HOW TO HIRE · ELECTRICAL

How to hire a cooker and hob electrician in the UK
The checks, the questions and the paperwork.

A new cooker circuit is notifiable; a gas hob needs a Gas Safe engineer. Both checks, the cable questions, and the certificate to get.

  • Search and compare — no account needed
  • Nearest to you first
  • One score from Google, Trustpilot and Locufy reviews

THE 60-SECOND VERSION

Hiring a cooker and hob electrician in five steps

  1. Find the appliance ratingThe kW on the cooker or hob's data plate decides the cable and breaker.
  2. Look them up firstThe Registered Competent Person Electrical register covers England and Wales; check the name there before agreeing the cooker connection.
  3. Gas? Different engineerAny gas hob or cooker is connected by a Gas Safe registered engineer, by law.
  4. Existing point or new circuit?Re-using a suitable cooker point is quick; a new circuit is notifiable.
  5. Get the certificateMinor Works for a reconnection or alteration; Electrical Installation Certificate for a new circuit.

BEFORE YOU BOOK

Check before you book

Registered Competent Person Electrical

In England and Wales, a new circuit for a cooker or hob is notifiable; in Wales, new electrical work in a kitchen is notifiable too, though replacing a fitting is not. Where the cooker connection is notifiable, an electrician on a government-authorised competent person scheme, such as NICEIC or NAPIT, self-certifies it under the Building Regulations; anyone else must notify building control before starting, and you pay for that inspection. Before the cooker connection, confirm the public liability insurance and its limit. You have Consumer Rights Act 2015 protection because the provider is a trader; and if the cooker connection is agreed in your home or online, the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 usually let you cancel within 14 days, except for made-to-measure goods and the part of the work you asked them to start early.

Search the business name on the register before you agree the cooker connection. Get a copy of the insurance before the cooker connection starts, and check the profile for the ID-checked and trader badges. electricalcompetentperson.co.uk →

Electrical Installation Certificate

When the cooker connection uses a new circuit, it is tested to BS 7671 and recorded on an Electrical Installation Certificate; altering the existing cooker circuit gets a Minor Works Certificate. Where the cooker connection is notifiable, a Building Regulations compliance certificate follows from the scheme — within 8 weeks in England according to gov.uk, and arranged within 30 days in Wales according to the Welsh Government.

Ask for the certificate, with the test results filled in, on the day the cooker connection is finished. gov.wales →

Gas Safe Register

If the cooker or hob runs on gas, the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations make it unlawful for anyone not on the Gas Safe Register to connect it for pay; that applies in all four nations.

For a gas hob, ask the engineer for the Gas Safe licence number and check the back of the card covers cookers. gassaferegister.co.uk →

Building warrant (Scotland) and Northern Ireland

In Scotland there is no equivalent register; the cooker connection is judged against building standard 4.5 (wiring to BS 7671), and certain work — rewiring a flat is the usual example — needs a building warrant, which the owner obtains. For the cooker connection in Northern Ireland, the building regulations contain no Part P-style notification scheme for domestic wiring.

In Scotland, ask whether the cooker connection needs a warrant and whether the electrician is an approved certifier of construction. gov.scot →

VAT

HMRC puts wiring or connecting a cooker or hob at the standard rate of 20%; once a trader's taxable turnover passes £90,000 it must register, charge the 20% and list it apart from the price of the work.

Ask for the VAT number, and look for VAT as its own line on the cooker connection quote. gov.uk →

“What rating is the cooker circuit, and is it enough?”

A good answer: An answer from the breaker and the cable, checked against the appliance's data plate; induction hobs and double ovens often need more.

“Do I need a new circuit?”

A good answer: If the existing one is undersized, yes — notifiable in England and Wales.

“Will there be a cooker switch?”

A good answer: A double-pole cooker switch within reach but not above the hob, and a connection unit behind the appliance.

“Can the oven and hob share one circuit?”

A good answer: Often yes, if the circuit is rated for both together; the electrician should do the sum, not guess.

“Is any of this gas?”

A good answer: If it is, a Gas Safe engineer connects that part; an electrician only does the electrical supply.

“Which certificate will I get?”

A good answer: Minor Works for a reconnection on an altered circuit, or an Electrical Installation Certificate for a new one.

Getting the quote right

  • Reconnection on the existing point, or a new circuit, stated
  • Cable size and breaker rating
  • Cooker switch and connection plate included
  • Removing the old appliance and any making good
  • Who actually attends — the electrician who makes the connection, employed or subcontracted — and the business's VAT number, with VAT at 20% shown as its own line
  • Certification included

Walk away if

  • Offers to 'just connect' a gas hob as well
  • Plugs a large induction hob into a 13 amp socket
  • Doesn't look at the appliance's rating
  • No certificate for a new cooker circuit
  • No register entry in England or Wales for a new circuit
LOW
£60
TYPICAL
£150
HIGH
£450

What a cooker and hob electrician costs: £60–£450 per job

Cooker and hob wiring is priced per job: reconnecting to a suitable cooker point is quick, while a new circuit, a cooker switch and a cable run from the consumer unit take it to the top of the range. Cooker & Hob Wiring price guide →

Guide prices compiled by the Locufy team from published Irish and UK provider price lists and 2026/27 cost guides. Updated 2026.

KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR? NOW FIND ONE

Cooker and hob electricians near you, with the badges that matter shown

ID checked, trader status and one score from every review — on the card, before you message anyone. Nearest first. No account needed to look.

Or post the job free and let them come to you.

  1. Check the ratingThe electrician reads the appliance's data plate and checks the circuit against it.
  2. IsolateThe cooker circuit is switched off and proved dead.
  3. ConnectThe appliance is wired into a connection unit, or a new circuit and cooker switch installed.
  4. TestEarth continuity, polarity and insulation resistance; a new circuit gets the full set of tests.
  5. CertifyCertificate handed over; a new circuit notified through the scheme.

Cooker circuit
A dedicated circuit for the cooker or hob.
Cooker switch
The double-pole switch that isolates the cooker.
Connection unit
The outlet plate behind the appliance that the cable is wired into.
Data plate
The label on the appliance giving its power rating.
Diversity
The allowance made because not every ring and oven is on full at once.
Gas Safe Register
The legal register for anyone paid to do gas work.

AFTER

When the job is done

Keep the certificate and the manualThe Minor Works or Electrical Installation Certificate, and the appliance manual with its installation section.
Run everything at onceOven and every hob ring on together for a while; the breaker should not trip.
Know where the switch isThe cooker switch should be easy to reach in a hurry.
Leave the reviewOnly booked jobs can be reviewed on Locufy, so yours carries weight; if the cooker connection falls short, use the make-it-right step first and the provider is asked to fix it before the review is published.

STEP 1Raise it with the electrician in writingKeep it factual: what was agreed for the cooker connection, what is wrong, and a reasonable date to fix it. Reasonable care and skill is a term of every trader's service under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and the remedies are a redo or money off.
STEP 2Use Locufy's make-it-right stepRate the cooker connection under four stars and you are asked whether to send it to the provider first; we follow it through. Then the review goes up.
STEP 3Unsafe or uncertified workWhere the cooker connection needed self-certifying or notifying in England or Wales and neither happened, building control at the council is the place to go; if only the compliance certificate is missing, ask the electrician's scheme to follow it up. For a dispute about the cooker connection with the trader, Trading Standards is reached through the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0808 223 1133 in England and Wales, Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 800 9060, or Consumerline on 0300 123 6262 in Northern Ireland.
STEP 4Money still in disputeIf the cooker connection is still not settled, you can claim without a solicitor: the small claims track takes claims up to £10,000 in England and Wales, simple procedure up to £5,000 in Scotland, and the small claims court up to £5,000 in Northern Ireland.

Hiring a cooker and hob electrician: questions people ask

For a new cooker circuit in England and Wales, yes, or building control must be notified; in Wales, new electrical work in a kitchen is notifiable. Reconnecting like for like on a suitable existing point is not notifiable.

Not the gas side. Gas work for pay is restricted by law to engineers on the Gas Safe Register, in all four nations.

£60–£450 a job, typically around £150. Connecting to a suitable existing point is the cheap end; a new circuit costs most. The Cooker & Hob Wiring price guide goes through it line by line; type your postcode above for cooker and hob electricians in your area.

A Minor Works Certificate for work on an existing circuit, or an Electrical Installation Certificate for a new one, with the compliance certificate for notifiable work.

Small ones sometimes can; most induction hobs and ovens need a cooker circuit. The data plate says which.

A means of isolating the cooker is needed; a cooker switch near, but not above, the hob is the usual answer.

MORE GUIDES

More hiring guides in electrical

How to hire: ElectricianHow to hire: Partial RewiringHow to hire: Consumer Unit / Fuse Board UpgradeHow to hire: Extra SocketsHow to hire: Socket & Switch InstallationHow to hire: Extractor Fan InstallationHow to hire: Electrical Fault FindingHow to hire: Three-Phase InstallationAll 701 hiring guides →

Cooker and hob electricians near you

Cooker and hob electricians in LondonCooker and hob electricians in ManchesterCooker and hob electricians in BirminghamCooker and hob electricians in GlasgowCooker and hob electricians in BelfastAll cooker and hob electricians on Locufy →

Sources — checked October 2026

  1. gov.uk — Approved Document P: electrical safety in dwellings (England)
  2. Registered Competent Person Electrical register
  3. gov.uk — building work, replacements and repairs to your home (England)
  4. gov.wales — building regulations: electrics
  5. gov.scot — Building Standards Technical Handbook 2022 (domestic), standard 4.5 electrical safety
  6. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, regulation 3
  7. HSE — Gas Safe Register: the scheme, its coverage and the ID card
  8. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 49 — reasonable care and skill
  9. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 54 — what you can ask for when a service falls short
  10. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 30 — the 14-day cancellation period
  11. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 28 — contracts the cancellation right does not cover
  12. Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 36 — services started within the cancellation period
  13. Civil Procedure Rules Part 26 — the small claims track limit (England and Wales)
  14. Scottish Courts and Tribunals — making a claim under simple procedure
  15. nidirect — the small claims process (Northern Ireland)
  16. Buildings and construction (VAT Notice 708) — 2.1 Construction services: work to an existing building is normally standard-rated
  17. GOV.UK — VAT rates
  18. GOV.UK — Register for VAT: when to register