Electrician in Pacoima, California

Pacoima has dense postwar housing with a high share of multi unit conversions and added rear units. Undersized original services and unpermitted add on wiring are the two things we find most, and both go through LADBS.

Pacoima is one of the oldest communities in the northeast Valley, laid out in 1887 and annexed to Los Angeles in 1915. Wartime housing such as San Fernando Gardens went up for workers at Lockheed in Burbank, and in the 1950s the area filled with small single family homes. Van Nuys Boulevard, the original main street, runs through the middle with commercial buildings and the murals Pacoima is known for. Whiteman Airport, a county general aviation field, sits inside the community, and Hansen Dam lies just beyond it.

Small houses here have grown with their families. Garages became bedrooms, rear units went in, and the original 60 or 100 amp service stayed the same. Owners call us when the lights dim every time the AC starts, when an inspector or insurer finds wiring problems, or when they decide to legalize a back unit under the state's ADU rules. Panels from 1960s and 1970s updates, Zinsco and Federal Pacific among them, come up often too. Small businesses along Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road call about service capacity.

What Pacoima properties usually need