Burwood is an active renovation suburb. The combination of period homes with good bones, strong owner-occupier interest and proximity to the Sydney CBD makes it an area where homeowners regularly invest significantly in bringing their properties up to modern living standards. Kitchen extensions, open-plan conversions, additional bathrooms, outdoor entertaining areas, home offices and air conditioning upgrades are all common renovation projects in the suburb, and each one adds electrical demand that the original system may not be equipped to handle.

The most important step before a Burwood renovation begins is understanding what the existing electrical infrastructure can actually support. A load balancing and electrical capacity assessment carried out before walls are opened gives you a clear picture of whether the planned renovation is achievable within the current wiring and board, or whether a switchboard upgrade needs to be part of the project scope from the start. Getting this right at the planning stage is considerably cheaper and less disruptive than discovering mid-project that the board cannot handle the new kitchen, the new bathroom and the new ducted air conditioning system simultaneously. We work directly with Burwood homeowners and their builders from the early stages and coordinate the electrical work around the construction programme.

Westfield Burwood is one of the most significant retail destinations in Sydney’s inner west, and the volume of commercial and hospitality activity it generates, both within the centre and in the businesses that cluster around it along Burwood Road and The Strand, creates substantial ongoing demand for commercial electrical services. Brian Brothers Electrical provides commercial electrical services for the full range of Burwood business types, from a single cafe tenancy fitout to a multi-level retail or office upgrade.

Our commercial work in Burwood covers 3-phase power for commercial kitchens and larger food tenancies, LED lighting design and installation for retail and hospitality environments, data and network cabling for offices and professional practices, CCTV installation for commercial security, and range hood installation for restaurant kitchens. We schedule commercial work around your trading hours and treat your fitout or maintenance deadline seriously.

Some electrical work in Burwood requires accreditation that goes beyond a standard electrical licence. Work involving the connection between a property and the Ausgrid network, including consumer mains repairs and replacement, private power pole work, metering services and power disconnections and reconnections, must be carried out by an accredited service provider. Brian Brothers Electrical holds full Ausgrid ASP accreditation and manages all Level 2 work in Burwood from inspection through to completion and Ausgrid sign-off. For more details on what Level 2 work covers, visit our Level 2 electrician Burwood page.