How much does it cost to rewire a whole house?

Whole-home remodel electrical starts at $12,000. Square footage, the existing wiring type, plaster versus drywall, and whether the house is occupied all move it significantly.

Do I have to rewire the whole house at once?

No. We phase by zone — the areas that are open get done first, and the rest follows as walls come apart. What we do not recommend is leaving the service undersized while adding load.

Does a rewire require a permit?

Yes, and an inspection. We pull the permit under Idaho Electrical Contractor #075309, meet the inspector, and hand you the closed permit at the end.

Can I stay in the house during the work?

Usually. We keep the kitchen and at least one bedroom zone powered and schedule the outages you cannot avoid a few days ahead.

Remodel · Treasure Valley, Idaho

Whole-home remodel and rewire electrical work

A whole-home remodel is the one chance to fix the electrical system properly: service, grounding, branch circuits, and the infrastructure the house will need for the next twenty years.

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Whole-home remodel with new kitchen, layered lighting, and open living space — Remodel · Summit Power Electric project photography

Start with what is actually in the walls

Knob and tube, ungrounded two-wire, aluminum branch circuits, and cloth-jacketed NM all show up in Treasure Valley housing stock. We open enough to know what we are dealing with before we price the rewire, so the scope is based on the house and not on an assumption.

Service, grounding, and bonding

A remodel-scale project almost always includes the service and panel, new grounding electrodes, and water and gas bonding brought to current code. Everything downstream depends on getting this part right.

Circuit plan for how the house will be used

Dedicated kitchen and laundry circuits, AFCI and GFCI where required, office and media circuits that will not trip on a space heater, shop and garage power, and capacity reserved for EV charging and heat pumps even if they come later.

Phasing an occupied home

If you are living in it, we phase by zone and keep power on where you sleep and cook. That means more temporary work and honest scheduling, but nobody spends a week in the dark.

Documentation at the end

A labeled panel schedule, photos of the rough-in before drywall, and a list of what was replaced versus what was left. It matters at resale and it matters the next time anyone opens a wall.

What we plan for

Existing wiring assessed before the rewire is priced
Service, panel, grounding, and bonding to current code
AFCI and GFCI protection where required
Dedicated circuits for kitchen, laundry, office, and shop
Reserved capacity for EV charging and heat pumps
Rough-in photos and a labeled panel schedule at handoff

Smart home electrical integration

A rewire is the cheapest moment to add smart-home pathways: conduit between the panel and media locations, dedicated power for network and camera gear, and control locations planned before drywall.

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