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Service areas

Based in Merrimac, out across the Gold Coast.

Merrimac is home, and most work sits within a short drive of it. The map below shows the distance TA Electrical GC will travel.

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Where the work goes

Merrimac sits inland on the central Gold Coast, between Robina and Carrara, just off the M1. That is a useful place to be based, because a lot of the coast is reachable without a long run.

Schematic map of the Gold Coast showing Merrimac as the base and Yatala as the northern reach A simplified north to south map. The Pacific coastline runs down the right hand side and the M1 runs inland roughly parallel to it. Yatala is marked near the top, Merrimac is marked in the centre beside the M1, and the Queensland and New South Wales border is drawn across the bottom. Nothing is claimed south of that border. M1 QUEENSLAND NEW SOUTH WALES YATALA MERRIMAC PACIFIC OCEAN N

Schematic, not drawn to scale.

  • Based Merrimac

    Inland on the central Gold Coast, between Robina and Carrara, just off the M1. Most jobs sit within a short drive.

  • North to Yatala

    The furthest north the work has been undertaken, so the northern end of the coast is well inside range.

  • In between The whole Gold Coast

    There is no suburb list on this page, because Tom does not work off one. Anywhere on the coast is worth enquiring about.

  • South to The Queensland border

    The map stops at the state line. A Queensland contractor licence does not by itself cover work in New South Wales, so nothing is claimed south of here.

What the age of your street tells you

Being twenty minutes away has its advantages. Having knowledge of the housing stock is useful, because the era a street went up in tells you a fair bit about what is behind the switchboard before anyone opens it.

Before mid 1992

No requirement for safety switches on power points

RCD protection on all general purpose socket-outlets came into place with the AS 3000-1991 wiring rules. A home built before that was never required to have it, and plenty of them still do not. It does not necessarily guarantee a house is unsafe, but it does mean nobody can tell you the property is protected and up to the current standards without visual inspection. What Queensland requires now.

Mid 1992 onward

Safety switches on the power point circuits

Merrimac and the estates around it were largely built from the late 1980s onward, so the local housing stock sits right across this line. Two houses three streets apart can be on opposite sides of the standards.

2017 onward

Interconnected smoke detectors in properties

Legislation that was introduced on 1st January 2017 requires all new smoke detector installs to comply with AS 3786-2014, and requires pre-existing smoke detectors to be replaced with interconnected smoke detectors as per these requirements. From 1st January 2022, all rentals and homes being sold also require photoelectric interconnected smoke detectors.

Depending on the age and status of your property, you may not have made any changes yet. However from 1st January 2027, please note all existing private homes require photoelectric interconnected smoke alarms before this date. If you are unsure if your property meets the requirements, we are happy to inspect your property and provide advice on what you'll need to be compliant for your insurance in the unfortunate event of a fire.

Why local matters for this trade

It is not a marketing line, it changes what you get. A sparky based twenty minutes away can fit you in around the jobs already booked that day. One coming from the far end of the coast may not.

It also means the person who picks up the phone is the person who will be arriving at your door. There is nobody in the middle to lose the detail of what you said.

Not sure if you are in range?

Ring and ask. If it is not a job Tom can get to, he will say so rather than give you false hopes.

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