Electrical Inspection in Portland, OR & the Metro Area
- Written report of what we found
- Useful when buying or selling
- Honest repair-or-replace advice
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Do You Know What Is Behind Your Portland Home's Walls?
When a house needs an electrical inspection
What an Electrical Inspection Covers in Portland
A hands-on electrical inspection by a licensed electrician — for buyers, sellers, insurers and owners of older homes across Portland, Vancouver, Troutdale, and surrounding communities.
An electrical inspection is a hands-on check of a home's electrical system by a licensed electrician. It covers the service and panel, the breakers, grounding and bonding, the type of wiring in the walls, and the outlets, switches and fixtures in every room. Portland has a lot of older housing — 38.9% of the city's dwellings were built before 1940 — so the questions are often the same: is there knob-and-tube behind the plaster, is the panel a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok or Zinsco, and are the outlets grounded. Houses built 1965 to 1973 get a second look for aluminum branch wiring.
People call for a few reasons. Buyers want to know what they are taking on before the deal closes, and sellers want to fix small things before a buyer's report turns them into a negotiation. Insurers ask: some want an electrician's report on an older house, and some will not bind a policy while active knob-and-tube is in place. And after a remodel, some owners want a second set of eyes on work they did not watch. An inspection does not hold an older house to today's code; what Oregon's 2026 electrical code changes applies to new work, not to what is already in the walls.
We start at the panel: cover off, brand and condition, breaker sizes against the wire they feed, grounding and bonding, and any doubled-up breakers or signs of heat. Then we go room by room testing outlets for ground and polarity, checking switches and fixtures. If you want to see what we look for before we arrive, read our Home Electrical Inspection Checklist guide. If a repair needs a permit, we pull it, and PGE or Pacific Power handles any reconnect, depending on your address.
Electrician's Electrical Inspection vs a General Home Inspection
Electrician's Check
Home Inspector's Walk-Through
How It Works in Portland
Tell us why
Sale, insurer request, older house or remodel
Panel first
Cover off, breakers, grounding and brand checked
Room by room
Outlets, switches, fixtures and visible wiring tested
Attic and crawlspace
Wiring type and splices where they can be seen
Your findings
Explained in plain words, written estimate for repairs
What Affects the Cost of a Home Electrical Check in Portland
An inspection is priced by how much house there is to check and what you need the findings for.
Size of the house
More rooms mean more outlets, switches and fixtures to test one at a time.
Age and wiring type
A pre-1940 house that may hide knob-and-tube, or a 1965 to 1973 house with aluminum, gets a closer look.
Attic and crawlspace access
Open, reachable spaces let us see wiring and splices quickly; tight or blocked ones take longer.
What the findings are for
A buyer or an insurer may want particular items covered, such as panel brand, grounding or active knob-and-tube.
Extra buildings
A garage, shop or ADU with its own subpanel adds another panel to open and more circuits to test.
Repairs we find
Any fix is priced separately on a written estimate, and we pull a permit when a repair needs one.
Every job gets a written estimate before any work starts.
Why Portland Homeowners Call PWR Pro Electric
Written estimate before any work begins
You approve any repair before it starts
We pull the electrical permit for you
For any repair that needs one
Licensed Oregon contractor, CCB #259813
The findings come from a licensed electrician
We open the panel
Not a glance at the cover — the wiring itself
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Questions About Inspections
Our house has years of DIY electrical work. Where do we start?
Another electrician said I need a new panel. How do I know that's right?
We're buying an older house. When should we have it checked?
Are you licensed and insured?
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Written estimate before any work begins.