Mains Upgrades in Tecoma

Tecoma's homes are built in hilly country, well planted with trees, and that shapes mains work more than anything else. Many properties have overhead service lines crossing a garden to the house, and the point of attachment, the consumer mains and the meter box are often original. A mains upgrade is the chance to look at the whole route, and on some blocks an underground supply from a pit is the cleaner long-term answer, subject to AusNet Services, the distributor, agreeing to the change.

At 220 m, winters are cool, and the Ferny Creek hills station about 3 km away has a mean July minimum of 5.3 °C. Households heating with reverse-cycle units on cold nights see their peak demand rise, especially once gas is gone. Multinet's network reaches streets in Tecoma, and swapping gas heating and hot water for electric is the usual reason the supply comes into question. With 51.4% of homes owned with a mortgage at the 2021 Census, owners often bundle the upgrade with a renovation, and in parts of Tecoma covered by the Bushfire Management Overlay, a battery or generator inlet often joins the list.