Australia

Timing

Australia is only zero to three hours ahead of Taiwan, so instead of overnight it is end of your day to start of your day: send by 20:00 your time, ready by 07:00. Rush within four hours works through your whole working day.

What we price against

• Electrical: AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules, with the items it drives: RCD/RCBO protection on final sub-circuits, switchboard upgrades, isolators, earthing and bonding, cable sizing by AS/NZS 3008. State paperwork lines: CCEW in New South Wales, Certificate of Electrical Safety in Victoria, Form 2 in Queensland.
• Plumbing and gas: AS/NZS 3500, the Plumbing Code of Australia, AS/NZS 5601 for gas; tempering valves, PTR and duo valves, safe trays, backflow devices, compliance certificates by state.
• Air conditioning: AS/NZS 5149 and ARCtick licensing items; split systems priced with the electrical.
• Rebates: STCs for heat-pump and solar hot water, and state schemes (VEU in Victoria, ESS in New South Wales) shown as deductions when you assign them.

Suppliers we check

Bunnings and Mitre 10 for retail; Reece, Tradelink and Samios for plumbing; Middy’s, L&H, Haymans, Rexel, CNW and AWM for electrical; your wholesaler account pricing when you share it.

Units, tax and format

Metric throughout. GST at 10% as its own line, prices shown inc GST for the customer. Estimates in the Tradify, ServiceM8, simPRO, AroFlo or Fergus layout you use, or a one-page PDF with the licence number and compliance certificate lines where Australian customers expect them.

Chinese-speaking contractors

Sydney’s Hurstville, Eastwood, Chatswood and Burwood; Melbourne’s Box Hill, Glen Waverley and Doncaster; Brisbane’s Sunnybank; Perth and Adelaide. Mandarin and Cantonese; WeChat and WhatsApp both fine.

Typical jobs

Hot water replacements and heat-pump conversions, switchboard upgrades, EV chargers, split-system installs, bathroom and laundry renovations, granny flats, shop fit-outs. See the sample heat-pump hot water job.