Service area · Duns
Electricians in DunsBerwickshire's county townCovered from Coldstream since 1985
Duns sits about thirteen miles from our Coldstream workshop, and it has been part of our regular working patch for four decades. Domestic rewires, commercial fit-outs, farm supplies, fire and security systems, solar and EV charging, one accredited team rather than four separate contractors.
Free quotes supplied. No obligation.
- Established 1985over 40 years in the Borders
- 9 full-time electriciansAll 18th Edition qualified
- SELECT 17074 · ECA 1683735NSI, BAFE, MCS, OZEV & RECC
- £10m / £5m insuredEmployers' & public liability
- Free fixed-price quotesSupplied free, no obligation
Local to Duns
Duns and the Berwickshire hinterland are core territory for us
Duns is the old county town of Berwickshire, and the mix of work there reflects that: a compact commercial centre around the Market Square, a substantial stock of Victorian and Georgian stone housing, later council and private estates, public and community buildings, small industrial units, and a wide ring of arable and mixed farms running out towards the Lammermuirs. We cover the lot, and have done since 1985.
Where we work in and around Duns
Our Duns work spans the town centre, Newtown Street, Castle Street and the surrounding residential streets, the business and light industrial premises on the edge of town, and the villages and farms around it: Preston, Gavinton, Longformacus, Edrom and out towards Grantshouse. If your postcode is TD11, you are in our normal working area rather than an exception to it.
Getting to Duns
Duns is roughly a twenty-minute run from our Coldstream base along the A6112, so it is comfortably a same-week area for planned work and one of the first places our vans pass through on a normal day. Free quotes supplied. Existing commercial, industrial and agricultural customers have access to out-of-hours cover for failures that would otherwise stop a business or put stock at risk.
Property types we know here
Duns property runs the full range: stone-fronted townhouses and tenement flats in the centre, substantial Victorian villas, mid-century local authority housing, modern estates, agricultural steadings converted to dwellings, and working farm buildings that carry three-phase machinery. Each has its own quirks: solid walls and no cavity to hide cable in the old stock, undersized boards in the mid-century housing, and long submain runs on the farms.
What Duns customers call us for
The most common calls we take from Duns are consumer unit replacements and full rewires in older housing, landlord EICRs, fault-finding where circuits have been added to over the years, three-phase work and machinery connections at farms and small industrial units, fire alarm installation and maintenance for commercial premises and HMOs, and a steady stream of solar, battery and EV charger enquiries from households and estates trying to reduce running costs.
What we do here
Services available in Duns
Domestic Electrical Services in Duns
Rewires, consumer units, extra circuits, faults and EICRs across Duns housing, from Victorian stone to modern estate builds.Read more →
Agricultural Electrical Services in Duns
Farm electrical work across the Berwickshire hinterland: shed and grain store supplies, parlours, workshops and control gear, with out-of-hours cover for existing customers.Read more →
Commercial Electrical Services in Duns
Shops, offices, community buildings and lets in Duns: fit-outs, emergency lighting, periodic inspection and the maintenance that keeps them compliant.Read more →
Industrial Electrical Services in Duns
Three-phase power, machinery connections and planned maintenance for the light industrial units around the town.Read more →
Fire Alarm Installation in Duns
NSI approved for fire and BAFE registered (SP203) fire detection and alarm systems for Duns businesses, care settings and multi-occupancy property.Read more →
Solar PV Installation in Duns
MCS certified solar PV on Duns homes, farm sheds and commercial roofs, with 25-year panel warranties.Read more →
EV Charging Installation in Duns
OZEV approved chargers for Duns driveways, workplaces and estate offices, sized to your existing supply.Read more →
Power Factor Correction in Duns
For Duns sites with motor-heavy loads, correcting power factor cuts reactive charges and frees up capacity you have already paid for.Read more →Why us
Why Duns customers use WPP Electrical
A familiar face in Berwickshire
Trading since 1985 from Coldstream, thirteen miles away. Duns has been on our regular round for the whole of that time, which is why so much of the work comes by word of mouth.
Capacity to actually turn up
Nine full-time electricians, all 18th Edition qualified, so a Duns booking is not competing with a single van already committed elsewhere.
One contractor for four disciplines
Electrical, fire and security, solar and battery, EV charging: all accredited in-house: SELECT 17074, ECA 1683735, NSI approved for fire, BAFE registered (SP203), MCS via NAPIT NEP-66400, OZEV approved, RECC registered.
