New Construction
Whole-House Electrical Installation
The entire electrical system on a new or gutted house.
What the job involves
The entire electrical system on a new or gutted house. Half of these calls turn out to be a different problem than the one that got reported, which is why we test before we quote.
The process is the same every time, which is what keeps it predictable. This is one where the cheap version and the correct version look identical on day one and completely different in year three.
How we handle it
- Plan reviewed and load calculated before rough in
- Rough in coordinated with the other trades
- Inspections staged so nothing waits on us
- Trim finished and every circuit tested at completion
Doing this in the White Mountains
Elevation and sun are hard on exterior equipment. Meter bases and outdoor gear age faster here than the catalog says.
Elevation, weather, and the age of the housing stock all change how this work goes here compared with a valley city. Equipment ages faster in this sun, monsoon surge is a real load on the system, and a lot of these houses were built as seasonal property and are now carrying full-time demand.
This is a small company on purpose. You deal with the owner, not a dispatcher.
Rough-in is where the decisions get locked
The electrical rough-in happens after framing and before insulation, and it is the moment nearly every decision becomes permanent or expensive. Where the outlets go, how many circuits the kitchen gets, whether the garage is ready for a charger later.
Adding capacity at rough-in is cheap because the walls are open. A spare conduit to the garage, an extra circuit to the panel, a conductor for a future fan, all close to free now and all significant work afterward.
This is the stage to think two owners ahead rather than to the day you move in.
Where the panel goes and why it matters
Panel location gets decided fast on most builds and lived with for the life of the house. The constraints are real: working clearance in front that cannot be filled with shelving, no placement in a clothes closet or over a stairway, and a run from the meter that is as short as the layout allows.
Beyond the rules, put it where somebody will actually go. A panel in a finished basement or a utility room is something a homeowner will open. A panel behind a water heater in a crawlspace is one they will never look at and one we will charge more to work in.
Garage walls are a common and good answer up here, with the caveat that the space in front stays clear of the thing everybody wants to park there.
Planning for what you will want later
Nearly every house eventually wants something it was not built for: a charger, a shop, a hot tub, a heat pump, an office that needs real circuits.
Panel space is the cheapest thing to overprovide at build time. So is conduit to places that are hard to reach later, like a detached garage or an attic.
The load calculation should reflect where the house is going, not only where it starts. That is a conversation worth having during design rather than during a remodel.
What you get
- LicensedC-11 #192532 and R-11 #192533
- PriceFirm, before the work starts
- Who shows upThe person who quoted it
- PermitsHandled where the job needs them
- AfterLabeled, documented, and cleaned up
This is a small company on purpose. You deal with the owner.
Planning for what you will want later
Nearly every house eventually wants something it was not built for: a charger, a shop, a hot tub, a heat pump, an office that needs real circuits.
Panel space is the cheapest thing to overprovide at build time. So is conduit to places that are hard to reach later, like a detached garage or an attic.
The load calculation should reflect where the house is going, not only where it starts. That is a conversation worth having during design rather than during a remodel.
A load calculation for a house nobody lives in yet
Calculating load for a house that does not exist means working from the plans and the specifications rather than from measured usage, which sounds like guesswork and is not. The code method totals square footage, fixed appliances, and the specific large loads, then applies demand factors.
The part that takes judgment is the equipment that has not been chosen yet. A kitchen with an induction range calculates differently from the same kitchen with gas. A garage that will hold two electric vehicles in five years is a different house from one that will not.
So the conversation during design is about intent rather than model numbers. Tell us what the house is meant to become, and the service gets sized for that rather than for the day the keys change hands.
Questions we get
How do I know if I have knob and tube?
It shows as ceramic knobs and tubes in the attic or basement with cloth covered conductors. Most houses that had it are partially converted already.
Can we live in the house during a rewire?
Usually yes. We sequence it so the house keeps power throughout, working through it a section at a time.
Do you have to open all my walls?
No. We fish where the framing allows and open only where there is no route. Minimizing patching is most of the skill in a rewire.
What areas do you cover?
Pinetop-Lakeside and about forty miles out from there, which covers most of Navajo County and the western side of Apache County.
Are you licensed?
Yes. We hold a C-11 commercial license, number 192532, and an R-11 residential license, number 192533. Both are current and we are insured.
Towns we cover
Based in Pinetop-Lakeside, covering about forty miles out across Navajo County and the western side of Apache County.
- Show LowOur second base. Panel work and service upgrades on the newer builds off Deuce of Clubs.
- Pinetop-LakesideHome ground. Cabin rewires, fixture work at cathedral-ceiling height, and same-week calls.
- SnowflakeLonger runs out to property on acreage, where the well pump and the house share one panel.
- TaylorOlder service entrances that predate the current code, and the corrections that go with them.
- Heber-OvergaardHeavy second-home territory. Freeze-season calls on places that sat empty since fall.
- LindenBetween Show Low and Pinetop. Remodel wiring and additions on established lots.
- GreerHighest elevation we cover. Generator and backup work for a road that closes in weather.
- ConchoWide-open lots on the Apache County side, often with a long feed from the meter to the house.
- OvergaardPonderosa country. Fixture and circuit work in cabins built across four decades.
- LakesideOlder lakefront cabins where the original wiring was never meant for today’s load.
- PinetopThe cabin core. Small jobs, one outlet or one switch, are most of what we do here.
- White Mountain LakeSeasonal places that need a look before the family arrives and after they leave.
Get it handled
Call (928) 358-2546 or send a message and we will work out what the job actually is.
See recent work or send the details and we will come look.