Registered electricians serving Point Chev
Point Chevalier electrician, on call 24/7
Need an electrician in Point Chevalier? Point Chevalier Electrician's registered electricians rewire, repair and upgrade the wiring in Point Chev homes and businesses, from 1920s bungalows off Point Chevalier Road to the shops at Hall Corner, and they are available for call-outs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
About Point Chevalier Electrician
Point Chevalier Electrician is a New Zealand owned and operated team of registered electricians, doing electrical work in Auckland homes and businesses since 2009. Most of our work is in West and Central Auckland, which takes in Point Chev, Westmere, Waterview and Mount Albert, and we cover the rest of Auckland too, the North Shore included. We handle the whole job, from finding a fault or planning a rewire to testing the finished work and handing over the certificate for it, and where the law needs a licensed electrical inspector to check the work, we arrange one.
Lights out on the peninsula?
Our electricians are available for call-outs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 021 156 4005, or send the details and we will get back to you.
Why Point Chev households call us
Point Chevalier was mostly built between the 1920s and the 1940s. Auckland Council's Point Chevalier heritage survey describes streets of Californian and cottage bungalows, a scattering of Spanish Mission and Art Deco houses, very few villas, and the state houses the first Labour government built across the southern half of the suburb. Since then many of those homes have gained rooftop additions, and infill building has changed the northern end of the peninsula. Wiring in a house like that can be from any decade, and a lot of it has been added to piece by piece.
That history is why we start by finding out what is really behind the switches before we change anything. You hear what we found in plain words, you decide what happens next, and every piece of finished work is tested before we leave. Prescribed electrical work comes with the certificate that applies to it, and anything that has to be inspected is inspected.
- Registered electricians for homes and businesses
- Call-outs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Electrical work across Auckland since 2009
- New Zealand owned and operated
- Finished work tested, with the Certificate of Compliance or Electrical Safety Certificate that applies
- A licensed electrical inspector arranged when the work needs one
The houses of the peninsula
Interwar bungalows
The Liverpool Estate streets named after native birds, Moa, Tui, Huia and Kiwi, filled with hip and gable roofed bungalows from the early 1920s. Their wiring may be a mix of original, replaced and added circuits, so plan a bungalow rewire around what is found.
1930s and 1940s state houses
State housing in Point Chev began with 24 houses in Alberta Street in 1937 and 1938. Where one of these houses still runs on a fuse board, a switchboard upgrade is usually the place to start.
Post-war and infill homes
Newer houses and infill sit mostly toward the northern tip of the peninsula. Their wiring is younger than the bungalows', though a renovation or a heat pump can still call for new circuits or a bigger board.
Shops and the town centre
The shops along Point Chevalier Road and around Hall Corner on Great North Road went up between the wars, and the businesses in them need commercial electrical work that suits an older building.
Electrical services in Point Chevalier
Seven services, each with its own page about how the work is done in Point Chev houses and shops. Choose the one that fits, or call and describe the problem.
House rewiring
Partial and full rewires for interwar bungalows, 1930s state houses and the newer homes at the end of the peninsula.Switchboard upgrades
Old fuse boards replaced with modern boards, circuit breakers and RCD protection, with the inspection mains work needs.Fault finding and repairs
Tripping circuits, flickering lights, dead sockets and warm plugs traced to their cause and put right.Emergency call-outs
Electricians available for call-outs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when something electrical fails.LED and outdoor lighting
LED downlights, kitchen and living room lighting, and garden and outdoor lights for the section.Heat pump installation
Heat pumps wired in on their own circuit, with the indoor and outdoor units placed to suit the house.Shops and commercial
Electrical work for the shops and businesses along Point Chevalier Road and Great North Road.Point Chevalier electrical questions
How can I tell whether my house still has old wiring?
Often you cannot tell from the switches and sockets, because they are easy to replace and may be decades newer than the cable behind them. Fuses on the main board together with rubber-sheathed cable run in metal conduit are signs, BRANZ says, of wiring that is likely to be unsafe and should be replaced. An electrician can open up and test a few points and tell you what is there.
The power is off. Is it my house or the network?
Vector owns the lines that carry power to Point Chevalier, and its outage page shows whether your address is part of a known outage. If the street has power and you do not, call us and we will find where the supply stops, using our 24/7 call-out service if it is the middle of the night.
Who is responsible for the line from the street to my house?
Usually you are. Vector owns its network up to the point of supply, normally a fuse at the boundary or on the nearest pole, and the property owner owns the service line from there to the meter. Our page on electrical fault finding explains how we trace a fault on that line.
What paperwork should I get when the work is done?
Fixed wiring work, including a new power point, comes with a Certificate of Compliance. Like-for-like maintenance, such as swapping a damaged socket, does not need one. The law also requires some work to be inspected, particularly work on the main switchboard, the main cable and the main earth, and when it is, you get a copy of the inspection record as well.
Do you work outside Point Chevalier?
Yes. Neighbouring Westmere, Waterview, Mount Albert, Grey Lynn, Kingsland and Avondale are all close by, and our electricians work across Auckland, including the North Shore. Send the address and what you need through our contact page.
Enquiries
Contact us
Call 021 156 4005 at any hour, or tell us about the job below and we will get back to you.
021 156 4005- Auckland
- Call-outs around the clock, every day of the week