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Whole house rewiring in Santa Cruz, CA

Rewiring is the least glamorous and most consequential electrical work there is. In older Santa Cruz neighborhoods we still find knob and tube, cloth-insulated conductors and ungrounded two-prong outlets carrying loads nobody imagined in 1948. A rewire replaces the wiring itself rather than patching around it.

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Whole House Rewiring in Santa Cruz — what we handle

01Whole house rewiring
02Knob and tube replacement
03Aluminum wiring remediation
04Partial and phased rewires
05Ungrounded outlet correction
06Cloth and rubber insulation replacement

Not listed? Call (833) 652-8933 and describe it. Most Santa Cruz calls are quoted on the spot.

Whole House Rewiring jobs we take in Santa Cruz

The work below covers the large majority of rewiring calls in Santa Cruz and the wider Santa Cruz County area.

Whole house rewiring

New copper branch circuits, grounded devices and a labeled panel throughout.

Knob and tube replacement

Removal of legacy open wiring and the splices hidden in the attic.

Aluminum wiring remediation

Pigtailing with listed connectors or full replacement of branch circuits.

Partial and phased rewires

Kitchen, bath and bedroom circuits done in stages on a budget.

Ungrounded outlet correction

Real grounds instead of a three-prong cover on a two-wire circuit.

Cloth and rubber insulation replacement

Brittle mid-century wiring pulled out and replaced.

Circuit separation

Splitting overloaded shared circuits into dedicated ones.

Drywall access and patching coordination

Minimal, planned openings with patch-ready edges.

Whole House Rewiring across Santa Cruz

We cover all of Santa Cruz, from downtown out to the newer subdivisions on the edge of town, plus the neighboring communities of Capitola, Scotts Valley and Los Gatos.

Santa Cruz sits in Santa Cruz County, and the electrical work here reflects that mix: older housing stock that needs grounding, capacity and device upgrades, alongside newer construction that simply needs more circuits than it was built with. Crews route through the Central Coast daily, so travel time to a call in Santa Cruz is short.

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Whole House Rewiring in Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County). Call (833) 652-8933 to book.

What affects rewiring pricing in Santa Cruz

Square footage and story count	Two-story homes without attic access above the first floor take longer.
Wall and ceiling material	Lath and plaster is slower and more fragile to open than drywall.
Existing wiring type	Knob and tube removal and aluminum remediation each carry their own scope.
Patching and finishing	You can keep patching separate or bundle it into the quote.

Flat price, agreed before we start

You get one number for the whole rewiring job in Santa Cruz before any work begins, including parts, permits where required, and cleanup.

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How the visit works

You call, we answer
A dispatcher picks up 24 hours a day and gets the details — what is happening, where, and how urgent.
We diagnose before we price
The electrician tests and inspects, then explains what is actually wrong in plain terms.
You approve a flat price
One number for the whole job, agreed before any work starts. No hourly meter.
We do the work and clean up
Parts on the truck for most jobs, permits pulled where required, circuits labeled at the end.

Recent Santa Cruz feedback

We rewired in stages so we could keep living here. They planned the access holes where the patcher could actually fix them, which I did not expect.

Ellen and Ray M.Santa Cruz, CA

Generator sized properly, transfer switch installed, and they tested it under load. Ran the whole house through the last shutoff without us touching anything.

Greg H.Santa Cruz, CA

Breaker had been tripping for months. They found an overloaded shared circuit and put the microwave on its own. Has not tripped since.

Omar D.Santa Cruz, CA

Whole House Rewiring in Santa Cruz — questions we get asked

How much does it cost to rewire a house in Santa Cruz?

Whole-home rewires in Santa Cruz are priced by square footage, circuit count and access — a single-story home with an accessible attic and crawlspace costs far less than a two-story plaster home. We walk it, then give one firm number.

How do I know if I have knob and tube wiring?

Look in the attic or basement for individual wires running through white ceramic knobs and tubes. Two-prong outlets throughout and a fuse box are strong supporting signs.

Will you patch the drywall?

We cut planned, patch-ready access and coordinate closely with your patcher or painter. Ask and we will quote the rewire with patching included.

Is aluminum wiring dangerous?

Aluminum branch wiring from the 1960s and 70s is not inherently unusable, but its connections loosen and overheat over time. Remediation with listed connectors or replacement resolves it.

Do I have to move out during a rewire?

Usually not. We work in phases and keep power on to the areas you are using. Larger Santa Cruz County projects sometimes have a day or two where it is easier to be elsewhere.

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