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Electrical Services for Homes That Do More

Practical electrical installations, repairs and upgrades across Vaughan.

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Modern kitchen with two white pendant lights over a white island, recessed pot lights in the ceiling, dark wood cabinets and stainless appliances
Pot lights and island pendants in a finished kitchen.

What we do

Five kinds of work cover most of what a Vaughan house needs. Each has its own page explaining what it includes, when you need it and what affects the scope.

EV charger installation

Level 2 charging on its own 240 V circuit, sized to the charger you choose and to what your panel can carry.

  • Load calculation before anything is quoted
  • Garage, driveway or carport
  • ESA notification and inspection included in the job
EV charging

Panel and circuit upgrades

Panel assessments, 100 A to 200 A service upgrades, subpanels and new dedicated circuits for the loads a modern house adds.

  • Full, ageing or mislabelled panels
  • Range, dryer, air conditioner and hot tub circuits
  • Alectra Utilities scheduling handled for service changes
Panels and upgrades

Kitchen and renovation wiring

Rough-in for kitchens, basements and open-ceiling renovations, done to pass inspection before the drywall goes on.

  • Counter circuits and appliance feeds
  • Pot light layouts and switching
  • Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm wiring
Electrical renovations

Outlets, switches and lighting

Receptacles where the load actually is, GFCI and outdoor outlets, and dimmers that match the fixtures they control.

  • Under-sink and appliance receptacles
  • Weatherproof outdoor outlets
  • Switch, dimmer and fixture replacement
Outlets and lighting

Residential troubleshooting

Breakers that trip, dead outlets, flicker and warm devices, traced to the cause with a meter and repaired properly.

  • Measured, not guessed
  • Repairs to the Ontario Electrical Safety Code
  • Panel directory updated before we leave
Troubleshooting

Not sure where your job fits?

Describe the symptom or the plan in a sentence. The FAQs cover what Vaughan homeowners ask most, and the contact page lists what is useful to send.

  • Small jobs are welcome
  • Scope confirmed before any visit
  • No pressure to upgrade what does not need it
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EV charging and panel assessments

The two jobs we are asked about most, and the two where an honest answer about suitability matters before any quote.

White wall-mounted EV connector on a beige garage wall with conduit running up to the ceiling, a timer switch and light switch beside it and the charging cable coiled below
A Level 2 EV wall connector in a garage, fed through surface conduit from above, with the charging cable stowed beside it.

EV charger installation

A Level 2 charger needs a dedicated 240 V circuit, usually 40 A to 60 A depending on the unit. The first step is a load calculation to the Ontario Electrical Safety Code, which decides whether your existing service carries it. Then the circuit is run from the panel to the parking spot, the charger is mounted and connected, and the work is reported to the Electrical Safety Authority for inspection.

Realistic suitability

  • 200 A service: usually carries a 40 A to 60 A charger circuit without changes.
  • 100 A service with gas heat and a gas stove: often workable, confirmed on paper first.
  • 100 A service with electric heat, range and dryer: likely needs an energy management device or a service upgrade before the charger.
  • Parking spot far from the panel, or a detached garage: longer run, possibly trenching, which changes the cost more than the charger does.

How EV charger installation works

Grey breaker panel with the door open showing the circuit directory on the inside of the door and two columns of breakers
A panel with the door open and a completed circuit directory. A directory like this is what makes a later fault quick to isolate.

Panel assessment

A panel assessment is a look at the equipment with the cover off and a load calculation on paper. It tells you whether the panel has space, whether the service has capacity, and whether anything inside is a safety problem: heat marks, double-tapped breakers, corrosion, a breaker type with a documented failure history. You get a plain answer about what, if anything, needs doing.

What an assessment can and cannot tell you

  • A full panel is a space problem. It is only a capacity problem if the load calculation says so.
  • A new 200 A panel does not fix old branch wiring in the walls. That is a separate finding.
  • Replacing a panel for appearance alone is rarely worth it. Replacing one that runs hot, or has no room for the circuits you need, usually is.
  • Service changes need Alectra Utilities to disconnect and reconnect, so the date is booked in advance.

Panels and upgrades explained

What renovation wiring consists of

Rough-in is the part nobody sees once the drywall is up, and it is where a renovation is either done right or not. These photos show the stage between framing and inspection: boxes set, cables run, housings placed, nothing covered yet.

Every photo on this site is of our own work. Shots with covers off or walls open are labelled as in progress; they are not pictures of finished, energized systems.

