Kitchen and Bathroom Renovations prewire, appliance installation and fit off

Planning the to renovate your Kitchen or Bathroom?

Kitchens are a place where families make some of their fondest memories. Whether that be dining together, games at the table or making creations, the kitchen is the heart of the family home.

Bathrooms are a place to feel relaxed, have some privacy and where we spend most of our time on our personal grooming. So it is important that your bathroom is healthy, have the correct lighting and exhaust extraction. This will prevent damp bathrooms, mould build up on the ceiling and saturated windows. Heated towel rails on a timer is also a good way to help prevent this from happening as it will dry out any damp items including the bathroom itself.

It is cost effective to have timers and motion sensors to turn on and off electrical items. Minimising power consumption will save you money over a period of time. These savings add up and over time, the pay back for these installed items is roughly about three years.

When placing your property on the market, one of the key factors for increasing the value of your property is the kitchen and bathroom. As a company, we know how important it is to have these rooms up to the best possible standard and we can help you sort all of your electrical needs.

Planning is vital to ensure that the all electrical components such as lighting design, electrical cables, power points, light switches and fittings, heating and extraction fans are going to be placed in the correct position. Using human ergonomics by reaching out and moving helps to determine the correct positioning of these items to prevent an injury and keep harmony within your space.

Roughly drawn kitchen and bathroom floor plans can be sketched up on a napkin at your local coffee shop by yours truly, but a more detailed plan will be required to be produced and certified for commenced drawings and plans.

Enabling a good ergonomic design is where it really matters. You want to make sure you get the best design that fits you and your needs. Positioning of lighting and light switches can change the mood and feel of the room dramatically. Once your ideal plan is ready to go, we can work alongside your chosen designer and ensure that the job agreed to, is a job completed done well and to your satisfaction.

When it comes to designers and providers, we are more than happy help you out here as well. OME has, and deals with a wide variety of tradespeople and would be more than happy to recommend you a good match for your project.

What’s hidden behind the jib in your existing kitchen or bathroom will determine the cost involved in job completion. There could be extra costs involved due to unforeseen circumstances. This is not every case, but in some instances the current standards may need to be applied that you can’t see that will lay the foundation of your new kitchen or bathroom. Expectations and reality will need to be identified so we’re all on the same page and will ensure that you are well aware of this before we commence any extra required work.

When renovating a kitchen or bathroom, wet areas defined in the Australian and New Zealand Standards, (3000:2007 / 3000:2018) we may also need to make alterations to the main switchboard and/or power-points. This is to ensure that the electrical supply in wet ares is compliant with current electrical standards. Protecting the user from electrocution from use of permanently installed residual current devices in wet areas is significantly hazardous which is why these standards must be adhered to.

New Zealand Healthy Homes requirements have been identified by Tenancy Services New Zealand that kitchen and bathrooms must have extractor fans. Use of their calculators to ensure it is fit for purpose is essential to pass the legal standards in New Zealand.

Renovations can bring expected as well as unexpected challenges. We should always prepare for these challenges as the project cannot be completed without solving them.

These challenges could include:

Experience in project management
Budget
Timeline
Materials
Tradesmen
Human Error
Current laws / Bylaws
Regulations
Standards
Unaware of other underlying problems with the renovation

Whilst working alongside your chosen provider, we will advise and plan with them as to what electrical works need to be completed before installation. At the end of the installation, we will come back to install these appliances and fit off power points, lights and switches to complete the final touches on your project.

Presentation of your new domain requires style, simplicity and elegance. Supplying you with the correct type of electrical fittings and accessories is a must.

In all cases, OME are here to help.