Emergency Electrician Ngaio

When you ring, we ask what you can see, hear and smell, and tell you what to do until we arrive. Usually that means turning off the affected circuit or the main switch and keeping clear of anything warm, wet or buzzing. Once we reach your Ngaio property, the first task is isolating the fault so the rest of the home can safely have power back.

Ngaio emergencies under the trees and above the gorge road

Ngaio is green and hilly, with mature trees on many sections and the Korimako Stream running through it. That is lovely until a storm. A branch can drop on the line to a house or tear a garden light off its post, and heavy rain can bring down a bank: in July 2017 a landslide buried Ngaio Gorge Road under 3,500 cubic metres of rubble. Slips like that can take outdoor wiring with them, so if ground has moved near a cable, stay away from it and leave the circuit off.

Ngaio's housing spans more than a century, from 1860s colonial buildings like Chew Cottage to the 1928 railway cottages of the Tarikaka Settlement and 1960s weatherboard homes. The older cottages and bungalows may still have rubber-insulated cable and early boards with rewireable fuses, while the 1960s houses usually have plastic-sheathed wiring on an original board with little RCD protection. In a Tarikaka heritage cottage, we make the fault safe while leaving the street-facing appearance of the house alone.

Plenty of Ngaio houses are set well up from or down below the street, with little off-street parking, so when you call we ask about the route to the board and how far we will be carrying gear. Older timber houses usually have subfloor and ceiling access, which helps us trace a damaged cable quickly and replace it without opening up the linings. With two stations on the Johnsonville line, many homes are also close to the railway, which can affect where we park.

Local tip: If you live in the Tarikaka Settlement, mention it when you call so we can plan any outside repair around the heritage area.

Emergency Electrician in Ngaio: Local Conditions

In Karori, Ngaio, Khandallah and Tawa, falling branches and slips on hillside sections can damage overhead lines and outdoor wiring during heavy rain. Many of these homes have steep paths, so we bring what we need in one trip.

Big trees bring branches down on service lines and outdoor wiring in a storm.

Homes in Ngaio

Ngaio's 1920s and 1930s railway cottages and bungalows may still have rubber-insulated cable and early boards with rewireable fuses. Houses in the Tarikaka Settlement heritage area need care with anything visible from outside. The 1960s weatherboard homes are generally wired in plastic-sheathed cable, but many keep their original board with little RCD protection. Chew Cottage, built in the 1860s from local tōtara, rimu and kauri, shows how long some Ngaio buildings have stood, and older timber houses usually have the subfloor and ceiling access that makes rewiring practical.

Ngaio was part of the Onslow Borough until it joined Wellington City in 1919.

Our electricians are in and around Tarikaka Settlement and Mt Kaukau and the rest of Ngaio most weeks. For everything else, see electricians in Ngaio.

How We Handle Emergency Electrician in Ngaio

Straightforward fixes, like a burnt socket or a failed connection, are repaired on the spot from parts on the van. Bigger repairs are made safe first and quoted before further work goes ahead.

Pricing: a free quote and a fixed price agreed before we start. You get a written, itemised quote, and small jobs can be quoted from photos.

Emergency Electrician Jobs We Do in Ngaio

Corroded outdoor socket causing trips replaced
Damaged cable to a garage on a slope isolated
Meter box made safe after a vehicle strike
Scorched kitchen socket made safe and replaced
RCD that would not reset traced to a faulty heater

Emergency Electrician Ngaio FAQs

A branch has brought down the line to our Ngaio house. Who fixes it?

Stay well away and treat it as live. If the line is part of the network, call Wellington Electricity, and 111 if it is a danger. Once their side is safe, we repair any damage on your side, such as the point of attachment or the meter box.

A power line came down in the wind. What do I do?

Stay well away from it and keep others away. Treat it as live, call 111 if it is a danger, and contact your lines company. We can repair damage on your side of the network once the line is safe.

Can you come out after hours in Ngaio?

Ring us and we will tell you honestly how quickly we can get to you. We make the fault safe first and arrange any larger repair at a time that suits.

Emergency Electrician Ngaio

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