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Electrical consultation

We come and look at your project before the work starts, in Montreal's Southwest and on the South Shore. A garage to finish, a kitchen to redo, a basement, an addition, a new build, or a house you are about to buy.

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Régie du bâtiment du Québec
RBQ licence
5855-0849-01
Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec
CMEQ member
17468
Our service

What we look at, and why now

We establish what your service can carry, the circuits to plan for now, the order the trades come through in, and what will become a problem if nobody sees it. This is when a correction costs almost nothing: a circuit added on a plan gets drawn, inside a closed wall it gets broken open and redone.

  • We assess your service capacity and the panel condition
  • We plan the circuits while the walls are open
  • We set the order the trades come through in
  • We give you a clear written assessment, without selling you work
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How it works

From your project to what has to be planned

  1. We go over the project with you

    The plans if you have them, your intentions if you do not have them yet. What the room has to do counts for more than what it holds today.

  2. We measure what the service can carry

    The load calculation, with what is already connected and what the project adds. That is what says whether the project fits inside your current electrical service.

  3. We list the circuits and the sequence

    What has to be planned now, what can wait, and when each trade has to come through so that nothing gets done twice.

  4. We explain what we found

    What works, what will have to be redone, and what will turn into a problem if nobody deals with it. Plainly, and before it gets expensive.

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Assessment

What we look
at in your home

Four things, and the first one is not electrical at all. What the room has to do always comes before what gets plugged into it.

  • What you want the room to do

    A garage becoming a workshop, a basement becoming a living space, a kitchen changing appliances. The use decides the circuits, not the square footage.

  • The service and the panel

    The capacity of the electrical service, the room left in the panel, and the state of what is already in it. That is the constraint that frames the rest of the project.

  • What is already decided

    The appliances chosen, the plans settled, the other trades hired. We work with what is decided, and we tell you if something does not hold up.

  • What is behind the open walls

    An open job site is the only chance to see what is really in there. What we find there often changes the list of what has to be planned.

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Wiring and electrical boxes in an open wall before the drywall goes up
The scope

What changes from one project to the next

A visit for a kitchen and a visit for a full addition do not take the same time or the same preparation.

One room to redo, a full floor or a new build. The number of rooms involved decides the number of circuits to establish.

A recent, properly labelled installation reads quickly. A panel with no labels and fifty years of additions, much less so.

Complete plans and chosen appliances let us draw up the list right away. A project that is still vague calls for two or three scenarios.

The more trades on the job site, the more the sequence counts, and the more coordination it takes so that nobody blocks anybody.

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The scope of the project

We do not post prices and we do not give them over the phone. Tell us about your project and we will tell you what the visit involves in your case.

The visit

What the consultation visit includes

Four things nobody else on the job site is going to check, and a fifth that only happens if you ask for it.

The load calculation, with what the house already draws and what the project is going to add. That is the number that decides what the project can hold, and it is better known before the kitchen gets drawn.

Dedicated circuits, outlets, lighting and cable paths, while the studs are still visible. We also plan for what you are not adding right away: running an empty conduit costs far less than opening a wall back up.

When we have to come through, what has to be done before us, and what cannot be done until we have been. That is what keeps a wall from being closed the day before we arrive.

Grounding to redo, aluminum wiring, a panel with no room left, a circuit already feeding too much. We show it to you and we explain what it means for your project.

If you are about to buy, we look at the real state of the installation: the panel, the grounding, what was done without an electrician and what will have to be redone. You will know what you are buying before you sign.

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Master electrician in a basement under renovation, a rolled up plan under his arm
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Before

The only right moment

A circuit added on a plan gets drawn. The same circuit added inside a closed wall gets broken open, pulled and closed back up.

2,000+

Residential projects completed over a career

180

Projects a year, the same master electrician on each one

1 year

Warranty on parts and labour

What makes us legitimate

The cheapest correction is the one made on paper

A master electrician, about ten years in the trade, and the habit of being called too late.

Most electrical problems on a job site are not execution errors. They are decisions made without an electrician: a service that was not enough, a circuit nobody planned, a wall closed before we came through. That is exactly what this visit is there to avoid, and it is the work Marc-André likes best.

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What people say about us
  • Charles Tremblay-RoyGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service impeccable ! L'électricien a été ponctuel, professionnel et a fait un travail de grande qualité. Tout fonctionne parfaitement. Je recommande sans hésitation ! »

  • Isabelle GervaisGoogle review★★★★★

    « J'ai fait affaire avec cette entreprise quelques fois et je recommande fortement. Service super professionnel, et le travail est impeccable. »

  • Etienne Gauvreau-HurtubiseGoogle review★★★★★

    « Véritable allié stratégique pour nos projets d'électricité, Marc-André est efficace, courtois et rapide. Nous le recommandons! »

  • joel touchetteGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service professionnel, offre des options pour ne pas augmenter le prix inutilement concernant le choix des travaux à réaliser »

  • Charles Tremblay-RoyGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service impeccable ! L'électricien a été ponctuel, professionnel et a fait un travail de grande qualité. Tout fonctionne parfaitement. Je recommande sans hésitation ! »

  • Etienne Gauvreau-HurtubiseGoogle review★★★★★

    « Véritable allié stratégique pour nos projets d'électricité, Marc-André est efficace, courtois et rapide. Nous le recommandons! »

  • Isabelle GervaisGoogle review★★★★★

    « J'ai fait affaire avec cette entreprise quelques fois et je recommande fortement. Service super professionnel, et le travail est impeccable. »

  • joel touchetteGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service professionnel, offre des options pour ne pas augmenter le prix inutilement concernant le choix des travaux à réaliser »

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Price estimator

An idea of the price
for the work that follows

If your project includes a charger, a panel to change or radiant floor heating, the tool asks a few questions and shows a range. It is an estimate to place your project, not a quote.

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Your questions

Frequently asked questions

Nothing here promises a timeline or an amount: for that, we need to see the job.

Before the walls close, and ideally before the plans are settled. What your electrical service can carry decides what the project can hold, and that is a constraint you are better off knowing while it still changes something.

Yes. We look at the panel, the grounding, what was done without an electrician and what will have to be redone. You will know what you are buying, and what it means if you want to add a charger or redo the basement.

Yes, for people having their own house built. We do not work on residential development projects: that is not the kind of job site we do, and we would rather say so than waste your time.

No. The load calculation needs the real list of what the house already draws, and that list does not get given over the phone. It is also the reason an answer given from a distance is worth nothing.

We tell you, and we explain what it changes for your project. Bad news learned during planning is something to plan around. The same news learned once the walls are closed is a job to redo.

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Where we install

Verdun, LaSalle, Lachine, Châteauguay, Longueuil, and the rest of Montreal’s Southwest and the South Shore. Not sure you are in the area? A text message at (514) 929-9963 does the job.

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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.

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Thank you! Your request is on its way. Marc-André gets back to you as soon as he can.

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