Wiring built to outlast the building

Your home's electrical system is the foundation everything else depends on. Whether you're building new, undertaking a major renovation, or living in a property whose wiring predates modern safety standards, the quality of what's inside your walls determines how safely and reliably your household operates for decades to come. At Lumen & Wire, we approach residential electrical work with the same rigour you'd expect from a builder who takes structural integrity seriously — because in electrical terms, the structure is invisible, and getting it right the first time is the only standard we accept.

Our licensed master electricians carry out full and partial rewires across Melbourne, working to the AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules and all applicable Victorian regulatory requirements. Every project begins with a thorough assessment of your existing installation — load calculations, circuit mapping, condition of existing cables and terminations — before a single cable is pulled. We design circuits around how you actually live, not minimum code compliance, so your home remains functional throughout the works and you're not left with a board full of overloaded general-purpose outlets that made sense in 1985 but don't reflect how a contemporary household operates.

New Builds and Major Renovations

Building a home or adding a significant extension is the ideal moment to embed electrical infrastructure that will serve you well into the future. We collaborate closely with your builder and certifier from the rough-in stage, ensuring cable routes are coordinated with framing, insulation, and wet areas before linings go on. Concealed cabling is planned with care — we consider not just today's outlet positions but the likely locations of future televisions, workstations, and appliances, so you're not chasing cables through finished plasterwork in three years.

For renovation projects in older Melbourne homes — the Edwardians and Californian bungalows of the inner suburbs, the 1960s and 70s brick veneer of the middle ring — partial rewires are often the pragmatic approach. We can stage the work to suit your budget and occupancy, prioritising wet areas, the kitchen, and the switchboard in the first phase, and completing general circuits in subsequent visits. All new work is tested, certified, and documented so you have a clear record of what has been replaced and what remains.

Certification and Compliance

• Full and partial rewires certified under the Electrical Safety Act and AS/NZS 3000
• New circuit installations for kitchens, bathrooms, home offices, and outdoor areas
• Concealed cabling with coordinated penetrations and fire-rated sealing where required
• Dedicated circuits for high-draw appliances including induction cooktops and EV chargers
• Underground subfeeds and outbuilding connections
• Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on completion of every notifiable work

A Wiring Installation Built to Last

We use high-quality cable, conduit, and termination hardware throughout. Where there's a choice between the product that meets the standard and the product that exceeds it, we choose the latter. Connections are made to manufacturer torque specifications, cable routes are clipped and supported correctly, and every circuit is labelled clearly at the switchboard. The result is an installation that future electricians — or your future self — can follow without confusion.

If you're unsure whether your existing wiring needs attention, we're happy to carry out a condition inspection and give you an honest assessment. We don't manufacture defects, and we won't recommend a full rewire when targeted repairs will resolve the issue. That straightforwardness is part of how we've built the reputation we have across Melbourne's residential market.