Adding Outlets Where the House Never Had Enough
Older homes were wired for a lamp and a radio. Now every room holds a television, a router, three chargers and a vacuum, and the whole thing runs through one outlet behind the couch with a power strip doing work it was never meant to do. Adding outlets is the single most requested job in old houses, and it is the one homeowners put off because they picture torn-open walls.
Plaster and lath changes the job, not the answer
Modern drywall is easy to fish. Plaster over wood lath — what most pre-war New Jersey homes have — is dense, brittle, and unforgiving of guesswork. It is also completely workable by people who do it constantly. We route new wiring through basements, attics, closets and existing cavities, plan the path before cutting anything, and show you exactly where an opening has to happen before we make it. Small, deliberate openings in chosen spots beat a wall full of surprise patches.
What We Add Most Often
Outlets in bedrooms and living rooms that never had enough. Kitchen counter circuits that stop tripping when the toaster and the coffee maker run together. Dedicated circuits for window air conditioners, home offices and space heaters. Outdoor outlets on porches and patios. Outlets inside closets for routers and chargers, and in bathrooms and garages where the old house has none at all.
When Adding Outlets Means Looking Deeper
Sometimes the honest answer is that the circuit cannot take another outlet — the panel is full, the wiring is original, or the circuit is already carrying more than it should. We say that plainly rather than adding one more load to a tired circuit and calling it done. In those homes the right job is a new circuit from the panel, and we price that up front too.
What It Costs
Our $229.99 service call includes a small repair, and additional outlets or switches added on the same visit are $89.99 each. New circuits and larger runs get a written flat price before any work begins — no hourly meter running while we fish a wall.
Older Homes Across Central and Northern New Jersey
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