Electrician in Balwyn

Interwar houses are now close to a century old. Most have been rewired at some point, but if a house was extended rather than rebuilt, wiring from several eras can still be working side by side behind the walls.

In heritage-protected streets the aim is to leave the character of the rooms untouched. We feed new cable through the roof and subfloor, reuse existing switch positions where they suit, and talk you through fitting choices before anything is mounted.

A big new house can draw a lot of power: ducted heating and cooling, a large kitchen with induction cooking, perhaps a pool pump and an electric car. Some homes this size are on a three-phase supply, which changes how loads and chargers are set up.

We check the supply type and switchboard capacity before recommending anything, and spread new circuits across the phases where the home has three.

About one Balwyn home in four is a townhouse, semi or terrace. Newer townhouses often have modern boards with room to grow, which makes extra outlets, better lighting and a car charger straightforward.

Where walls are already finished, we fish cable through existing cavities instead of cutting channels. For a car charger, the distance from the board to the garage usually sets the cable size, so we measure before quoting.