House rewires · Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter

Old wiring out.Peace of mindin.

Cotton-and-rubber cable, unearthed circuits and ceramic fuses replaced room by room, with the patching kept small, the power kept on where we can, and a tested, certified board at the end.

DJM electrician running new cable through a roof space during a house rewire
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Perished old wiring inside a Newcastle roof space before a DJM rewire

What a rewire fixes

The wiring yourhouse came withis past it.

A lot of homes around Mayfield, Hamilton, Cardiff, Toronto and Maitland were wired before 1960 with rubber or cotton-insulated cable. The insulation goes hard, cracks and falls off, usually in the roof where nobody looks. Add unearthed light circuits, a ceramic fuse board and sixty years of power points being added by whoever was handy, and you have a house that works until the day it does not.

A rewire replaces all of it: new circuits to every room, earthing throughout, a modern switchboard with a safety switch on each circuit, new power points and switches, hard-wired smoke alarms. We plan it around the roof and subfloor access so the holes in the walls stay small and few, and we work room by room so you can stay living in the house.

  • Full rewires and staged partial rewires
  • New switchboard with RCDs included
  • Smoke alarms, power points and switches replaced
  • Insurers and buyers can see it was done properly

Warning signs

If your housedoes any of this.

None of these fix themselves. Some of them are urgent.

Fuses blow and lights flicker

Circuits that trip for no reason, or lights that dim when the fridge starts, point to loose or degraded wiring.

Burning smells or warm switches

A hot switch plate or a fishy, plasticky smell near outlets is insulation breaking down. Stop using that circuit and call.

Crumbling cable in the roof

If the insulation flakes off when a cable is touched, it is past its life. We see it in a lot of pre-1960s roof spaces.

A ceramic fuse board

Rewirable fuses usually mean the wiring is the same age. The board goes as part of the rewire, with RCDs on every circuit.

Two-pin or unearthed outlets

Older lighting circuits often have no earth at all. Modern appliances and safety switches both need one.

You are renovating or selling

Opening walls for a renovation is the cheapest moment to rewire. And a certified rewire is something buyers and insurers ask about.

How we keep the mess down

Room by room,with the housestill liveable.

Survey the house

Dak checks the roof, subfloor and wall construction, maps every circuit, and quotes the rewire in writing, including the board and alarms.

Plan the route

Cable runs are planned through the roof and under the floor first, so the number of wall openings is kept to the minimum the house allows.

Pull and connect

New cable in, old cable out where it can be, one area at a time. Power stays on to the rooms we are not in.

Patch, test, certify

Openings patched ready for your painter, every circuit tested, RCDs timed, the certificate issued and the house handed back clean.

Straight from Google

What people sayafter the job is done.

Live reviews from our Google Business Profile, rated 5.0. Read them before you ring us.

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Good to know

Rewiringquestions,answered plainly.

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Where we work

Obligation-free quotes

Tell us aboutthe house.

Roughly how old it is, what it is doing, and whether you are renovating. Dak comes out, checks the roof and the board, and you get the options in writing.

Tell us about the job

Four quick fields. We aim to get back to you within one business day.

Obligation-free. No deposit until you are ready, and nobody rings you twice a week.