House rewiring
in Ashburton.

Most houses here are younger than the grand period homes elsewhere in Boroondara, but post-war wiring still ages. Insulation dries out, joins multiply and the circuits were designed for a lighter load. We test the wiring and say whether a partial rewire or a full one is worth doing. In single-storey brick or weatherboard, we use the ceiling cavity and subfloor, which keeps the mess low. Some interwar houses toward Glen Iris can have older cable than their post-war neighbours, and we treat them accordingly. For units, a rewire is usually limited to your own unit, and body corporate rules apply to anything shared. Every rewire includes a new board, because new wiring on an old fuse box is half a job.

What the job involves, warning signs and what's included are on our main house rewires page. For everything else we do locally, see electrician Ashburton.