Switchboard
Upgrades
Melbourne CBD
Fixed Price.

In high-rise Southbank and Docklands buildings, individual apartment meters are usually grouped in a common property meter room with a bank of switchboards side by side. Each unit typically has its own board with a main switch, but the supply arrangement, metering and sometimes even the safety switch provision were set by whatever standard applied when the building was completed — which for older towers can mean no RCBOs at all, just circuit breakers.

In Carlton and Flagstaff walk-ups from the 1960s-80s, it's common to still find a rewireable fuse board with porcelain carriers, no dedicated safety switch, and mains sized for a much lighter load than modern appliances draw.

Any work touching common property — the meter room, riser or point of attachment — generally needs owners corporation sign-off first, and we handle that conversation so it doesn't stall your job. Building managers usually want lift bookings, protective floor coverings and a scheduled access window, and we plan around that rather than turning up unannounced.

For occupied apartments we aim to keep the outage window tight and, where the building allows it, do the noisier or more disruptive work after hours so neighbours on either side of a shared wall aren't affected. The new board gets RCBOs on every circuit, a compliant main switch and a CES lodged once the distributor's paperwork is done.

A board that trips when the air conditioner and the kettle run together, fuses that blow instead of a safety switch tripping, or a landlord being told a unit isn't compliant before re-letting are all reasons to book an upgrade rather than wait. Retail tenancies near the market or Southern Cross often need it done fast to satisfy a lease condition.

Whether it's one apartment in a Docklands tower or a whole floor of a Carlton walk-up, we quote a fixed price up front so there's nothing unexpected once the meter room door is open.