Shops and commercial
Commercial electrician for Point Chevalier businesses
Point Chevalier has two shopping strips with a history: the interwar shops along Point Chevalier Road and the town centre at Hall Corner on Great North Road. Our registered electricians look after the businesses in them, and in the offices and workshops around them.
Two shopping strips, both from between the wars
Point Chevalier's shops grew up with its trams. The tram line reached Hall Corner, where Great North Road meets Point Chevalier Road, in March 1930, and ran down Point Chevalier Road to the end of the point until 1953. The shops along both roads date largely from those interwar years. When Auckland Council surveyed the suburb's heritage in 2014, it found that a group of interwar shops along Point Chevalier Road met the criteria for a heritage area, and that four buildings in the town centre at Hall Corner, among them the Ambassador Theatre of about 1929, met the criteria for heritage scheduling.
For a business in one of those buildings the electrics can carry the same layers as an old house: the original supply, a board added to over the decades, and the fit-out of every tenant before you. That is why we treat a commercial job in Point Chev the same way as a bungalow rewire, starting with what is already in the walls and at the board.
Fit-outs, lighting and data
A new tenancy usually means new power where the counters, equipment and workstations will sit, new lighting, and data cabling for the eftpos, the phones and the office network. We plan those together, so the cable runs make sense and the board has the circuits for them.
Lighting is often the quickest saving a business can make. EECA estimates that switching to LEDs alone can cut lighting costs by up to 70 percent, and more with controls such as occupancy sensors in store rooms and toilets. Old fluorescent tubes, metal halide and low voltage halogen fittings can often be replaced with LED quite simply, EECA notes.
What we do for Point Chev businesses
The paperwork a landlord or insurer will ask for
Prescribed electrical work falls into three risk categories, low-risk, general and high-risk, and the category decides the paperwork: general and high-risk work must have a Certificate of Compliance, high-risk work must also be inspected, and low-risk maintenance does not need a Certificate of Compliance. WorkSafe sets out the risk categories and certification: Certificates of Compliance, Records of Inspection and Electrical Safety Certificates, and who is responsible for each. High-risk work, which includes mains work, has to be inspected by a licensed electrical inspector, and we arrange the inspector when the job needs one.
Every piece of prescribed work we finish is tested and comes with the certification that applies to it. Keep those papers: a landlord, a buyer or an insurer may well ask to see them, and they are the record of what is behind the walls for whoever comes next.
Commercial questions
Can work be done outside our trading hours?
Tell us your trading hours when you call, and the work can be planned around them so customers are not disturbed.
Our shop is in an old building. Does that change anything?
It can. Auckland Council's 2014 heritage survey found that some of Point Chevalier's interwar shops met the criteria for heritage scheduling, so check with the building owner and Auckland Council before changing anything visible on the street front. Inside, older buildings often hide earlier wiring, which we test before connecting anything new to it.
Can you put in the data cabling as well as the power?
Yes. Fibre optic and data cabling is part of what we do, so the network points, the phone system and the eftpos can be wired in the same job as the power and lighting.
Do you work for businesses outside Point Chevalier?
Yes. Our electricians work for businesses across Auckland, the North Shore included, as well as the shops and offices of Point Chev.
What happens if the power goes in the middle of a busy day?
Call 021 156 4005. Our electricians are available for call-outs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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.
Services for homes in Point Chev
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.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