Your flat has lost power while the neighbours still have theirs? The stair lights have been off for a week and nobody knows where to start? The intercom rings but will not open the door? An electrician in Al-Iskan knows the district’s similar blocks from the inside: where a flat’s board sits, where the meters are grouped, and how stair and intercom cables run between floors. Call or WhatsApp 0565564857; we take reports 24 hours a day.
Al-Iskan is mostly multi-storey housing-project blocks built to similar designs, which helps an electrician: a fault seen in one block can usually be found in the same place in the next. The Gulf Al-Arab Company team works in these flats and buildings often, the same team that serves as a home electrician in Makkah across the city.
What we fix in Al-Iskan buildings
- Flat boards: tripping breakers, unlabelled circuits, ACs sharing a circuit, RCDs for bathrooms
- Meters and load balancing: checks after the meter, tightened terminals, flats spread across phases
- Shared lighting: stairs, corridors, entrance and roof, with timers and motion sensors
- Intercoms and doorbells: audio or video, electric door release, cabling between floors
- Utility side: we tell you when a fault belongs to the electricity company
- Booking: 0565564857 by call or WhatsApp, payment after testing
Similar blocks, repeating faults
When dozens of blocks share one plan, they share faults. Breakers were sized the same for every flat, although a family of eight with six ACs uses far more than a small household. The wiring was designed for fewer appliances than homes have now. Stair lighting often runs as one long circuit from ground to roof, so one shorted lamp darkens the whole stairwell.
That similarity shortens diagnosis, but we never rely on memory alone; many blocks were altered after construction, with rooftop rooms added or a store turned into a flat. Another common fault is loose terminals in the meter room itself. Those cables carry whole flats, and a small loosening produces heat that a thermal camera shows before the eye can. Sometimes a flat’s weak power comes from exactly that, not from its own board.
Flat boards and circuit labelling
The first question we ask: do you know which breaker controls which room? In most flats the answer is no. Labels are missing or faded. Labelling matters: during a night fault you should switch off one circuit, not the whole flat, and the next electrician should understand the board in seconds.
Moving ACs onto their own lines
Many flats have two or three ACs on one circuit, because the original design assumed far fewer units. The breaker trips at midday or the cable heats inside the wall. We move large ACs onto dedicated lines; where concealed routing is not possible, we use neat surface trunking in a colour close to the wall.
RCDs for bathrooms and kitchen
Older block boards often have no RCD. It compares current going out and coming back, and trips in a fraction of a second if some leaks through a person or water. We fit it for bathrooms, kitchen and washing machine, and show you how to test it.
The meter: your side and the utility’s side
Sometimes the fault is in the meter or the building’s incoming cable. That belongs to the Saudi Electricity Company, and no private electrician should open a meter or touch its seal. What we do is locate the fault precisely: if there is no voltage leaving the meter, the problem is before it and we guide you to report it; if voltage is there, the fault is after it and we fix it.
Everything after the meter is yours or the owner’s: the riser cable to the flat, the main breaker, the board and all circuits. In some blocks the flat’s main breaker is in the meter room, so when it trips residents think the utility cut them off. We show you where it is and label it with your flat number.
Before calling the utility: check whether neighbours in the same building have power. If the whole block is dark, it is probably the network; if only your flat, it is probably after the meter, and that is where we come in.
Stair, corridor and entrance lighting
Stair lighting is the space everyone sees and nobody owns, and a dark stairwell is where older people and children fall. We work with the owners’ association, the landlord or whoever handles maintenance:
- Splitting stair lighting into two or more circuits so one lamp cannot black out every floor
- Motion sensors on each landing that switch off after a few minutes
- A timer with a push button on each floor for those who prefer it
- A dusk sensor for the entrance and roof
- Long-life LED lamps, so fewer trips up a ladder
- Battery emergency lighting for power cuts
The roof is often forgotten: dead lights, sun-cracked sockets and a tank pump running without protection, all on the shared meter everyone pays for.
Intercoms and doorbells
Older blocks usually have audio intercoms with a handset per flat, a button panel at the door and an electric lock. Typical faults: crackly sound from a corroded cable in the stairwell, one flat whose button does not ring, or a lock that will not release because its power supply has weakened. We trace the cable from the panel to the flat and repair the damaged section rather than replacing the whole system when repair makes sense.
