Home maintenance and repairs

A power point that stopped working, a safety switch that trips every time it rains, a light that flickers for no obvious reason. P4 Electrical finds and fixes the electrical faults and small jobs that build up around a house, booked on weekdays and quoted before the work starts.

What the job involves

Home maintenance covers the jobs that aren't big enough to call a project but still need a licensed electrician. Common ones:

Finding out why a safety switch keeps tripping
Dead power points, or a run of power points that all stopped at once
Lights that flicker, buzz or won't turn on
Cracked, loose or scorched switches and power points
Outdoor lights and power points that have suffered in the weather
Replacing a worn-out fitting with a new one
Working through a list of small jobs in one visit

Some of these are quick. Others take time, because the cause isn't where the symptom shows up.

Fault finding

A safety switch that keeps tripping needs a licensed electrician to find out why, and the hard part is finding where the problem is. It might be an appliance, a fitting outside that lets in water, or something in the wiring. Fault finding means narrowing it down, circuit by circuit, until the cause turns up.

That is also why a fault is hard to price before anyone has looked. Describe what happens, when it happens, and what was going on at the time. Does it trip when it rains? When the kettle goes on? At random? That detail saves time on site.

If anything sparks, smells hot or shows scorch marks, stop using it and get it looked at by an electrician. Don't take the cover off to see what is behind it.

What you need to know

Electrical work in Queensland must be done by a licensed electrician, and DIY electrical work is illegal. That includes replacing a broken power point or switch, however simple it looks.

The Electrical Safety Office suggests safety switches on all circuits and testing them every three months. If your home has none, or only some, see switchboard upgrades.

P4 works Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. After-hours work can't be promised, so for a fault outside those hours, leave the affected circuit off and call once P4 is open again.

What you get

12 months workmanship warranty, plus the manufacturer's warranty on products
An invoice and a certificate for the electrical work

Our services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.

Common questions

My safety switch keeps tripping. What should I do?

Note when it trips and what was running at the time, then call. We will ask about the pattern and work out what we need to do to track it down. Don't keep resetting it and hoping.

Can you come after hours?

P4 works Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. After-hours work can't be promised, so call during those hours to talk it through.

Is it worth calling for a few small jobs?

Yes. Put them on one list and send it through. Grouping them into one visit makes sense for you and for us.

How do you price fault finding?

Every job is quoted. For faults, describe the problem as clearly as you can and we will explain how we will approach it before any work starts.

Bigger changes are covered under lighting and power upgrades, and rental properties under real estate and rentals. P4 works across Logan, Ipswich and the southside of Brisbane.