Master electricianin Verdun
VGI Électrique has its address in Verdun, on rue Claude. It is our neighbourhood before it is our service area: we have no bridge to cross and no traffic to plan for when we come and look at your installation. We cover the whole borough, from Wellington to Île-des-Sœurs, and the nearby Southwest neighbourhoods: Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, LaSalle and Lachine.
- RBQ 5855-0849-01
- CMEQ 17468
The brands and suppliers we work with
What Verdun has
inside its walls
Verdun is a plex neighbourhood, and that changes everything for an electrician. About half the housing stock was built before 1960, and small apartment buildings alone account for close to four homes in ten. Duplexes, triplexes, and tenants in two thirds of the units.
A plex does not have one electrical service, it has several. Each unit has its own meter, often grouped in the same spot, and the available capacity cannot be read off the panel of a single apartment. That is the first thing we check in a building here, before we even talk about the work you asked for.
Île-des-Sœurs is the exception in the borough: the building stock there is clearly more recent, towers and condos, with installations from another era and other constraints.
Our address is here. No bridge to cross to come and look at your installation.
Several meters, one service
In a plex, the main service feeds the individual meters. Adding a charger or radiant floor heating in one unit is calculated on both levels, not on one.
Buildings that often share a wall
Verdun plexes touch each other. Where the mast goes, the cable route and access to the façade are decided with the neighbour in mind, not just your own place.
What a plex
asks for most often
In an older building, the work we get called for almost always comes back to the same constraint: capacity. It was sized for a time when nobody charged a car or heated a bathroom floor.
Panel replacement and service upgrade
The most common job in a building from before 1960. The load calculation says what the existing service already carries, and what is left for what comes next.
Electrical panel upgrade
EV charger in a plex
Capacity is not the only question, there is also which meter the charger is wired to. An owner occupant and a tenant are not in the same situation.
EV charger installation
Radiant floor heating during a renovation
Plex bathrooms get redone, and that is the moment the cable goes in. Once the tile is down, the chance is gone for ten years.
Radiant floor heating
Permits,
declaration and connection in Verdun
On the City’s side
Verdun is a borough of Montreal, and it is the borough that issues renovation permits, not the central City. Requirements vary from one borough to the next: what goes ahead without a permit here can call for one elsewhere on the island.
For work that touches the façade, the structure or the use of a space, a permit is required and it is obtained at the Verdun permit counter. We tell you what your project involves on that side during the visit.
The RBQ declaration, and its two exceptions
In Quebec, it is the electrical contractor who declares the work to the Régie du bâtiment, never the owner. That declaration is our business, it is included in the work, and it is filed under our licence numbers.
Two situations exempt you from it, and they are precise. Work already covered by a connection request made to the electricity distributor does not have to be declared on top of that. Neither does work of 10 kW or less that requires no cable replacement and no cable addition. The RBQ sets those two exceptions, not us.
RénoPlex,
and why Verdun is concerned
The City of Montreal has a program the South Shore does not: RénoPlex, reserved for buildings of 1 to 5 units. That is exactly the format of the Verdun housing stock, and electrical work is eligible.
One condition decides everything, and it is the one that costs the most rebates: the work must not start before the application is accepted. Approval takes several months, and you then have 18 months to have the work done. An owner in a hurry who has his service changed before his confirmation loses his eligibility.
That is also why we like being called in at the planning stage: the right time to file an application is before anything is taken apart.
Every program, with up to date amountsWhat changes
the price in Verdun
We do not post prices and we do not give them over the phone. We assess on site, then we quote.
The number of units affected
Work in a single unit and work that touches the shared service of a triplex do not price out the same way.
Access and parking
Verdun streets are narrow and parking is scarce. Access to the building and to the cable route counts in the time spent on site.
The age of the existing installation
What we find behind a panel from before 1960 is not what we find in an Île-des-Sœurs condo. We see it when we open it.
The distance from our base
It is zero here: our address is in Verdun. It is the one place in our service area where travel weighs nothing.
A sense of the
price, before you even call
6 families of work, a few questions about yours, and the tool shows a range. It is an estimate to situate your project, not a quote: the real price is confirmed on site.
Questions in Verdun
Frequently asked questions
Nothing here promises a timeline or an amount: for that, we need to see the job.
Yes. VGI Électrique has its address at 3863 rue Claude, in the borough of Verdun. It is not a service address, it is the company address.
Yes, that is the common stock in the neighbourhood. In a plex, we look at the main service and the individual meters together: the capacity available to one unit cannot be read off its own panel.
Often yes, but two questions come before capacity: which meter the charger will be wired to, and who owns the parking. We look at both during the visit, before talking about installation.
The City of Montreal program covers buildings of 1 to 5 units and electrical work is eligible. The condition not to miss: the work must not start before your application is accepted. The program administrator decides on your eligibility, not your electrician.
Yes, it is part of the borough. The building stock there is more recent and the constraints are different, in particular in co-ownership, where work touching the common areas goes through the syndicate.
We also work
around Verdun
- Montreal’s Southwest
- LaSalle
- Lachine
- Ville-Émard
- Côte-Saint-Paul
Tell us about your project
Describe it in a few words, even if it is still just an idea. We assess on site what your installation can take, and you decide from there.
(514) 929-9963