Electrician in San Fernando, California

The City of San Fernando issues its own permits and has its own inspection process, which is a common surprise for owners who assume they are dealing with the City of Los Angeles. The housing stock is old, much of it prewar, and knob and tube is still out there.

San Fernando incorporated in 1911 and covers only about two and a half square miles, entirely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles. The street grid around San Fernando Road and Maclay Avenue holds some of the oldest housing in the northeast Valley, from early 1900s cottages to 1920s Spanish homes and 1940s bungalows. Postwar houses and small apartment buildings fill the outer blocks. Many lots carry a second unit in back, some permitted and many not, and the electrical usually tells you which.

The city runs its own water system, and its electricity comes from Southern California Edison rather than LADWP, which surprises owners who moved from neighboring Pacoima or Sylmar. In practice that changes who we schedule the disconnect and reconnect with. The calls we get are about knob and tube in older homes, small fused services, rear units that need their own feeder or meter, and panels flagged by insurers. Commercial buildings downtown bring older services that need updating when tenants change.

What San Fernando properties usually need