Kitchen, basement and open-ceiling renovations

The sequence, in order

  • Walk the plan: where every receptacle, switch, fixture and appliance goes, and which circuit feeds it.
  • Set boxes at the right heights and run cable to each, stapled and protected where it passes through framing.
  • Run home runs back to the panel and label them, so the panel directory is right from day one.
  • ESA rough-in inspection before insulation and drywall.
  • Devices, fixtures and alarms at finish, then testing and a final inspection.
Gutted room with exposed wood studs and two windows, yellow and blue cables run to blue device boxes at receptacle height and recessed light housings between the ceiling joists
In progressRough-in in a gutted room: device boxes set at receptacle height, cables run down the studs, recessed light housings between the joists. Shown in progress, before inspection and drywall.
Open stud wall with blue device boxes at outlet height, yellow cables stapled down the studs and pot light housings in the ceiling joists
In progressThe same wall from the other end: boxes, cable runs and pot light housings laid out from the plan. Shown in progress.
Hallway with the ceiling drywall removed exposing joists, cables and plumbing, a staircase on the right and the front door at the end
In progressA hallway ceiling opened during a renovation: joists, existing cables and plumbing exposed so new circuits can be run before it is closed. Shown in progress.
Coffered ceiling with dark beams and white panels, pot light positions outlined in pencil and two openings cut with temporary lamp holders hanging
In progressPot light positions marked out on a coffered ceiling, with two openings cut and temporary lamp holders in place to check the layout. Shown in progress.

Common problems, usual causes

What a symptom usually means in a house, and which service page explains the fix.

Breaker keeps tripping

An overloaded circuit, a short, a worn breaker, or an arc-fault breaker reacting to a loose connection. Each has a different repair; resetting it is not one of them.

How we find the cause

Outlet is dead, breaker is on

Usually a tripped GFCI somewhere else on the circuit, or a loose connection in a box upstream. The second one is a heat source and should be repaired, not bypassed.

Dead outlets

Lights flicker or buzz

One fixture on a dimmer is almost always a dimmer and LED mismatch. Several rooms flickering at once can be a loose neutral, which is urgent.

Dimmers and fixtures

Outlet or switch feels warm

Resistance at a connection, or a device carrying more than it should. It is the stage before discolouration and failure. Stop using it until it is checked.

Warm devices

Extension cords doing a receptacle's job

A freezer in the garage, a water treatment unit under the sink, holiday lights outside. The fix is a receptacle on a suitable circuit where the load actually is.

Adding receptacles

Panel is full, or breakers are doubled up

A space problem for certain and sometimes a capacity problem too. A load calculation says which, and whether a subpanel solves it without a service change.

Panel assessments

Smoke alarms chirp or do not all sound

Chirping is usually an expired unit or a backup battery. Alarms that sound one at a time were never interconnected, or the interconnect was broken during a renovation.

Alarm wiring

Outdoor outlet dies when it rains

Moisture getting into a receptacle without a proper in-use cover, tripping the GFCI. The right cover and device fix it in most cases.

Outdoor outlets

Where we work

Vaughan, with a base on Clark Avenue West in Thornhill. The neighbourhoods below are where most of our work is.

Based here
Thornhill

Clark Avenue West, near Bathurst. The shortest trips are around Thornhill and Beverley Glen.

Beverley Glen

Houses from the 1990s and 2000s now adding EV chargers and finishing basements.

Concord

Central Vaughan around Highway 7 and Keele, older houses and newer infill alike.

Maple

Larger subdivisions where panel space runs out before the service does.

Patterson

Newer houses with 200 A services that usually take a charger without changes.

Rest of Vaughan

Nearby but not listed? Ask. The answer is usually yes.

Quick answers

Short versions of the questions that come up on nearly every call.

Do you need to see the house before quoting?

For small, well-described jobs, often not. For panels, EV chargers and renovations, yes: the panel label, the route and the existing wiring decide the scope, and a photo only goes so far. A short visit avoids a quote that changes later.

Can a 100 A panel take an EV charger?

Sometimes. It depends on what else in the house is electric. A load calculation gives the real answer, and an energy management device can make a 100 A service work where it otherwise would not. More on EV suitability.

Is the ESA inspection part of the job?

Yes. Work that needs a notification to the Electrical Safety Authority is filed by the contractor as part of the job, and the inspection is included in the scope, not added afterwards.

How long is the power off during a service upgrade?

Most of a working day. Alectra Utilities disconnects at the start, the panel is changed, ESA inspects, and the utility reconnects. A closed fridge and freezer are fine for that period.

Do you take small jobs?

Yes. A single outlet, a dimmer that buzzes, a smoke alarm that chirps. Small jobs are how most people first find out whether they trust an electrician.

All frequently asked questions

Contact us

Tell us what is happening or what you are planning, and the neighbourhood. We confirm scope and timing before any visit.

900 Clark Ave W
Vaughan, ON L4J 8C1

Serving Vaughan, including Thornhill, Beverley Glen, Concord, Maple and Patterson.

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