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Five years of insurance repair work. Now you can call us direct.
Insta-Group does electrical work, solar and backup power, industrial motors, CCTV and access control for business owners, landlords, property agents and body corporates across Gauteng.
What we do
Five things, done by people who do them every week.
Electrical Services
Faults, distribution boards, breakers, lighting, rewiring and compliance certificates.
Solar & Backup Power
Systems from 3 kW at a house up to 1000 kW on a factory roof, plus repairs to what is already there.
Motors & Industrial Equipment
Pumps, gate and garage motors at home. Production machinery where downtime costs money.
CCTV & Access Control
Cameras, recording, remote viewing, gate and boom motors, intercoms and readers.
Insurance Claims Support
A damage assessment report your insurer will take seriously, a costed quote itemised the way they expect, and the repair once it is approved. Written by people who have spent five years on the insurer's side of the table.
Who has been sending us work
Most of what we do comes through insurers.
For the last five years the bulk of our work has come from insurance companies and the suppliers they appoint. Repairs, reinstatement and installations on live claims, with a written report at the end of it.
That work is where we learned what a job actually costs, because somebody checks every line of it. When we quote you directly, you get a price built by people who spend their week pricing this exact kind of damage.
What happens when you call
- You call or WhatsAppAny hour. Tell us what is not working and where the property is.
- We work out if it is urgentSome things need someone tonight. Some things are better done properly on Tuesday. We will tell you which one it is.
- Site visit and quoteWe look at it, test what needs testing, and give you a written price before anything gets replaced.
- The workDone by our own team and the trades we have used for years, not whoever was available.
- Certificate and handoverA Certificate of Compliance where the work calls for one, and a straight answer on anything else we found.
Insurers, underwriting managers and administrators
Whose claims we have worked on.
Repair, reinstatement and installation work carried out on live claims for these companies over the last five years, among others.
Scale
From a 24 kW farm house to a 770 kW factory roof.
| System size | Site | Type of work |
|---|---|---|
| 770 kW | Factory roof | Roof mounted solar |
| 600 kW | Grain farm | Agricultural solar |
| 400 kW | Commercial site | Combined roof and ground mount |
| 100 kW | School campus | Campus wide solar |
| 24 kW | Farm house | Residential solar and backup |
Installations completed across Gauteng and the Free State during 2025 and 2026.
Something not working?
Call the office and speak to a person, or send a WhatsApp with a photo of the problem. Either works, any hour.
Service
Electrical Services
Fault finding, repairs, installations and compliance certificates, done by registered electricians across Gauteng. Pick the one that fits your property.
What we handle
- Circuits that trip, dim or stop working
- Distribution board upgrades and earth leakage
- Geyser, stove, plug and lighting circuits
- Surge and lightning damage after a storm
- Rewiring in older houses
- Outdoor and security lighting
- Certificate of Compliance when you sell
- Inverter and generator changeover
Who this is for
Homeowners, landlords with houses and flats, tenants sent by their agent, and anyone who has been told by the bank or the buyer that the house needs a certificate.
Selling a house
A Certificate of Compliance is a legal requirement on transfer. We inspect honestly, tell you what needs fixing before we sign, and fix it if you want us to. We do not sign off what we have not seen.
What we handle
- Three phase supply, distribution and sub boards
- Fault finding on premises that cannot close
- Shop, office and warehouse fit outs
- Industrial installations and machine supply
- Lighting for offices, yards and parking
- Common property for body corporates and complexes
- Compliance certificates for premises and leases
- Standby and generator changeover for business
Who this is for
Business owners, property managers, managing agents, body corporates and landlords with commercial tenants. People who need the problem sorted properly and a written record afterwards.
When the premises cannot close
Tell us what is down and what it is costing you per hour. We will tell you straight whether it needs someone tonight or whether it is better done properly tomorrow morning, and we will say why.
Damage that came from something else
A lot of electrical faults are the last step in a longer story. A surge that took out more than one appliance, a board that has been overloaded for years, an installation that was never done to standard in the first place. We test before we replace, and we tell you what actually caused it, not just what needs paying for.