Contract-ready paperwork
£10m employers' and £5m public liability insurance plus SMAS Worksafe SSIP accreditation, so we clear procurement for public and commercial clients in the town without fuss.
Local conditions
Electrical problems typical of Duns and the Berwickshire uplands
Duns sits inland at the foot of the Lammermuirs, and that combination of exposure, altitude and old building stock produces a distinctive set of faults. Recognising the pattern is half the diagnosis.
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Exposure and weather on rural supplies
Property towards Longformacus and the Lammermuir edge takes the weather hard. Overhead supplies, external isolators and outbuilding feeds suffer from wind damage and water ingress, and a marginal fault often only shows itself during a storm.
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Solid-wall Victorian and Georgian housing
The stone housing around the town centre has no cavities and often no practical loft route, so previous work has frequently been surface-run, extended or buried without proper containment. Rewiring these properties well takes planning, not speed.
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Undersized boards in mid-century housing
A great deal of Duns housing was built or upgraded with load expectations that predate electric showers, induction hobs, heat pumps and EV chargers. The consumer unit becomes the bottleneck long before the supply does.
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Long submains on farm holdings
Berwickshire farms often run several hundred metres of submain to sheds, grain stores and workshops. Voltage drop over that distance shortens the life of motors and drives, and undersized historic cabling is one of the most common issues we find.
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Compliance drift in commercial premises
Small businesses, community halls and lets in Duns often have fire detection and emergency lighting that has been extended rather than designed. Without a maintenance regime, systems fall out of certification quietly, until an inspection or a claim.
Our process
How a job in Duns runs
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Call or send the details
Tell us the property, the location and what you need. We ask enough questions to price it properly rather than guess.
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Site visit and survey
For anything beyond a small job we come out, look at the supply, the board and the building, and identify anything that would otherwise become a surprise.
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Free fixed-price quote
Free quotes supplied. No obligation and no pressure to accept it.
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Booked and carried out
Work scheduled around your household, trading hours or farming calendar, by our own 18th Edition qualified electricians, with two regular sub-contractors we know well when a programme needs more hands.
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Tested, certified, tidied
Full testing and certification on completion, the site left clean, and the paperwork you need for landlords, insurers or building control.
Payment by bank transfer (preferred) or card. Deposits on larger jobs only, agreed case by case before we start.
Before you call
Duns electricians: your questions answered
Do you serve Duns?
Yes. Duns and the surrounding TD11 villages are part of our normal working area and have been since 1985. We are based thirteen miles away in Coldstream.
How fast can you reach Duns?
Free quotes supplied. We give you a real date rather than a response-time promise we could not keep.
What will the job cost in Duns?
We quote each job individually and the quote is free and fixed before work starts. Travel from Coldstream is not something we load onto Duns prices, it is part of our normal patch.
Do you cover emergencies in Duns?
Out-of-hours cover is available to existing commercial, industrial and agricultural customers for failures that stop production or put stock at risk. Domestic emergencies are handled as quickly as the diary allows.
Do you do farm electrical work around Duns?
Yes, agricultural work is a substantial part of what we do. Supplies to sheds and grain stores, parlour installations, three-phase machinery connections, lighting and repairs across the Berwickshire farms.
Can you carry out landlord EICRs in Duns?
Yes. We carry out electrical installation condition reports on rental property, holiday lets and HMOs, with clear remedial recommendations and a fixed price for any work arising.
Are you approved for fire alarm systems?
We hold NSI approval (NSI-000082/FS/S) and are BAFE registered (SP203) for fire detection and alarm work, and we offer ongoing maintenance contracts rather than install-and-walk-away.
Do you install solar and battery systems near Duns?
Yes. We are MCS certified through NAPIT (NEP-66400) and RECC registered, working with SolarEdge, SIG Energy and DMEGC equipment. Panels carry a 25-year warranty.
Can you install an EV charger in Duns?
Yes, as an OZEV approved installer. We check the incoming supply and board capacity first, especially at rural properties where the supply may be more limited than it looks.
Which other areas near Duns do you cover?
Coldstream, Greenlaw, Chirnside, Eyemouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed and Kelso are all within our regular round, along with the wider Scottish Borders and North Northumberland.
Nearby areas we cover
Duns sits within a working area that runs from the Berwickshire coast to the Cheviots, all covered from Unit 4 Home Pl, Coldstream TD12 4DT.
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WPP Electrical Ltd · Unit 4 Home Pl, Coldstream TD12 4DT · 01890 882981
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- SELECT 17074 · ECA 1683735 · SMAS Worksafe SSIP
- £10m employers' and £5m public liability cover
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