Older and Historic Homes
Working in a century-old Montclair house is a different job from working in a 1990s colonial, and it should be priced and planned that way. Plaster instead of drywall. Balloon framing that makes fishing wire either easy or impossible depending on the wall. Finishes and millwork you cannot simply cut through. And a hundred years of electrical work layered on top of each other.
What we find and fix here:
- Knob-and-tube wiring — still live in parts of some Montclair homes. It is a genuine safety concern, it complicates insurance, and it is a common finding at inspection. Remediation can often be phased rather than done all at once.
- Cloth-insulated wiring — the insulation embrittles and crumbles with age, particularly where it has run warm
- Undersized services — a 60 or 100-amp service is not going to carry a modern kitchen, central air, and an EV. See panel and service upgrades.
- Fuse boxes and Federal Pacific and Zinsco panels
- Ungrounded two-prong outlets — with practical remedies short of a full rewire
- Decades of accumulated modifications — junction boxes buried in walls, circuits that make no sense, additions wired by whoever was cheapest at the time
Rewiring without destroying the house
The craft in this work is running new circuits with minimal damage to plaster, trim, and finishes — and knowing when opening a wall is genuinely the better option versus a longer route that leaves the room intact. We scope it honestly, and we tell you where the surprises are likely to be rather than discovering them on your dime.
Renovations & Additions
Montclair renovates constantly. We handle complete electrical for kitchen and bath renovations, additions, finished basements and attics, and third-floor conversions — including the service upgrade that a serious renovation usually triggers, and lighting design planned while the walls are still open.
Restaurants & Downtown Commercial
Montclair’s restaurant and retail districts turn over regularly, and restaurant electrical is demanding: kitchen equipment loads, dedicated circuits, hood and make-up air interlocks, refrigeration, and exterior and dining lighting — all on a schedule where every week before opening costs money.
We handle restaurant and retail fit-outs, service upgrades when an older building cannot carry a commercial kitchen, lighting and LED retrofits with PSE&G incentives, fire alarm systems, cameras and access control, and 24/7 emergency repair.
Mixed-use buildings — retail below, apartments above — are common along Bloomfield Avenue and Church Street, and they combine every problem of old residential wiring with commercial load requirements. That is routine work for us.
Residential Services
Repairs and troubleshooting, panel and service upgrades, rewiring, interior and landscape lighting, ceiling fans and dimmers, standby generators, EV charger installation, and electrical safety inspections for buyers and sellers.
Why Montclair Clients Call Us
- Real experience in century-old houses — knob-and-tube, plaster, and the judgment to work around finishes
- Restaurant and mixed-use commercial capability
- Fifteen minutes away in Fairfield, with 24/7 emergency response
- PSE&G Trade Ally and public works certified
- Since 2010, 4.9 stars across more than 60 Google reviews
Request Service in Montclair
Call (201) 321-8949 or contact us online. See also Essex County, Bloomfield, and all service areas.
