In Marrickville, one building can hold a brewery on the ground floor, a design studio upstairs and apartments on top. That mix is what makes the suburb great. It’s also what makes security and wiring tricky: multiple entries, roller doors, shared spaces and power demands the original factory was never built for.
CGF sorts out both sides. We’re licensed electricians who specialise in security systems for Marrickville’s warehouses, food businesses, creative studios and homes. We protect your premises and make sure the power behind them can handle the load.
NSW Security Master #000104676 | Electrical Contractor #487799C
This isn’t the corporate end of town, and generic security packages don’t fit here. We design around how your business actually runs.
Most warehouse owners tell us their biggest worry isn’t a break-in overnight. It’s someone slipping in during the day while the roller doors are open and staff are busy. We cover both, with cameras at every key vantage point, motion sensors on loading areas, and access control that logs every entry while trucks keep moving.
For sites along the rail corridor or quiet industrial lanes, we layer perimeter detection with camera verification, so a possum on the roof doesn’t wake you at 2am but a real intruder does. Our CCTV systems use weather-resistant, night-vision cameras that cover yards, docks and fence lines. We also protect cool room and air con units, which are common targets for copper theft.
Early starts, constant supplier drop-offs and expensive equipment make food businesses a different challenge. We fit cameras that handle harsh kitchen fluorescents, the dim light in a taproom and fast-changing afternoon storm light. Trusted suppliers can get access credentials that let them drop off before you arrive, with every entry logged.
Have gleaming tanks or gear visible from the street? We position cameras so they protect it without spoiling the open industrial look that customers love.
From family grocers to homewares stores, we cover entries, registers and high-value stock with footage that’s clear day and night. For upstairs-downstairs buildings, we zone the system so the shop can be secured while someone keeps working above.
A tattoo studio, a physio clinic and a marketing agency all need different coverage. We protect high-value equipment, use appropriate camera placement in client areas, and set alarms to your real hours, so arriving early or staying late doesn’t trigger a false alarm.
Old industrial buildings come with multiple doors, roller doors and laneway entries that were never designed for modern security. Swipe cards, PIN codes or phone credentials give your team, contractors and clients the right access to the right areas. In shared creative precincts, each business controls its own space.
New centres keep opening as Marrickville grows, and many are in converted warehouses. We install secure entry with video verification, cameras that support licensing while respecting privacy, and alarm zones that follow the day’s routine.
Warehouse conversions and new developments often mix ground-floor commercial tenants with apartments above. We install video intercom systems that handle those complex layouts. Residential and commercial access stay completely separate, while shared car parks, entries and perimeters are covered. We work with the existing structure instead of tearing it apart.
For homes and terraces, we fit cameras over the front and rear lanes, app-controlled alarms and video doorbells.
Brewing pumps, glycol chillers, bakery ovens, compressors and production lines need serious, reliable power. Our commercial electricians handle three-phase upgrades, dedicated machine circuits, switchboard and distribution board work, warehouse fit-outs, high-bay LED lighting, emergency and exit lighting, and data cabling. We schedule around production, so you don’t lose a brew day or a shift.
Warehouse lights burning all day? Switching high-bays to LED with motion sensors is one of the fastest ways to cut a big power bill.
Many Marrickville terraces and older homes still run on ceramic fuses or ageing wiring, while new conversions often need more capacity than they were given. Our residential electricians upgrade switchboards with RCD safety switches and surge protection, rewire older homes carefully, and handle renovation electrical from rough-in to fit-off.
Warehouse roofs are ideal for solar, and a battery system helps businesses and homes use more of what they generate. We also install EV chargers at homes and workplaces, with load checks and switchboard upgrades where needed.
We install hardwired, interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms to AS 3786 for homes, rentals and apartments, with compliance certificates for landlords and strata.
Lost power to the brewhouse, a burning smell from the board or a tripping circuit you can’t reset? Call us any time. Our maintenance and repairs team handles fault finding, testing and planned maintenance so small problems don’t stop production.
We cover Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Sydenham, St Peters, Tempe, Enmore, Newtown, Petersham, Lewisham, Earlwood and the rest of our Sydney service areas.
Book a free assessment. We’ll walk your site, understand how you operate and give you a fixed quote. Get in touch or call now.
Whether you’re in one of the heritage industrial buildings or a new development, running a retail operation or managing warehouse space, your security needs to actually work for your situation. We’ll assess your property, understand your business operations, and design systems that provide proper protection without unnecessary complications.
If you are looking for access control installation near me then contact CGF Security for a free commercial security assessment.
Fully licensed and insured | Local Inner West operation
Not with the right setup. We use commercial dual-technology sensors that need both movement and a heat signature to trigger, tune their sensitivity for rail vibration, and add camera verification so you can confirm an alert before reacting.
Yes. Low-light and infrared cameras record clearly in very dim conditions, and pairing them with motion-activated lighting gives you colour footage and a strong deterrent.
Usually, yes, with care. We use small, colour-matched cameras and hide cable runs to minimise visual impact. Check with Inner West Council first, because visible changes to a heritage-listed building may need approval.
Yes. Commercial readers handle high traffic, and you can set roller doors to stay open during peak delivery windows while still logging who opened them. Drivers and suppliers get credentials limited to the dock and their delivery times.
No. Each tenant can have its own alarm, cameras and access control for its own space. Shared entries and car parks can run on a separate common system the building manages, and the two can be linked if everyone agrees.
Yes. A camera that captures number plates at the dock entry, plus motion-activated lighting and visible signage, deters most dumpers. If it still happens, the footage gives you evidence for council.
We zone them separately. The commercial floor arms and disarms on its own schedule and codes, residential common areas have their own settings, and neither can disarm the other. Shared spaces like car parks can sit in a building-wide zone.
Use access-controlled entry gates or roller doors with resident fobs, cameras that capture number plates at the entry, and coverage over pedestrian doors and lifts. Unregistered vehicles stand out straight away, and every entry is logged.
Large motors draw a big surge on start-up, and older circuits can’t cope. The fix is usually dedicated circuits, a three-phase supply, or soft starters on the heaviest equipment. We assess your full load and design the power to suit.
Usually, yes. LED high-bays use far less power than older metal halide fittings, switch on instantly and last much longer. Adding motion sensors means aisles only light up when someone’s in them.
Most Marrickville warehouse roofs suit solar well, but roof condition, orientation and your switchboard all matter. We assess the site and size a system, with or without a battery, to match how and when you use power.