Residential / Remodel · Yakima Valley
Residential and remodel electrical work, read first and wired to code.
New construction or a renovation, there is almost always an electrical piece that needs an update. We look at what your home has now, tell you what we would change, and do the work to code.
Chapter 01
When an insurer red-flags your panel
A flag from your insurance company usually means the panel, or the wiring around it, has worried someone enough to put it in writing. Older panels, mismatched breakers, loose or overheated connections and circuits added over the years are the usual suspects. The first step is an inspection that tells you exactly what was found, so you are not paying to fix a guess.
One Yakima homeowner got two bids after her insurer red-flagged the panel. In her Google review Julia Snyder wrote that “BigFoot’s bid was the most specific and their price was clearly the most reasonable,” and that “In a long days work, Cesilio and Juan, headed up by Brian completely upgraded the panel. They even addressed all the odd wiring throughout the room.”
That is what a panel upgrade should look like from the homeowner’s side: a specific bid, a crew that arrives and stays on it, and the strange wiring in the room dealt with while the box is open instead of left for another day.
Justin from Bigfoot Electric, wearing a headlamp and safety glasses, working inside an open residential breaker panel
Reading the system before recommending a thing
Whether it is new construction or a home renovation, the company’s own words are that “there are almost always electrical components that will require an update or upgrade to some degree.” A kitchen gets new circuits, a basement finish needs somewhere for the panel to go, an addition pulls on a service that was sized for a smaller house.
So the work begins with a look. We trace what feeds the room you are changing, check the panel for open slots and condition, and note what is old, overloaded or simply different from what the plans assume. Then we recommend the proper changes or potential upgrades to what you have in place, and you decide how much of it to do now.
A remodel in a Yakima Valley house often means opening walls that last saw an electrician decades ago. Better to learn what is behind them before the drywall comes down than after.
Chapter 03
Code compliance, sign-off and what to test afterward
Every job we do is built for full code compliance, every time. Bigfoot Electric is a Washington L&I licensed electrical contractor (BIGFOEL831PT), and the inspector confirms what applies to your project. We do not guess at that, and we do not skip the sign-off.
After a remodel, spend a few minutes walking the house. Switch every new light on and off, plug something into each new outlet, and press the test button on any GFCI outlet or breaker to confirm it trips and resets. Notice anything that flickers, buzzes, smells hot or leaves a cover plate warm to the touch, and call the office on 509-388-4745 so it gets looked at while the job is fresh.
Bigfoot Electric. WA L&I electrical contractor BIGFOEL831PT. Call 509-388-4745.
Other trails from here
A remodel often leads to a panel, some rewiring or a question about the next project. These pages cover each.