Electrician Recommendations in KW I recently just purchased my first home and am looking to have some basic electrical work done (remove baseboard heaters, convert to...
imperfectcarpet replied:
I don't own my own company, nor am I looking for side work but I just wanted to give you a heads up about GFCIs. I'm assuming by "converting to GFCI outlets" you have older ungrounded wiring? If that's the case, you don't need to convert every receptacle in your home to a GFCI, to have GFCI protection. You could just put a GFCI at the start of each receptacle circuit and anything down line from it (assuming it is hooked up correctly) would be GFCI protected. This will save you upwards of a couple hundred dollars (depending on the amount of outlets in your home) plus labour. If you're not talking about ungrounded wiring, ignore everything I just said. :)
CRWN_KNG replied:
Dunbar Electric. Small but reputable company.
Thelastlucifer replied:
Once you decided to pick a company, check it out on [better business bureau](https://www.bbb.org/). It would at least give you an more accurate of what type of company you are dealing with. The last thing you want is to get screwed over or ripped off right after you just bought your new home.
And i want to point out, make sure the electrician/company you hire, has a 309A ticket. Thats construction and maintenance. People with 442A (industiral electrician) can't legally do that job. Another thing you want to make sure is they have a master's electrician in their company. Because if they don't have master's electrician, they cannot legally do contracting job, because one of the requirement for the company to get a contracting license for electrical work, is to have a master electrican in the crew.
Another thing to note is, if they are going to do rewiring/installation, after the work is done, they have the obligation to call [ESA](http://www.esasafe.com/). Any good/real electrician would call them after a new install. This is because if they don't call, and your house burns down or some shit happens, the electrician that did the job will have to appear in court. But, if they have the ESA signed off on the job, they are immune from all legal responsibilty. ESA are professional guys, once they sign off, you know the job was well done and fits all the electrical code for ontario.
Aster_Jax replied:
JR Crawford is the company we use. They've done a full knob and tube replacement for us, as well as some smaller jobs here and there (kitchen reno, bathroom reno, etc). Fantastic company. Very professional, and very transparent.
joshoohaah replied:
EMMTech Electrical Solutions - Tom Feeney did a bunch of work at my place. He's just started his own company and he's very reasonable as he's building relationships and reputation. He was a total professional and a pleasure to work with. He doesn't have a website yet, but if you do a search online you can easily find him.
know-nothing replied:
I hired ibbotson electric to upgrade my panel and install gfci on my existing circuits. frank did a great job, i would hire him again. 5197462727
Sachsmachine replied:
Just a general recommendation, don't go for anyone who can start immediately. If they're not busy they're probably not good.