Electrician in Hillsboro, OR — Homes Built Since 1990

Most houses here went up after 1990. That usually means solid wiring and a panel with little room left for a car charger, a heat pump or a shop.

There are two Hillsboros. The first is a 1990s and 2000s city: two-thirds of its 43,576 homes were built in 1990 or later, and the 2000s alone are 24.9%, the peak decade. The wiring in those houses is fine. What we get called for is room: a panel the builder filled out in 2004, and an owner who now wants a car charger in the garage, a heat pump, a hot tub on the patio or a subpanel for a shop. Sunset Hwy (US 26) is the road we come in on.

The second one is smaller and older. About 1,270 homes, 2.9%, went up before 1940, mostly around downtown, and some may still hide knob-and-tube or two-prong outlets with no ground. Along Tualatin Valley Hwy sit 5,225 homes from the 1970s; the ones finished between 1965 and 1973 were built while aluminum branch circuits were in use. A build year is a clue, not proof, so we look inside the panel and open a few outlets before we quote.