ELECTRICIAN MARRICKVILLE

Usually yes. We run five or more licensed electricians across the Inner West and Marrickville is central to the area we cover, so same-day attendance is often possible if you call early. Our hours are 7am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday and 7am to 2pm Saturday. Call 02 8999 3691 and we will tell you honestly what time we can be there rather than leaving you waiting.

We do not publish hourly rates because they tell you nothing about the final bill. An electrician attends, inspects the switchboard, the roof space and the cable route, then gives you a fixed price in writing for the whole job. You approve that price before any work starts and it does not move. If the job turns out smaller than expected, the quote reflects that.

The local housing stock is largely Victorian, Federation and interwar, and a lot of it still has original or partly rewired circuits with degraded insulation, no earthing to older points and undersized lighting circuits. We test each circuit to find what is actually failing, then quote either targeted repair or a staged rewire and switchboard upgrade. Where a switchboard is replaced or altered, AS/NZS 3000 requires RCD protection on final subcircuits.

We establish the boundary before we touch anything. Wiring and fittings inside your lot are generally your responsibility, while sub-mains, riser cabling, car park and common area lighting and the main switchboard usually sit with the owners corporation. We document what we find and what we did, so your strata manager has something clear to work from. We work for owners, tenants, agents and strata committees.

Yes, for houses, terraces and strata car spaces. We start with the supply and the switchboard, because spare capacity is the usual limiting factor in older local boards. Then we work out a legal cable route, which in Marrickville often means a rear lane, a shared driveway or a run through common property. The charger circuit gets Type A or Type B RCD protection as required.

It can. Homes close to Sydney Airport were eligible under the Australian Government noise insulation programme that began in 1995 and is now closed, and that work often meant sealed windows, added ceiling insulation and mechanical ventilation. When we install downlights, exhaust fans or ceiling fans in those houses, we keep the required clearance from insulation and make sure existing ventilation is not compromised.

The Marrickville Valley catchment drains to the Cooks River through four outfalls, and the low lying pockets take stormwater and overland flow. In those properties we lift vulnerable wiring and accessories clear of likely water levels, seal outdoor and sub-floor accessories properly, and check sump and stormwater pump circuits before the next big rain rather than after.

Almost half of local households rent, so this comes up constantly. NSW rules require at least one working smoke alarm on each storey of a rented home. Landlords must repair or replace a faulty alarm within two business days of learning about it, hard-wired alarms must be worked on by a licensed electrician, and alarms must be replaced within ten years of the date of manufacture. We handle the replacement and the paperwork.

Yes, when we are already on site for a booked job. Rather than charge you for a separate visit, we use the time to look over the switchboard, the safety switches, the smoke alarms and any obvious hazards while we are there. You get a plain summary of what is fine, what should be watched and what needs attention. There is no obligation to book any of it.

Olympic Electrical has been trading since 2017 under founder Spyro, with more than 7,000 projects completed and over 250 customers. All of our electricians are fully licensed and the business is fully insured. Our labour carries a lifetime guarantee, so if something we installed fails because of our workmanship, we come back and fix it at no cost to you.

All of postcode 2204. That includes the Marrickville Road and Illawarra Road strips, The Warren, Marrickville South, the Sydenham Road industrial pockets, the Addison Road precinct, the streets around Henson Park and Marrickville Metro, and the Cooks River side near the golf course. We also work the neighbouring suburbs including Dulwich Hill, Petersham, Enmore, Newtown, Lewisham and Hurlstone Park.