Picnic Point sits on a peninsula of steep, treed blocks running down to the Georges River, and that setting is unkind to private power poles once a storm arrives. High Demand Electrical is a Level 2 ASP accredited contractor (Licence 397193C) working across Picnic Point and the surrounding Georges River suburbs — making storm-damaged poles safe, repairing or replacing them, and reconnecting your supply to the Endeavour Energy network.
Storm Damage Power Pole Repair in Picnic Point
Once a private pole has moved, the service line is loaded the wrong way and the strain runs straight through the point of attachment to the meter box and consumer mains. On the sloping riverside blocks here, a pole that is still upright after the storm can be held in place by nothing more than the conductors and the soil around a footing that has already failed.
We work through Picnic Point, Panania, East Hills, Padstow Heights, Revesby and Milperra with 24/7 emergency power pole service, on-site fallen pole make-safe, and emergency pole replacement.
How Urgent Is Your Storm-Damaged Pole?
Why Picnic Point Storms Are Hard on Private Poles
Picnic Point is almost surrounded by the Georges River, and the land falls away steeply from the ridge streets down to the water. Poles on those lower blocks sit in sloping ground under heavy tree cover, and after a long wet spell the soil around a footing has very little strength left. That is the classic Picnic Point failure — not a pole snapping in a gust, but a footing letting go and the whole pole tipping down the slope.
The steep blocks also mean long private runs from the street pole down to houses set well back or well below road level. A long span catches more wind, carries more weight in the rain, and is far more exposed to limbs coming out of the mature gums that line the river side of the suburb. Older hardwood poles on these properties rot below the ground line, and damp shaded soil speeds that up considerably.
Picnic Point is on the Endeavour Energy network. Endeavour maintains the numbered street poles and the mains along the street. The pole standing on your own property, with your service line running from it, is the owner's to maintain and repair — which is why storm damage to it is a Level 2 ASP job rather than a network call-out.
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What Happens When Your Picnic Point Pole Comes Down
- Keep everyone at least 8 metres from the pole and any wire on the ground, and be extra careful on wet slopes where footing is poor. If conductors are down or arcing, report it to Endeavour Energy on 131 003, then call us.
- We attend and make the site safe — isolating and disconnecting the service at the point of attachment, securing unstable sections and clearing the hazard from driveways and steps.
- We assess the full installation: footing and butt condition, cross arms, stays, the length and condition of the private span, service cable and point of attachment.
- We repair or replace, from straightening and re-footing through to a full emergency pole replacement sized properly for the span.
- We reconnect your supply and handle the network notification with Endeavour ourselves.
From Storm-Damaged to Reconnected — Click Through the 6 Steps
Storm Damage We Repair Across Picnic Point
The damage we attend on Picnic Point properties reflects the terrain as much as the weather.
- Footings failed on slope — saturated ground on the blocks running to the river letting a pole tip, sometimes days after the rain.
- Heavy limb strikes — large gum branches through a long private span or across the cross arm.
- Poles rotted at the butt — accelerated by damp, shaded soil and invisible from above the surface.
- Overloaded long spans — stretched conductors and pulled terminations on runs down to houses set well below the street, often needing service cable replacement.
- Point of attachment tear-outs — brackets pulled from fascias on two-storey and split-level elevations.
- Broken cross arms and ties — fixed with cross-arm replacement where the shaft is sound.
Insurance & What’s Usually Covered
What's typically NOT covered: wear-and-tear, gradual rot or rust, or failure caused by a pre-existing defect notice you hadn't rectified. Our written cause report helps insurers distinguish sudden events from gradual failure — and we handle insurance claims every week.
FAQs
Who owns the private pole on a Picnic Point property?
The property owner does. If the pole is on your land and your service line runs from it into the house, its maintenance and repair are your responsibility. Endeavour Energy owns and maintains the numbered street poles and the mains along the street, so after a storm they secure the street network and leave the private pole to you.
My pole is leaning down the slope. How urgent is that?
Very. On a slope a lean means the footing has already lost its hold and gravity is now working with the wind rather than against it. Keep people, cars and anything else out from below it, stay 8 metres clear if it looks likely to drop, and call us straight away. These rarely stabilise on their own.
My pole is leaning down the slope. How urgent is that?
Very. On a slope a lean means the footing has already lost its hold and gravity is now working with the wind rather than against it. Keep people, cars and anything else out from below it, stay 8 metres clear if it looks likely to drop, and call us straight away. These rarely stabilise on their own.
We have a long private run from the street down to the house. Does that need special treatment?
Yes. Long private spans carry more wind load, sag more in the wet, and are far more likely to be caught by a falling limb. They often need a heavier pole, better staying or an intermediate support. When we attend a failure on a long run we assess the whole span rather than just the broken part, so the fix actually lasts.
A branch has come down on my service line. What should I do?
Leave it completely alone and keep everyone at least 8 metres back. A limb resting on a conductor can be live, and moving it can bring the whole span or the pole down. Do not let a tree contractor start work either — call us to isolate and secure the line first, then the tree work can be done safely.
This is the second storm to damage the same span. Can we get rid of the overhead line?
Where a span keeps getting hit, converting the service to underground removes the exposure for good. On the treed riverside blocks here it can be the sensible long-term answer, though it is a bigger job than a pole replacement and depends on the ground and the run. We can quote an overhead to underground conversion next to a straight replacement.
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