All servicesSwitchboard Upgrades

A switchboard that protects your family and handles today's loads.

We replace outdated and unsafe switchboards — ceramic fuses, asbestos panels, boards without safety switches — with a modern, compliant board fitted with RCD safety switches across all circuits. The upgrade is done safely with the right protection and fully certified.

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When to Upgrade

When should I upgrade my switchboard?

If your board still runs ceramic fuses, has no safety switches, trips regularly, or can't keep up with modern loads like air conditioning and EV chargers, it's time. Older boards are a real fire and shock risk and weren't built for today's demands. We inspect yours, tell you straight whether it needs replacing, and quote a compliant upgrade — don't poke around an old board yourself, especially if it may contain asbestos panels.

11 Years' Experience

Licensed & Insured

Lifetime Workmanship Warranty

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Safety Switches

Can you install safety switches as part of a switchboard upgrade?

Yes — that's a core part of it. Safety switches (RCDs) cut power in milliseconds if there's a fault, protecting your family from shock. When we upgrade a switchboard we fit RCD protection across every circuit, not just a couple, so the whole installation is compliant and safe. The upgrade is done with the power off for part of the day and fully certified on completion.

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How it works

Three steps from first call to finished job

1 · Contact Us

Send a quick note about the job — what it is and where. We'll call you back, usually the same day. For emergencies, call anytime.

2 · Schedule a Quote

We come out, assess the job and give you a clear, no-obligation quote with the work laid out properly and certified.

3 · Get the Job Done

We turn up on the agreed day and get it done right — certified, on time, and backed by our lifetime workmanship warranty.

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Ready to get started?

Send a quick note about your job and we'll call you back — usually the same day. For emergencies, call anytime, including outside our 6am–6pm hours.

0485 068 492
Where we work

Serving Brisbane's south side

Locally based in Forest Lake and working across Brisbane's south side. If your suburb's on the list, we'll get to you.