No power in Christchurch?
Whole house or just one room. Check the street first, then call. On site within the hour for genuine outages.
TAP TO CALL · AFTER HOURSQuoted before any work starts. Fixed price for the repair, agreed on the phone or on arrival. No hourly meter.
Whole house: usually the main switch, the meter fuse, or a street outage. Part of the house: a tripped breaker or RCD, a failed circuit, or a faulty appliance dragging it down. Old rewireable fuse boards fail more often and take longer to diagnose. We find the cause, not just reset the switch.
- Rule out the streetWe'll ask you to check neighbours and the Orion outage map before we drive out, so you're not paying for a lines fault.
- Isolate the circuitWhich circuit dropped tells us where to look. Board, wiring, or appliance.
- Test, don't guessInsulation and continuity testing finds the fault. Resetting it again doesn't.
- Fix and certifyFixed price for the repair. Certificate of Compliance for anything we replace.
Fault finding is covered by the call-out. The repair is quoted as a fixed price once we know the cause, before we do it.
Can I just reset the breaker?
Once. If it trips again, something's wrong and repeated resets can damage the wiring. Leave it off and call.
The RCD trips when it rains
Water getting into an outdoor socket, light or junction. Common in older Christchurch houses. Findable and fixable in a visit.
How long will you take?
Most faults are found and fixed in one visit. If we need parts we don't carry, we'll make it safe and come back.
Switchboard started smelling hot on a Sunday night. Called at 9pm, sparky was in Riccarton within 40 minutes and made it safe. Upfront price, no drama.
Full rewire of a 1920s Merivale villa. Tidy work, clear quote before starting, and they worked around our family. Lights and heat pumps all perfect.
No hot water mid-winter with two kids at home. Fixed the element and thermostat the same morning and checked the rest of the board while here.
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