Service
Solar & Backup Power
Designed, supplied, installed and maintained, from 3 kW at a house up to 1000 kW on a commercial roof. We also repair systems somebody else installed.
What we handle
- Backup power so the house keeps running through an outage
- Solar to cut what you draw from the grid
- Inverter and battery sized to what you actually use
- Distribution board and changeover work
- Certificate of Compliance for the installation
- Fault finding on an existing system
- Repairs and battery replacements
- Farm houses and smallholdings, up to about 24 kW
Who this is for
Homeowners, landlords who want a rental that keeps its power, and people who already have a system that is not doing what they were promised.
Systems installed by someone else
We get called to a lot of these. An inverter that is not talking to the batteries, batteries that never reach full charge, a system that trips the moment the geyser comes on. We test before we recommend replacing anything.
What we handle
- Rooftop and ground mount systems, 100 kW to 1000 kW
- Factories, warehouses, farms and schools
- Design and equipment selection for the real load
- Supply, installation and commissioning
- Backup for the parts of the business that cannot stop
- Distribution board and changeover work
- Certificate of Compliance
- Maintenance, monitoring and repairs afterwards
Who this is for
Business owners and farm owners where downtime costs money by the hour, and property managers looking after buildings with tenants who expect the lights to stay on.
Pairing that actually works
We do not put an inverter with a battery it cannot genuinely communicate with. That pairing is where a lot of expensive failures start, and we have seen enough of them on claims to be strict about it.
Installed
Recent systems
| System size | Site | Type of work |
|---|---|---|
| 770 kW | Factory roof | Roof mounted solar |
| 600 kW | Grain farm | Agricultural solar |
| 400 kW | Commercial site | Combined roof and ground mount |
| 100 kW | School campus | Campus wide solar |
| 24 kW | Farm house | Residential solar and backup |
Completed across Gauteng and the Free State during 2025 and 2026.
Service
Motors & Industrial Equipment
At home it is the pump or the gate that stopped. At work it is the machine the whole shift depends on. Either way we diagnose it, repair it where that is the right answer, and replace it where it is not.
What we handle
- Pool pumps
- Borehole and pressure pumps
- Gate and garage door motors
- Extractor and ceiling fans
- Geyser and water pump controls
- Diagnosis before anything gets replaced
- Sourcing the right replacement unit
- Installation and testing
Who this is for
Homeowners, smallholdings with a borehole, and landlords whose tenant has just phoned to say the gate will not open.
Repair or replace
Not every failed motor needs replacing, and not every repaired motor will last. We tell you which one you are looking at and what each option honestly costs, before you commit.
What we handle
- On site diagnosis and testing
- Repair and rewind through the workshops we have used for years
- Sourcing replacement motors and drives
- Installation, alignment and commissioning
- Starters, contactors and control gear
- Pumps, extraction, compressors and conveyors
- Supply and control faults that look like a motor problem but are not
- Preventative checks between failures
Who this is for
Factories, warehouses, farms and the plant rooms of commercial buildings. Anyone whose real cost is the shift that did not run, not the motor.
Downtime is the real cost
Tell us what the machine does and how long you can be without it. We work to that, not to a standard lead time.
Something stopped?
Send us a photo of the nameplate and a line about what it does. That alone usually tells us whether we are looking at a repair, a replacement or a control fault, and it saves a wasted trip.
Service
CCTV & Access Control
Camera and access systems installed so they actually record, and maintained so they keep doing it. For a house, a complex, or a commercial site.
What we handle
- Cameras around the house, placed where they will actually see something
- Remote viewing on your phone
- Recording that keeps enough days of footage
- Gate motors and intercoms
- Tag and remote access for the family
- Repairs and upgrades to what is already there
- Residential complexes and estates
- Power and cabling done to standard
Who this is for
Homeowners, landlords, and body corporates and estates that want the gate, the intercom and the cameras to work together instead of three separate systems that do not.
