Before you switch back on after a flood
If water has reached power points, the board or anything plugged in, keep the power off and don't touch switches while you're wet or standing in water. A licensed electrician needs to test it first. The SES (132 500) helps with storm and flood damage, and Energex (13 19 62) takes reports of fallen lines and shocks.
Loganholme's river and homes
Flood history
Wikipedia says the 1974 Brisbane flood brought the worst 20th-century flooding to the lower Logan. In 2017 floodwater inundated 200 homes across Logan, and the city flooded again in 2022.
Flood plains by the motorway
East of the Pacific Motorway, a large commercial and industrial area sits next to vacant flood plains.
Family homes
92.7% were separate houses and 47.6% were owned with a mortgage at the 2021 Census. 29.3% were rented.
An old river settlement
A cotton gin was built here in 1867 and a ferry crossing ran from the 1870s.
Hail, too
Logan suburbs were among those given hardship assistance after the 31 October 2020 hailstorm.
Common jobs in Loganholme
Testing and repairs after water. Power points, downstairs circuits, pool and garden equipment wiring, and the board itself if it sat low enough.
Lifting what can be lifted. When repairs are done, ask whether outlets and the board can sit higher. It won't stop a flood, but it can mean less to replace next time.
Safety switches and alarms. If a rented home has no approved safety switch on its power points, the owner has 90 days from the start of the tenancy to install one. Every home needs interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms by 1 January 2027.
If it were our place in Loganholme
After any flood, we'd get a written test report before switching circuits back on, and keep it with the insurance claim. Then we'd ask the electrician what could sit higher during the repair.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.