Electrician in Mentone

Mentone's resort beginnings left it some large early houses, and the old Mentone Hotel overlooking the bay has since been converted into apartments. In a house with that much history, the wiring has usually been redone in stages, so we test every circuit before assuming anything.

Where we find older cable or a board without full RCD protection, we explain the risk plainly and give you a fixed price to fix it.

Close to the beach, outdoor lights and power points are worth checking now and then, as salt air is hard on exposed metal.

With more than half the suburb in townhouses, semis and flats, a lot of electrical work here happens in attached homes. In an attached home the useful upgrades are usually lighting, extra outlets, appliance circuits and smoke alarms.

In a unit block, tell us who looks after the common property, so any work near shared meters or walls can be arranged properly.

If you'd like air moving through bedrooms and living areas in summer without leaning on the air conditioner, a ceiling fan is worth considering. It has to be secured to the ceiling framing rather than hung from plaster alone, and the blades need at least 2.1 metres of clearance from the floor, as our fan buying guide explains.

We can swap an existing light for a fan, add a wall control or run a new circuit if the room needs one.