costs, and where to begin if you would rather not do everything at once.
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Each arrondissement has its own page, as does each neighbourhood.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Invalides · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
Tell me about the situation, with a photo if you have one. I reply the same day.