A fan that never ran
In one Lorn bathroom the exhaust fan had never been connected to its own ceiling outlet, and a downlight was plugged into the fan socket instead. We put both back where they belong.
Fault finding >
Electrician in Lorn
Old houses, wiring added in layers.
Your electrician in Lorn, a few minutes over the bridge from our Maitland work. Big old homes, careful testing, and a straight answer about what we found.
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Electrical faults in the big old houses of Lorn
Lorn is Victorian and Federation homes on the river flats, the village shops along Belmore Road, and one bridge into Maitland. Houses that old have been rewired in pieces by different hands, and the same few faults keep turning up.
Corrosion under the kitchen bench
The metal junction box feeding a Lorn cooktop had corroded. We replaced it, tested the circuit and fitted a safety switch (RCBO), then found the fault inside the cooktop itself.
Safety switches >
Cloth and rubber cable still up there
Homes of this age often have cloth or rubber insulated cable still up in the roof space, metal fittings with no earth, and ceilings high enough to make every fitting a ladder job. We test before we add anything, then tell you plainly what is up there.
Safety inspections >Need an electrician in Lorn?
Tell us what is going on. We ring you back, usually the same day.
Kitchens and lighting in Lorn homes
A new cooktop, fitted and certified
Back at the same Lorn home a few weeks later, we removed and disposed of the old cooktop, installed the new one, and added the carbon filter the recirculating range hood had never had. Tested, then the Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work (CCEW) issued.
Ovens and cooktops >
The switch was the culprit, so we kept it
A flickering bathroom light at another Lorn home turned out to be the original heritage style switch, dirty inside. We cleaned and tested it instead of replacing it. On the same visit the old wall oven came out and went away, and the owner's new one went in.
Home electrical work >
Light that suits a period home
An old house does not need a ceiling full of holes. Pendants over the table, a batten where nobody looks, downlights only where they earn their place.
Lights and downlights >
Your local electrician in Lorn
Lorn questions
Why does my bathroom exhaust fan not work when the light does?
Often the fan was never connected to its own outlet in the ceiling. At one Lorn home a downlight had been plugged into the fan socket, so the fan could never run.
Do you work on the big old houses in Lorn?
Yes. Ornate ceilings, high cornices and wiring added in layers are normal there, so we test the circuit first and work out where a cable can run before anything gets cut.
My cooktop circuit has no safety switch. Can you add one?
Yes, usually on the same visit. We fitted a safety switch (RCBO) to a Lorn cooktop circuit after finding a corroded junction box under the bench.
Can an original heritage light switch be kept?
Often it can. At a Lorn home the bathroom light flickered because the old heritage style switch was dirty inside, so we cleaned and tested it and left the original fitting where it was.
Is after-hours help available at Lorn?
Yes. After-hours work runs on the same number, 0400 232 172. Tell us what is happening and we will say plainly whether it can wait until morning.
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