Whole-home rewire
Knob-and-tube and cloth wiring out, modern circuits in.
- Power on every night
- Fished through plaster where possible
- Every run photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
From $14,500 typical 1.5-storey
Knob-and-tube · cloth wiring · fuse panelsRewiring your city character homes since 2006Historic District · Garden District · Armstrong's Point · North End
There is wiring in your walls that predates the light switch you use every day.
We rewire your city's pre-war houses — plaster kept intact where it can be, opened neatly where it cannot, and every circuit photographed before it disappears behind lath again. Insurers stop asking questions afterwards.
- Knob-and-tube and cloth-wire removal, documented
- Plaster fished rather than demolished wherever possible
- Every concealed run photographed before closing
- One rewire crew at a time — your house, start to finish
4.9 from 190 reviews · 340 houses rewired since 2006
Knob-and-tube
Removed and documented
Photographed runs
Before any wall closes
20 years
On pre-war houses
Insurer letters
Written to be accepted
What we do
Work that disappears into the walls
Nearly everything here is invisible when it is finished, which is exactly why we photograph it. You should be able to see what you paid for after the plaster goes back.
Panel & service upgrade
Fuse panels and 60-amp services brought to modern capacity.
- Load calculation, not guesswork
- utility disconnect coordinated
- Grounding and bonding brought current
- Circuits mapped and labelled
From $3,800 with rewire
Grounded circuits & devices
Two-prong receptacles that have no ground behind them.
- Real grounds, not adapters
- GFCI protection where rewiring must wait
- Every device labelled honestly
- Kitchen and bath circuits to current code
From $165 per circuit
Heritage fixture rewiring
Original fixtures rewired rather than replaced.
- Modern cable inside original fittings
- Sockets and insulation replaced
- Honest verdict on unsalvageable pieces
- Reinstalled and load-tested
From $145 per fixture
Basement & attic remediation
A century of additions, splices and abandoned runs.
- Every circuit traced and mapped
- Open splices boxed or removed
- Abandoned runs pulled out
- As-built drawing provided
From $3,200 typical
Insurance & pre-purchase reports
Written for underwriters and for buyers of old houses.
- Photographed evidence throughout
- Written for underwriters, not for us
- Turnaround inside three business days
- Second copy to your agent on request
From $390 per report
How it works
How a rewire runs
- 1
Wiring survey
Two hours. Every accessible run identified by era and material, photographed and written up.
- 2
Scope and quote
A fixed price with the sequence, the access cuts and the patch standard written down.
- 3
The work
Three to five weeks. Power on every night, dust walls up, one crew, the same faces.
- 4
Photograph, inspect, patch
Runs photographed, inspection booked, walls patched to paint-ready, drawing handed over.
340
Houses rewired
20 yrs
On character homes
1
Rewire crew at a time
4.9★
Across 190 reviews
Transparent pricing
Rewires priced by the house, after a survey
Two houses on the same Historic District block can differ by six thousand dollars depending on what the last renovation left in the walls. That is why every quote follows a survey.
Partial rewire
Where the dangerous wiring is confined to part of the house.
$6,400 one floor or the knob-and-tube only
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
Whole-home rewire
The full job, sequenced around you living there.
$14,500 typical 1.5-storey
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
- Every circuit replaced
- Power on every night
- As-built drawing included
- Insurer letter provided
- Two-year workmanship warranty
Rewire & panel
Wiring and the panel and service upgrade in one project.
$18,900 wiring and service together
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
- Every circuit replaced
- Power on every night
- As-built drawing included
- Insurer letter provided
- Panel replaced and service upgraded
- utility disconnect coordinated
- Five-year workmanship warranty
These are real numbers for a 1,300 square foot one-and-a-half storey with plaster walls. Two-and-a-half storeys, a finished basement in the way, or a house that has been renovated three times will be quoted higher — and the survey tells you which one you own before you commit to anything.
Reviews
From owners of old houses
4.9 from 190 reviews · 340 houses rewired since 2006
“1908 house, knob-and-tube in three rooms and a fuse panel. Four and a half weeks, power every night, and the photographs of every run are now in the file I will hand the next owner.”
“They talked me out of rewiring the second floor — showed me photographs proving it had been done properly in the 1980s. That honesty cost them about five thousand dollars of work.”
“Our insurer wanted knob-and-tube gone before renewal. Heritage Wire did the work and wrote the letter in the exact form the underwriter wanted. No follow-up questions at all.”
Service area
The neighbourhoods we know
We work almost entirely in your city's pre-1950 housing, because the surprises in those houses are the ones we have already met. Newer homes we take on referral, usually for aluminum remediation.
- Historic District
- Garden District
- Armstrong's Point
- Central District
- Riverside
- North End
- East Village
- Eastside
- Southside
- Central Village
- South Village
- Old Southside
Photographed before it is covered
Every concealed run is photographed and the set emailed to you before the plaster goes back. If a connection we made ever fails, we repair it and make good the finish — two years on a rewire, five when the panel is part of the same project.
FAQ
What owners of old houses ask
Send a photo of your basement joists to hello@example.com and we will identify the wiring era for free — no visit needed.
How do I know if I have knob-and-tube?
Ceramic knobs on the joists and black cloth-covered conductors running separately, visible in most unfinished basements and attics. Send us a photo and we will tell you for free, no visit needed.
Will my insurer really refuse coverage?
Many your region insurers will not write a new policy on a house with active knob-and-tube, and some will not renew. Policies differ, so ask yours directly — then send us what they said.
Do we have to move out?
No. We sequence so the power is on every night. Expect dust walls, a room or two out of service at a time, and no power in the work area during the day.
How much plaster gets opened?
Less than you fear. Most runs can be fished from the basement or attic; the cuts we do make are neat, planned with you and patched to paint-ready.
Find out what is behind the plaster before your insurer does
Two hours, every accessible run identified by era and material, a written plan that separates what must be done now from what can wait a decade, and photographs you keep.