Cutting into a house somebody has already finished is a different job from wiring an empty shell, and the difference shows up in the dust. Craig Faria Electrician has handled home addition and luxury remodel electrical in Taunton, MA, and nearby areas since 1996, working in homes where the floors are already down and the millwork is already in. Protecting what's staying matters as much as building what's new.
Since 1996, Craig Faria Electrician has run its operation from Taunton, MA, serving homeowners and builders across Bristol and Plymouth counties. Our crew specializes in home addition and luxury remodel electrical for additions, gut renovations, kitchen and bath remodels, finished basements, and converted spaces, covering service and panel evaluation, tying new construction into an existing system, rewiring older circuits, dedicated circuits for new appliances, temporary power during construction, and inspections through completion. The company grew from Craig's single truck into a full residential crew, and we hold membership in the Massachusetts Electrical Contractors Association.
Additions look simple from the outside. New space goes on, gets wired, and connects to the house. Then somebody opens the panel and finds it full, or discovers the kitchen circuit runs through the wall that's coming down.
The complication is that existing homes hide their history. Additions from the sixties and eighties layered on top of original wiring, previous owners hired whoever was cheapest, and nobody documented any of it. Older homes around here regularly turn up knob-and-tube in an attic, aluminum branch circuits behind a bedroom wall, junction boxes buried in ceilings, and a panel that filled up two renovations ago. Opening walls also triggers current code in the areas being worked on, which frequently means AFCI protection and circuit counts the house never had.
Managing that means investigating before demolition rather than during. Our crew evaluates the existing service and panel, traces which circuits feed the affected areas, identifies the wiring types present, and determines whether the addition can tie into what's there or needs its own subpanel. The resulting scope covers the new work, any rewiring the existing house requires, panel or service upgrades if capacity demands it, and temporary power arrangements to keep the occupied portion of the home running. Floor protection and dust containment go up before the first hole gets cut.
You end up with an addition that feels like part of the original house rather than something bolted onto it. Circuits balance properly, nothing trips when the new space and the old space run together, and the finished areas nobody touched look exactly as they did before we arrived. Homeowners tell us the cleanliness surprised them more than anything else about the project.
Remodel work gets judged on what the house looks like when the crew leaves as much as on the wiring itself.
Knowing what's behind the walls before demolition prevents the mid-project surprises that blow up budgets. Panel capacity, wiring types, and circuit routing all get established during planning. Finding a problem early is a line item, while finding it late is a crisis.
Drop cloths, floor protection, dust barriers, and sealed pathways are standard on every remodel we take on. Fine finishes and hardwood don't recover well from a careless crew. Containment goes up before tools come out.
An addition wired as an afterthought announces itself through dimming lights and tripping breakers. Balancing new loads across the existing service, or adding a subpanel where that makes more sense, keeps the whole house stable. The new rooms should feel no different from the original ones.
Renovations trigger requirements the original construction never met, particularly around AFCI and GFCI protection and dedicated circuits in kitchens and baths. Handling it during the project avoids inspection delays at the worst possible moment. You hear what's required before the scope gets priced.
Most remodels happen with the family still in the house, which means the kitchen or a bathroom needs to function most days. Temporary power and staged shutdowns keep daily life running. Our work is covered by a one-year workmanship warranty.
Remodels frequently connect to other projects happening around the property.
Building new rather than renovating changes the whole approach, since everything can be planned from scratch. Custom home wiring and electrical planning covers load calculations, panel layout, room-by-room placement, and pathways for whatever gets added later.
Renovated spaces deserve better lighting than what was there before, and a remodel is the ideal moment to address it. Designer lighting installation and controls handles layered plans, dimming, fixture installation, and system programming.
The wider set of high-end residential electrical services we offer includes panel upgrades, dedicated circuits, smart home integration, and generator installation. Homeowners throughout the region rely on us across all of it.
Homeowners let very few contractors into a finished house, and we take that seriously.
Cleanliness and workmanship are the two things Craig built this business on, and remodel work is where both get tested. Our crew treats a finished home like somebody's home rather than a job site. That reputation is why a lot of our work arrives through referrals.
Knob-and-tube, aluminum wiring, buried junctions, and panels that filled up decades ago are familiar territory after nearly thirty years in this region's housing stock. Recognizing a condition quickly means solving it quickly. Very little in an old house genuinely surprises us anymore.
Discoveries happen in remodels, and how a contractor handles them determines whether a project stays pleasant. Anything we find gets explained with options and a cost before work continues. Nobody sees a surprise on the final invoice.
Remodels stack carpenters, plumbers, tile setters, and painters into a tight sequence where one delay pushes everybody. Our crew coordinates directly with your builder to hit rough-in and trim on schedule. Keeping the sequence intact protects your completion date.
Every remodel runs under a permit from the local wiring inspector and gets inspected at rough and final. Membership in the Massachusetts Electrical Contractors Association keeps our crew current on the code that renovation work triggers.
Sometimes, and it depends on the current service size and how much of it is already committed. A load calculation covering the existing house plus the new space gives a definite answer. When capacity runs short, the fix is usually a subpanel for the addition or a service upgrade, and we identify which during planning.
Rarely, since code requirements generally apply to the areas being renovated rather than the entire home. That said, discovering knob-and-tube or aluminum wiring in the work area often makes broader replacement worth considering while walls are open. We'll lay out the options with honest costs attached.
Most families do, and we plan around it. Power interruptions get scheduled and kept short, temporary circuits keep essential areas running, and work stays contained to the renovation zone. Kitchen remodels take the most planning since that's the room people miss most.
Floor protection, dust barriers at every opening, sealed pathways for hauling material, and daily cleanup are all standard. Fine finishes in a luxury home don't tolerate a messy job site. Our reputation for cleanliness is a big part of why homeowners in Taunton and the surrounding towns call us back.
The licensed electrician files the electrical permit with the wiring inspector in your city or town, separate from the building permit your contractor pulls. Inspections happen at rough and again at final. We take care of the electrical filings and meet the inspector on site.
FAQs reviewed by Craig Faria, licensed electrician and owner of Craig Faria Electrician, serving homeowners on addition and renovation projects throughout Taunton, MA, and the surrounding communities.
Tell us what you're planning and we'll come look at the panel and the existing wiring before demolition starts. You'll get a scope with the surprises already accounted for and a crew that keeps the rest of your house clean.
Business Name: Craig Faria Electrician
Address: Taunton, MA, 02780
Phone: 508-509-0076
Business Hours:
Mon - Fri: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Sat-Sun: Closed
Emergency Service Available
One-year workmanship warranty.