For owners upgrading to video intercom, some modern systems run on two wires, so the existing cabling can often be reused. Individual flats can add a wireless or camera doorbell that notifies a phone.
| What happens | Usual cause | What the electrician does |
|---|---|---|
| Only your flat is without power | Flat main breaker in the meter room or a loose riser | Checks breaker and cable and restores power once the cause is known |
| The whole block is dark | Network or meter fault | Confirms by measurement and guides you to report it |
| Lights dim at peak time | Too many flats on one phase or a loose terminal | Measures loads, rebalances phases, tightens terminals |
| All stair lights off | A shorted lamp or sensor tripped the circuit | Finds the point and splits the circuit |
| Intercom rings but door stays shut | Lock power supply or the lock | Measures lock voltage and replaces the supply or lock |
| Crackly intercom in one flat | Damaged cable on that floor | Traces and repairs the section |
A fault in your flat or building?
Send the block number, the floor, what is happening and a photo of the board to 0565564857 on WhatsApp, and we will arrange the visit.
CallWhatsApp 0565564857Other services in Al-Iskan
Full details are on our electrician in Makkah page:
Short-circuit detection
Thermal camera and insulation tester to find damaged cable in walls.
Flat and roof-room wiring
First and second fix for new flats and roof rooms; rewiring older flats.
Fittings and fans
Chandeliers, spotlights, hidden LED, ceiling fans and bathroom extractors.
Kitchen and heaters
Water heaters, dedicated AC lines, ovens, hobs and hoods.
Tank pumps
Roof-tank pumps, floats and in-flat control switches.
CCTV
Entrance and stair cameras, recorders and TV mounting.
Smart home
Smart switches, motion sensors and camera doorbells.
Extras
EV charger lines in parking, earthing and generator changeovers.
A visit to a flat or a building
- Contact 0565564857 with the block number, floor, and whether the fault is in the flat or a shared area.
- Send a photo of the board, intercom panel or the dead lights.
- We send an electrician the same day where possible with a real arrival time; for meter-room work, someone with the key should be there.
- The electrician measures, decides whether the fault is before or after the meter, and explains.
- Price and parts are agreed first, and parts you bought yourself are fine to use.
- Work is done with genuine parts and tested with you: every floor’s lights, the intercom from each flat, each breaker.
- You pay after testing; the work carries a workmanship guarantee whose period the electrician confirms.
How prices are set in Al-Iskan buildings
No electrical job can be priced honestly before it is seen. Fixing one intercom button differs from upgrading a five-storey system; replacing a breaker differs from a new board with RCDs. Even a large chandelier in a building lobby may need a lift and days of work. So the price is set once the electrician sees the job, or a photo or video of it on WhatsApp, and agreed before work.
| Job | What sets the price |
|---|---|
| Flat board and labelling | Number of circuits, new breakers or RCD needed, cable condition |
| Dedicated AC lines | Number of ACs, distance from the board, concealed or surface routing |
| Meter room check and load balancing | Number of flats, terminal condition, phase changes needed |
| Stair and corridor lighting | Number of floors, sensor or timer type, circuit split |
| Intercom repair | Audio or video system, fault location, part needed |
| Video intercom upgrade | Number of flats, reuse of existing cable, chosen system |
| Wireless or camera doorbell | Doorbell type, mounting point, phone pairing |
Photograph the board, intercom panel or stairwell and send it to 0565564857 on WhatsApp; when the photo is enough, you get the price before the visit.
Do not open the meter room yourself: its cables carry the whole building’s supply. If you smell burning or see smoke from a board or the meter room, move away with the children, switch off your flat’s main breaker only if you can reach it safely, never use water, and call us, or civil defence if there is fire.
For residents and owners: write each flat number on its main breaker in the meter room and keep the electrician’s number inside the door. Two small steps that save half an hour in any night fault.
Districts close to Al-Iskan
From Al-Iskan we also serve Al-Sabhani, Al-Shubaikah and Al-Aziziyah, and the rest of Makkah.
Electrician number for Al-Iskan
0565564857, call or WhatsApp. For urgent faults in a flat or building we answer 24 hours a day.
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