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A wall opened up mid-job, with dozens of circuit wires pulled out between the studs.

Whole-House Rewire in Vancouver, WA

  • Plan and price agreed before we open a wall
  • Staged room by room if you prefer
  • No hidden fees
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4.9%
Local homes built before 1940
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Permit included
2
Inspections: rough-in and final
1–2 weeks
On site, depending on house size

What Our Customers Say

Igor is the smartest, most thorough electrician I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with! In owning some older rental properties, I threw some really difficult projects at him. He treated it like “nothing but a thing!” and solved every problem efficiently, thoroughly and successfully. I would trust him with ANY electrical task!
Michele M.
Older rental properties
Igor has provided services to us for over the past three years, including electrical work, rewiring, fan installations, and other related tasks. He is punctual, dependable, and offers fair pricing. We recommend him with no reservations
Joe H.
Rewiring and fan installations
I’ve been working with Igor on projects for over 5 years now and he’s never disappointed. My wife and I bought our dream house a while back. The house needed a lot of upgrades including electrical. I met Igor through a friend and we were very happy after our project. He’s very knowledgeable and does very clean work. Our project included new wiring throughout the house, added lighting with dimmer switches, extra plugs for floor lighting at night, new fans and most importantly, we had our electrical panel replaced. We couldn’t have been happier with how our project turned out! Since then, we’ve called him out a couple of times to do the electrical work of the last few areas of our home. Igor does great work because he only knows how to do great work. I recommend him to all friends who ask me “do you know a good electrician”. Yes, I have a guy for you!
Victor D.
Rewiring, lighting and panel replacement
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Is It Time to Replace the Wiring, Not Patch It?

New grounded cable from the panel to every outlet, switch and fixture in your Vancouver home — CPU meter work scheduled when the panel changes too.

You have decided the wiring itself has to go, not just one circuit. A whole-house rewire here runs in the same phases as anywhere else, with one local difference: the utility. If the main panel is replaced as part of the job — and in an older house it usually is — Clark Public Utilities pulls the meter for the panel work and does not set it again until the inspection passes. New cable goes in through the attic, crawlspace and wall cavities, with finished surfaces opened only where the house leaves no other route. The inspector sees the work at rough-in, before walls close, and again at final. Old wiring is disconnected at both ends. You finish with grounded outlets in every room, GFCI and AFCI protection where the code requires it, and a panel with room left over. Patching is listed in the estimate.

How a Whole-House Rewire Runs Here

1

Open the boxes

Map what is live and where it runs

2

Written estimate

Scope fixed before any wall is opened

3

Stage the work

Room by room, while you stay elsewhere

4

Rough-in

New cable run, checked before walls close

5

Final and meter

Devices tested; CPU resets the meter if pulled

The city holds two kinds of rewire candidate. Downtown, the five tracts within 2.5 km of the center are 34% pre-1940 and hold 71% of the city's oldest homes, where original wiring is common. Across the city, 13,705 houses date from the 1970s, and the 1965–73 slice of those can carry aluminum branch wiring.

Signs a Vancouver House Needs a Whole-House Rewire

Two-prong outlets in most of the rooms
Cloth or rubber insulation on wire in the basement
Three generations of wiring spliced together
Fuses or breakers trip on everyday loads
Extension cords standing in for missing circuits

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What Affects the Cost of a Whole-House Rewire in Vancouver

Replacing every circuit in a house is a big job, and these points set how big it is in yours.

  • Size of the house

    More rooms mean more circuits, devices and cable, and more days on site.

  • Everything or in stages

    A staged job replaces the worst circuits first, and the estimate says which ones cannot wait.

  • What is behind the walls

    Near downtown, original pre-1940 wiring is common; in 1965–73 houses, aluminum branch circuits may be the reason.

  • Routes for the cable

    Attics, crawlspaces and wall cavities carry most runs; finished surfaces are opened only where there is no other path.

  • Patching

    Every planned opening and its patch is listed in the estimate.

  • A new panel and CPU

    If the panel is replaced too, Clark Public Utilities pulls the meter and resets it only after the inspection passes.

  • Two inspections

    Rough-in and final are inspected by the city inside its limits, or by Washington L&I outside them.

Every job gets a written estimate before any work starts.

Why Homeowners Here Call PWR Pro Electric

CPU meter work scheduled

Pull and reset booked when the panel is replaced

We pull the electrical permit for you

Rough-in and final inspections booked by us

Written estimate before any work begins

Openings and patching listed, no surprises

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Questions Homeowners Ask

Do we have to move out during the rewire?
Yes, plan on it. The family can not stay in the house while the wiring is replaced. If the panel is swapped too, Clark Public Utilities has the meter out and the house stays dark until the inspection passes and the meter is reset.
Do you offer financing for a whole-house rewire?
Yes. Financing is available — ask about it when you get your written estimate.
Can we rewire the house in stages?
Yes. A staged job replaces the worst circuits first and the rest later, each stage inspected on its own. The estimate says which circuits cannot wait.
How long does a whole-house rewire take?
Between 1 and 2 weeks on site, depending on how big the house is. We give you a start date with your written estimate, so there is time to line up a place to stay.

Book New Wiring in Vancouver, WA

Written estimate before any work begins.

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