House rewiring is a complicated and extensive process where you replace your entire electrical system. There are many reasons why you might need house rewiring including complete damage to your electrical system from a lightning strike, new construction or remodeling, and old age. Most people in Melbourne replace their wiring when electrical needs significantly outpace the existing system.
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What is House Rewiring?
House rewiring is where you have licensed electricians replace all of the wiring in your home, wiring that otherwise runs unnoticed through your walls, floors, and ceilings.
It is a very extensive process but one that will always be required at some point as electrical systems wear down due to age, surges, and changes to power needs.
What to Expect from Our Melbourne House Rewiring
House rewiring in Melbourne, FL is no simple task. It’s important that you be prepared for the process as much as we are.
House rewiring can be a very messy process especially if we have to cut into your walls.
The Mess
Our team of qualified electricians will use advanced methods to help rewire your home without having to take out large portions of your drywall. This is done by moving the new wires through your walls with access points. In some cases, however, we will need to cut access points to make this process easier and that is when things get a little messy.
Rest assured that during your Melbourne, FL house rewiring, it is possible to remain in your house while the process is happening, but we will have to turn off the electricity to any areas of the home where we are working. We always try to keep the mess and the disruption to a minimum.
The Work
For this project, you can expect our team to start by opening your ceilings, your walls, lifting up some of your carpet and lifting up floorboards depending on where we are working. This gives us an access point through which we can replace wiring and cabling that then gets connected to your electrical circuits and mounting boxes.
If you need any additional work done like outlet installation for new outlets or hardwired smoke detector installation so that you can conform to updated Florida codes, we can handle all of these installation processes while we work on your house rewiring.
The final steps include installing your fixtures, faceplates, and sockets, and testing the entire home.
The Timeline
The projected timeline will vary depending on several factors like the size and age of your home. Melbourne homes that are more than 40 years old can take at least one week for whole house rewiring whereas smaller, newer homes might only take a few days. We will always keep you informed with a more accurate estimate based on your circumstances.
Melbourne, FL House Rewiring FAQs
Do I have to do anything to prepare for house rewiring?
During your assessment our team of licensed electricians will discuss where we plan to access your wiring and if there’s any furniture in the way, indoor plants, or rugs, we will ask that you move them or we can move them for you.
Depending on the layout and the scope of your job, you might only have to move furniture in specific rooms at any time but anything that you leave is best covered with blankets or tarps to protect it from the dust that we generate.
Is there anything else I should have electricians do during house rewiring?
When you are going through the trouble of investing in whole house rewiring in Melbourne, FL it is best to consider upgrades to other parts of your electrical system if you can afford it because it can all be done at once.
Note that a house rewiring will usually require a new electrical panel especially if yours is outdated, and new circuits wired to your updated wiring. If you have outdated outlets, you might consider having our team install things like GFCI outlets around sinks in your bathroom or kitchen, and other repairs to bring your home up to code.
Do you have to tear down my drywall for house rewiring?
Our local electricians in Melbourne, FL have advanced tools and techniques to help minimize how much we have to cut into your drywall. For many parts of a home rewiring, we can fish the wires through your existing walls or ceilings using openings that are already cut into your drywall for things like your outlets or lights. However this depends on the layout of your home or office, how many levels you have, and other factors which we will discuss during your assessment.
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