My contractor says his guy can do the electrical. Should I let him?

Ask whether 'his guy' is a licensed electrician who pulls permits. Unpermitted electrical voids insurance and kills resales. We do permitted, inspected work and coordinate with your GC.

How much cheaper is rewiring with open walls?

Substantially — fishing wire through finished plaster is slow, skilled labor. Open studs are fast. We quote both so you can see the difference, but open-wall work is always the better value.

What if only part of the house is being renovated?

We wire the renovated area to full modern code and tie it cleanly into the existing system. If the rest of the house has old wiring, we'll flag it in the inspection — no pressure, just facts.

When in the project do you come in?

Twice: rough-in after framing and plumbing but before insulation, then finish after drywall and paint — outlets, switches, fixtures. We schedule around your contractor's critical path.

Rewiring During Renovation in Alexandria, VA

Name: Alexandria Rewiring Pros
Address: Alexandria, VA
Telephone: +13016799193
Price range: $$

Open walls are a gift

If you're renovating — kitchen, bath, addition, or a full gut — the walls are already open. That makes it the cheapest, cleanest time to rewire you'll ever get. Running wire through open studs takes a fraction of the time (and cost) of fishing it through finished walls. If your Alexandria home has old wiring and you're remodeling anyway, do the electrical now.

What to add while you're in there

Think beyond replacing what's there. Dedicated 20-amp circuits for the kitchen's small appliances. Under-cabinet lighting circuits. Bathroom GFCI and a dedicated circuit. Extra outlets where furniture actually goes — not where the 1940s builder guessed. USB outlets in bedrooms. Hardwired smoke detectors. A renovation is a once-in-decades chance to get the electrical right. Don't waste it.

Coordinating with your contractor

Timing matters. We rough in wiring after framing and plumbing but before insulation and drywall. We work from your contractor's schedule and hit our windows — electricians who hold up drywall are nobody's friend. If you don't have a GC yet, we can recommend the sequence to follow.

Permits and inspections

Renovation electrical needs permits and inspections like any electrical work. We pull them and meet the inspector. In Alexandria, inspectors check rough-in before drywall goes up — miss that window and drywall comes back off. We don't miss windows.

The pre-drywall checklist

Before insulation and drywall go up, five things must happen: the rough-in inspection passes, every circuit is labeled at the panel, we photograph all the walls (so you know exactly where wires run — invaluable years later), future-proofing goes in (empty conduit to the attic and garage for whatever comes next, extra circuits where you might want them), and you walk the job with us to confirm outlet and switch locations. Moving an outlet after drywall costs ten times what it costs now. That walkthrough is your last cheap chance to get it right. We insist on it.

Planning a renovation? Call (301) 679-9193 before drywall goes up. We'll walk the job with you or your contractor and scope the electrical right — once.