What a camera will not see
We tell you honestly, before it goes up, what each camera will and will not cover. A camera pointing at the wrong corner is worth very little after a break in, and that is when everyone looks at the footage.
What we handle
- Site survey and camera placement for offices, warehouses and retail
- IP camera systems with proper storage and retention
- Remote viewing for the owner and the manager
- Boom gates and vehicle access
- Tag, card and biometric readers
- Visitor and contractor access
- Tying access control into the cameras
- Maintenance so the system is working on the day you need it
Who this is for
Business owners, property managers and body corporates responsible for a site with staff, stock, visitors and vehicles moving through it.
After a break in
Insurers ask what security was in place and whether it was recording. A system that was overwriting itself or had been down for a month is a hard conversation. We install and maintain so that conversation goes your way.
Service
Insurance Claims Support
Five years of working on claims from the insurer's side taught us how a claim is actually read. Now we put that to work for the property owner. Pick the one that fits.
What we handle
- A damage assessment report you can hand straight to your insurer
- The cause of damage stated plainly: lightning, surge, storm, fire, wear or a fault
- A costed repair or replacement quote, itemised the way insurers expect
- Photos, serial numbers and the paperwork the claim will be asked for
- Testing of appliances, inverters and batteries before anything is written off
- Repair and reinstatement work once the claim is approved
- Certificate of Compliance where the insurer asks for one
Who this is for
Homeowners with a lightning, surge, storm or electrical fire claim who want the report done properly the first time, and landlords with a tenant’s damage to sort out.
Why the first report matters
Most claims are decided on the first report the insurer receives. If it is vague, missing photos, or names the wrong cause, the claim stalls or gets cut. We write the kind of report insurers expect, because for five years we have been the ones writing them.
What we handle
- Assessment reports on machinery, motors, solar and backup systems, electrical installations and security equipment
- The cause of damage, and whether it looks like an insured event, stated plainly
- Itemised repair or replace costing, set out the way insurers want it
- Testing before write off, so the claim reflects what is actually damaged
- Common property claims for body corporates and complexes
- A technical answer when the insurer’s assessor comes back with questions
- Reinstatement work once the claim is approved
Who this is for
Business owners, body corporates, managing agents and landlords with commercial tenants. Anyone who needs the claim to move and cannot afford to have it sent back for a better report.
When the insurer pushes back
Sometimes a claim is cut because the damage was overstated. Sometimes because the report did not prove the cause. We tell you which one you are dealing with and what the honest position is, even when it is not what you were hoping to hear.
Start with a photo
Send us a picture of the damage and a line about what happened. That is usually enough for us to tell you whether it is worth claiming, what the insurer will want to see, and how quickly we can get someone out.
Projects
Work we have done
A sample of installations completed across Gauteng and the Free State during 2025 and 2026, alongside five years of repair and reinstatement work on insurance claims.
Solar installations
3 kW to 1000 kW, on roofs, ground mounts and farms.
| System size | Site | Type of work |
|---|---|---|
| 770 kW | Factory roof | Roof mounted solar |
| 600 kW | Grain farm | Agricultural solar |
| 400 kW | Commercial site | Combined roof and ground mount |
| 100 kW | School campus | Campus wide solar |
| 24 kW | Farm house | Residential solar and backup |
Claims work
Repair and reinstatement on live claims
Since 2020 we have worked as an appointed supplier on property and equipment claims, which means going out to damaged buildings, working out what is actually wrong, and putting it back. Solar systems, electronic equipment, roofs, electrical installations and appliances.
Insurers and underwriting managers whose claims we have worked on include Santam, Old Mutual, Discovery, Hollard, Bryte, MiWay, King Price, Safire, Tradesure, SRS and Certainsure.
References
We do not put client names or claim details on a website. If you want a reference or photographs from a job like the one you are looking at, phone us and ask, and we will send what the client has given us permission to share.
Contact
Get hold of us
The office number is answered 24 hours a day. If it is easier to send a photo of the problem, use WhatsApp.