About this site

About Electrical and Solar News

Electrical and Solar News is a news and guide site for Australian home owners. It covers electrical work, solar, air conditioning, roofing and solar panel bird proofing, and it helps you hire the right licensed trades for the job.

What the site covers

Electrical and Solar News publishes plain-language articles about the work Australian home owners most often need done. That includes electrical repairs, rewiring, switchboards, solar systems and batteries, air conditioning installation and servicing, roofing repairs and replacements, and solar panel bird proofing to stop birds nesting under the panels.

Every topic is written for the person paying the bill, not for the trade. You get an explanation of what the work involves and why it matters, the questions worth asking before anyone starts, and the paperwork and safety checks you should expect to see along the way.

The site also covers how to hire well. You can read about licensing and what a licence looks like for each kind of work, how to compare quotes on the same scope, and how to spot a quote that is missing something important.

A home owner and a tradesperson looking at a battery unit in a garage
How to use it

Start with the guide, then check the detail

  • Read the guide for your job

    Open the Guides page and find the topic that matches the work you are planning. Read the whole guide before you ask anyone for a price.

  • Check the licensing and safety notes

    Each guide sets out what licence the trade needs and what safety and compliance paperwork should be provided. Use that as your checklist when you talk to a tradesperson.

  • Compare quotes on the same scope

    Ask every tradesperson to quote for the same described job so you can compare like with like. The guides show you what belongs in a quote for each type of work.

  • Use Resources for the extra detail

    The Resources page holds background material, checklists and links that sit alongside the main guides.

What this site is

A general information site for Australian home owners, publishing news, guides and checklists about electrical work, solar, air conditioning, roofing and solar panel bird proofing.

What this site is not

This site is not a tradesperson or a business. It does not carry out any work, holds no trade licence, and cannot attend a job or issue a certificate.

Who it is for

Home owners anywhere in Australia who want to understand a job before they spend money on it, and who want to hire the right licensed tradesperson with confidence.

What you can expect

Four things this site sticks to

01

Plain English over jargon

If a paragraph needs a tradesperson to translate it, it gets rewritten until it does not.

02

Licensing is taken seriously

Every guide points you toward a licensed tradesperson for the work described. There are no shortcuts and no do it yourself encouragement.

03

The site says what it does not know

Standards change and every home is different. When something needs an on site assessment, the guide tells you that outright.

04

The reader comes first

The content exists to help you make a better decision about your home, and nothing else.

Ready to read the guides?

Start with the topic that matches the work you are planning, and use it as your checklist before you call anyone.

Read the guides