Finished jobs from our crew.
Irvington, Portland
September 2026
An Irvington homeowner needed an outlet outside that would be safe in Portland rain. We installed a GFCI outlet in a weatherproof box with an in-use cover, fed through conduit along the siding. Code requires GFCI protection on outdoor outlets, so it shuts off on a fault and stays dry.
★★★★★Josh H.“Igor did a awesome job for a reasonable price highly recommend his services!”
Signs your home is missing protection
GFCI protection where water is near and AFCI protection for the living spaces — as receptacles or breakers, for homes wired before either existed across Portland, Oregon City, Tualatin, and surrounding communities.
These are two different kinds of protection, and most older Portland houses have little of either. A ground-fault circuit interrupter protects people. It watches the current going out and coming back on a circuit, and if some of it is leaking through a person to ground it cuts the power almost instantly, which is why it goes wherever water is near. An arc-fault circuit interrupter protects the house. It listens for the electrical signature of arcing in wiring, the kind that starts fires inside walls, and it covers most living spaces.
Either one can live in two places: in the outlet with the test and reset buttons, or as a breaker in the panel. Older homes need both kinds of protection added, and the right mix depends on the house: how the circuits are laid out, whether the panel has room, and whether the wiring is grounded. A protected receptacle can also give shock protection on an ungrounded two-slot circuit, which is why it is a common answer in houses built before 1940 that still have their original outlets. Where protection is required is set by the code in force when the work is done, not when the house was built; Oregon's 2026 electrical code is the edition now in force.
The work itself is quick per device but it has to be right: a ground-fault device wired backwards, with line and load swapped, protects nothing downstream. We check each location, choose receptacle or breaker, install and trip-test it, and label what protects what so the next person is not guessing. Swapping a device like for like is a small job; adding circuits or changing the panel means a permit, which we pull.
Every wet area and living space listed
Receptacle or breaker, location by location
You approve it before work starts
Every device trip-tested, line and load checked
What protects what, written at the panel
Protection is priced location by location, so most of what moves the price is how many devices and which kind.
Each wet area and living space needs its own protection, so more rooms means more devices.
A protected outlet and a protected breaker are different parts, and the right choice changes room by room.
Breaker-style protection needs a panel that takes those breakers, with a space for each one.
Ungrounded two-slot circuits in pre-1940 houses change which device fits and how it has to be labeled.
Where one device can cover everything downstream, fewer are needed than on scattered circuits.
Adding circuits or changing the panel is a bigger job than a device swap, and needs a permit.
Every job gets a written estimate before any work starts.
Location by location, receptacle or breaker, in writing
When new circuits are added
Protection installed by a licensed electrician
Every device tested, every downstream outlet marked
Written estimate before any work begins.