--- title: "Light fitting and switch replacement in Sutton | 5.0 Star · From £50" description: "Light and dimmer replacement in Sutton stays at the existing point. A centre semi rewired in stages is not rewired again because a lamp failed." canonical: "https://www.tmbelectrics.co.uk/electrician-sutton/light-fitting-dimmer-switch-replacement" --- # Light fitting and switch replacement in Sutton > Light and dimmer replacement in Sutton stays at the existing point. A centre semi rewired in stages is not rewired again because a lamp failed. TMB Electrics, based in Banstead, changes a light or a dimmer in Sutton at the point that already exists. A staged rewire near the centre is left as it is. ## Sutton light fitting price A light or dimmer in Sutton is the swap at the existing point. Moving the point in a Sutton Garden Suburb house, where the cable has to go around the building, is quoted separately. A centre semi is not rewired because one lamp failed. A dimmer is included only where the lamp allows it. - Lighting installation: from £50 - The lamp that goes on is the one named before the day. - Lights that need a circuit of their own are written up separately. - A ceiling already damaged is left for whoever decorates. ## Light fitting and switch replacement across Sutton We serve Sutton from our base in Banstead. - Sutton town centre - Cheam Road - Belmont - Benhilton - Rosehill - Sutton Garden Suburb - West Sutton - Carshalton Road ## What happens on the day The fitting or the dimmer hangs on the cable that is already there. In a semi near the centre that cable may belong to a later stage of the rewire, and a pendant swap does not replace the other stages. A dimmer is fitted only where the lamp allows. A 1930s house in West Sutton does not get a board change because a light failed. Sutton Garden Suburb fabric is not opened to move a point. ### Use the cable at the point The new fitting hangs on the cable already there, including where that cable is a later stage of a centre rewire. Moving the point is described before any cutting. ### Match the dimmer to the lamp The dimmer has to suit the lamps already on that circuit. A lamp that will not dim keeps an ordinary switch. The board is not changed just to make a dimmer fit. ### Leave the bigger jobs A dead light in West Sutton is not the start of the extra sockets that house may also want. A failed lamp in the Garden Suburb is not a reason to open original fabric. ## Sutton lighting questions ### Will a new pendant near the centre replace the other rewire stages? No. The pendant hangs on the cable that is already there. Other stages of the rewire stay put. Shifting the point is quoted separately. ### Can every lamp in West Sutton take a dimmer? Not always. Whether that lamp can dim is what decides. One that cannot be dimmed keeps a plain switch. The wish for more sockets does not change the lamp. ### Will you open Sutton Garden Suburb fabric to move a light? Not for a swap at the existing point. Moving it means cable planned around the building, described before any cutting. Original fabric is not chased for a shorter drop. ### Is a Cheam Road flat light fed from the shop? No. The fitting is on the flat's circuit. The shop is not opened so a pendant can be swapped, even where the supply is shared. ### What if the old cable is too short? If the cable is short, the extra length is written up before the fitting goes on. A joint buried in the ceiling is not used to hide the shortfall. ## Other services in Sutton - [Electrician in Sutton](https://www.tmbelectrics.co.uk/electrician-sutton): Sutton electrician for EICRs, fault finding, rewiring, consumer units and EV chargers, with clear next steps before booking. - [Light fitting and switch replacement (all areas)](https://www.tmbelectrics.co.uk/services/light-fitting-dimmer-switch-replacement): TMB Electrics replaces light fittings, dimmers and switches from £50. 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