St Marys Bay electrician for homes and businesses

No, and we would rather say so. We are an Auckland electrical business that serves St Marys Bay as part of covering the whole city, the North Shore included. Most of our work is in the western and central suburbs, so St Marys Bay, Ponsonby, Freemans Bay and Herne Bay are familiar ground.

Inside the house, rarely. Parts of St Marys Bay sit in the Auckland Unitary Plan's Special Character Areas Overlay, which protects what the street sees: the cottages and villas, their verandahs, fences and front gardens. Repairs are generally fine, but external alterations to a house in the overlay can need resource consent, so if a job adds something to the street-facing side, such as a new meter box position or lights on a front verandah, check with Auckland Council before it goes ahead.

For fixed wiring work, such as a new circuit or power point, a Certificate of Compliance. WorkSafe's guide to getting electrical work done explains that maintenance such as swapping a socket or a light fitting does not need one, and that the law also requires some work to be inspected, particularly work on the main switchboard, main cable or main earth. Keep the certificates with your house papers: they can be needed for an insurance claim or when you sell.

Yes. Our registered electricians do commercial work as well as residential, so a shop, office or hospitality business on or around Ponsonby Road is covered, and so is a rental property.

Look at your switchboard for a tripped circuit breaker or main switch, then look outside: if the neighbours are dark too, it is probably a network outage, and Vector lets you check your address and report it online. If only your property is off, or a breaker trips again the moment you reset it, call us on 021 156 4005 at any hour, and see our 24/7 emergency electrician page for what to do while you wait.