Electrician in Pasadena
Looking for an electrician in Pasadena for an older Craftsman house or a small shop or office? We do both, and every job starts with a written price that says what is in it and what is not.
Coming out to look is free. Your price the same day you ask.
Craftsman houses and their wiring
Pasadena is known for its bungalows, and neighborhoods like Bungalow Heaven are full of houses built before 1930. Wiring from then is usually knob-and-tube, often with newer circuits spliced onto it and a fuse box or an early breaker panel still feeding the whole house.
In these houses the cable has to get past plaster walls and original woodwork, so the route matters as much as the wire. Our whole-house rewiring page sets out how a rewire is staged and which walls get opened, and in a house like this the route is planned around the woodwork before anything is cut.
Commercial electrician work in Pasadena
We take light commercial work too, such as a storefront in Old Pasadena or a small office along Lake Avenue. Tell us what the space is used for and what needs doing, and we will say whether it is a job for us before anyone comes out.
It works the way a house job does: the price comes in writing first, and the permit and its inspection are ours to arrange.
How a Pasadena job runs
You get your price the same day you ask.
- Describe the job in a line or two. Sending it is free and books nothing.
- A photo may be all we need. For a fuse box or an old panel, a picture of the label and one of the meter can be enough for a range, and we will tell you if it is.
- When it needs a visit, we come and look. What we find is written up before any work starts.
- A written price follows. It lists what is and is not included, and where part of the cost belongs to the utility, it says so.
- We pull the permit and book the final inspection. The city charges its permit fee to you directly.
Pasadena questions
What is the difference between an electrician and an electrical contractor?
An electrician is the person doing the wiring. An electrical contractor is the business that takes the job on and answers for it, which includes pulling the permit. When you hire us for work in Pasadena, you deal with one company for both.
Will a rewire damage the plaster?
Some openings are part of any rewire, and we keep them to what the cable route needs. Patching and paint are not in our price unless the quote says they are.
Say what is happening and we will tell you what it involves.
One sentence about what is happening will do. Sending it costs nothing and does not book a visit.