When you don't need the whole house
A full rewire is the gold standard. But sometimes it's overkill. Maybe only the second floor still has knob-and-tube. Maybe the kitchen is the only room with problems. Partial rewiring replaces wiring where it's actually bad and leaves sound circuits alone. You get the safety where it counts, without paying for what you don't need.
How we prioritize
We rank rooms by risk. Kitchens and bathrooms first — water plus electricity is the worst combination. Then bedrooms, where arc-fault protection matters most. Then everything else. We map your whole house during the free inspection and show you the priority order, so you're deciding with facts.
Phasing it over time
Here's what many Alexandria homeowners do: fix the worst rooms now, then do a room or two a year as budget allows. Because we plan the whole map up front, each phase connects cleanly to the next — no rework, no wasted money. Your panel gets sized for the finished job on day one, so later phases are just wiring.
Living through it
Partial rewiring is easier to live with than a full rewire. We shut down one area at a time. The rest of the house stays powered. Most phases take 1 to 3 days per room. Dust and noise stay contained to the work zone.
What "planned as a system" actually means
Anyone can rewire a room. The trick is making this year's room work with next year's. Here's what we do differently: the panel gets fully mapped and labeled on day one, with breaker spaces reserved for future phases. We run conduit or leave pull paths in walls and ceilings we'll need later, so phase two doesn't mean reopening phase one's work. Every junction is documented on a master plan we leave with you. When we come back next year, we pick up exactly where we stopped — no detective work, no redoing. That's the difference between phasing and patching.
Not sure if you need it all? Call (301) 679-9193 for a free inspection. We'll map your home's wiring and show you exactly what needs doing — all of it, or just the bad parts.