What sets Shailer Park apart
Bushland on the doorstep
In 2014 the RFS wrote to more than 5000 Logan homes about high or very high bushfire risk, and put Shailer Park among the city's top three areas.
Estates from 1973
Kimberley Park, in the north-east, was developed in 1973. The high school opened in 1980 and the Logan Hyperdome in 1989.
Owner-occupied
51.6% of homes were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% outright at the 2021 Census, and 89.8% were separate houses.
Logan, on Energex's network
Shailer Park is in the City of Logan, inside the network Energex runs. Logan suburbs got hardship assistance after the October 2020 hailstorm.
Electrical jobs that suit a bush-edge suburb
Outdoor power and lighting done properly. Weatherproof outdoor power points and sensor lights are licensed work, and they belong behind a safety switch.
A board from the estate's early years. Houses from 1973 into the early 1980s fall in the age range Queensland's asbestos guidance calls highly likely to contain asbestos materials. If the board is original, an upgrade is worth asking about.
Planning for outages. Bushfires and storms both cut power. If you're thinking about a battery or a generator connection, have it set up by an electrician. Never plug a generator into a power point to feed the house: it can push power back into lines that crews think are dead.
Your part, and the electrician's
You can
- Keep leaves and debris away from the meter box and outdoor fittings.
- Test each safety switch with its test button.
- Know where the main switch is, and turn it off in an emergency if it's safe to reach.
- Report fallen lines to Energex on 13 19 62.
Leave to a licensed electrician
- Outdoor power points and lights.
- A generator inlet and changeover switch.
- Switchboard upgrades and new circuits.
- Hardwired smoke alarms.
Our take in Shailer Park
If the board's original, we'd have it checked and upgraded before adding outdoor power, a battery or a generator inlet. Then everything new sits behind safety switches from day one.
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.