Short guides written for homeowners, GCs, and property managers navigating electrical work in the Portland metro and on the Oregon coast. No SEO filler. No upsells.
Most homeowners are sold a 60A circuit they don't need. Here's the math behind 32A vs 40A vs 48A, why your morning commute changes the answer, and when a load-management device costs less than a panel upgrade.
Service amperage, main breaker rating, and available capacity are three different numbers. We open up a typical Portland bungalow panel and walk through what each one tells you about what your house can do next.
Which jobs need a permit, who pulls it, what an inspector actually checks, and how long the city takes in 2026. The honest version, not the marketing version.
It's not always a teardown. We break down which K&T circuits can stay (and how to verify it), which must come out, and how to phase a rewire across a renovation without losing power for a week.
Lighting layouts, dedicated circuits, panel schedules, low-voltage rough-in. The five conversations that should happen before drywall, and the line items that quietly inflate budgets when they don't.
Panel labeling, conduit fill, junction box access, GFCI placement, and the closeout packet. A homeowner's checklist for the final walkthrough, written by the people who'd have to fix it later.
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