Whole home rewiring and knob and tube replacement
Craftsman, Spanish revival and postwar homes across Southern California still carry knob and tube or early cloth insulated wiring behind the plaster. It was installed for a few lights and a radio, not for modern kitchens, laundry and home offices, and it has no ground. A planned rewire replaces it with modern grounded wiring, room by room, with the walls and finishes treated with care.
Signs a rewire is due
- Knob and tube or cloth insulated wiring found in the attic, basement or walls
- Two prong outlets throughout, or three prong outlets with no ground behind them
- An insurer, lender or home inspector asking for the wiring to be replaced
- Brittle or cracked insulation, scorched outlets or warm switch plates
- Aluminum branch wiring from the 1960s and 1970s that has never been remediated
- A remodel that opens walls anyway
Planned around your finishes
Most rewires in older homes happen with the plaster in place. We route new wiring through attics, crawl spaces and existing chases wherever we can, and open walls only where we have to, in small and planned access points. Where walls are already open for a remodel, the job is faster and simpler. Either way, we walk you through where every access point will be before work starts.
Whole home or staged
A full rewire is usually the most efficient path, but it is not the only one. Many owners rewire in stages, starting with the kitchen, bathrooms and the circuits that carry the most load, and finishing the rest over time. We can plan the work so each stage passes inspection on its own.
How a rewire runs
- Walkthrough to trace existing circuits, check the attic and crawl space and identify access points.
- Written scope and estimate, including whether the panel or service should be upgraded at the same time.
- Permit pulled with the city or county.
- Rewire, room by room, with power restored to occupied areas at the end of each day whenever possible.
- Rough and final inspections, patch areas identified, and a finaled permit for your records.
Common questions
Usually, yes. We plan the work in sections so the rooms you are living in have power at the end of the day whenever the layout allows it. Very large or vacant homes are sometimes done faster all at once.
Existing knob and tube is not automatically illegal in California, but it has no ground, it was never meant for modern loads, and many insurers will not cover a home that still has it in use. New work cannot extend it, and most remodels trigger replacement of the circuits involved.
We keep openings small and planned. Tell us whether you want us to coordinate patching or have your own contractor finish it, and we will include that in the scope.
Whole home rewiring and knob and tube replacement near you
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