BRITE ELECTRIC CO

Description of Work: Electrical work to fix improper installation and install a few upgrades.

Description of Work: Andy ran a new line to our shop/storage, ran two new outlets in the garage, and repaired some overloaded breaker issues.

Description of Work: Ran a new circuit for a microwave that was overloading the current one.

Description of Work: We had a circuit breaker that needed to replaced.

Description of Work: Grounded a circuit that my heater is connected to.

Description of Work: Andy came to trouble shoot some electrical problems and install a timer

Description of Work: installed an attic fan

Description of Work: Over the phone, without charging me anything, they provided me valuable advice and information on an issue we were having and I was away from home.

Description of Work: I used Brite Electric to put in a ceiling fan.

Description of Work: checked wiring and breaker panel

Description of Work: Buying a very old rental property, the home inspection report showed several potential electrical problems. First electrician to come in and look at it provided an estimate of $800+ and didn't want to commit to it in case he "finds more".

Description of Work: Andy looked at all I want to do and advised that some of it couldn't be done. He went over the costs of each of the electrical things he is going to come back and do. He fixed my ceiling fan and installed a remote today which was very helpful.

Description of Work: Installed outside patio ceiling light and fan

Description of Work: He did some caulking around my home.

Description of Work: Check eletrical in home. Circuit had popped and would not reset. Test problem and fixed it.

Description of Work: Hung a chandelier from a vaulted ceiling and repaired an exterior electrical outlet.

Description of Work: Installed a new dining room light (taking out the old one); fixed two recessed lights in the kitchen (vaulted ceiling); extended the ceiling fan in family room with 18 inch down rod, and he changed the battery in the smoke detector in the vaulted ceiling too.

Description of Work: Installed a 4-prong outlet for our dryer.

Description of Work: Electric was out in three rooms in the house, they went out at different times.

Description of Work: Reinstalled low voltage backyard lighting system, to include replacing the old timer and reusing the previous low voltage lights.

Description of Work: Phone outlets Added switches Changed switches around to make more sense Added Outlets and cable

Description of Work: He installed an outlet for our new electric dryer (we were switching from gas).

Description of Work: Added electical outlets by the toilets in both bathrooms (to accomadate heated toilet seats). Front exterior lights of garage and porch lights were on a photo cell with no interior control. Bifurcated the 3 exterior garage lamps from the 3 front porch lights and installed an interior light switch to control the porch lights.

Description of Work: I contacted 3 electricians, and only Andy (Brite Electric) responded, and he responded very promptly. I now live in CO and was making arrangements for work in a house in Boise ID, so we conducted our original business on-line; I outlined what I needed, and he agreed to a date to meet in Boise. He arrived on time, was efficient in collecting information needed to do the work I needed; this included his looking at the box and other things to get a general understanding of the actual situation. I liked this. I'd asked simply for him to replace some ceiling lights with new fixtures, troubleshoot and fix a situation where 2 lights wouldn't work in a bathroom, and install a wall heater unit in an addition that I'd had newly wired 4 years earlier. That work 4 years earlier had included a wall heater that I'd later removed because it was too noisy, so I assumed there would be no problem putting another heater in. However, when Andy was looking at the switch box for the room where I wanted the heater, he found a confusing situation, which he started tracing to try to figure out. The end result, after about 15 minutes, was a conclusion that the electrician who did the work 4 years earlier had essentially jury-rigged the new wiring into the existing 1959 electrical wiring and fuse box. While it was marginally to code, it was not desirable, and it was already maxed out so adding a heater would overload the existing service. While I hadn't had problems with overloading, the people living in the house since I'd left (who had more electronic toys) had lots of problems with fuses blowing, so I knew he was not exagerating the situation when he said he could not, in good conscience, add that heater. He gave me, right then, a bid for the simple work I'd requested, and then said if I wanted to upgrade the service so he could add the additional heater he'd provide another estimate. I requested an estimate for the upgrade (which would bring the house to a service level standard for modern homes, with all the additional appliances and toys not existing in 1959), plus correcting the general deficiencies he'd identified. He then scouted some more to understand the existing condition sufficiently well to prepare a reliable estimate. He provided an itemized estimate the next day, with a schedule. He indicated he had to finish an existing commitment and indicated the date he could start and the likely completion date (it was estimated as 3 to 4 days work). In general the work was to ugrade the service to modern standard, change from a fuse box to a breaker box system, purchase and install a small wall heater, determine why two lights in one room would not turn on and fix it, install a ceiling light where none currently existed (using a fixture taken from another place), take down 2 other fixures and install new lights in their place, and alter the frequency on a ceiling fan so it didn't turn on and off when another fan was activated. In the course of trouble shooting the non-working lights he found extremely incorrect electrical work (unsafe) had caused the problem. Since I knew those 2 lights had been installed as part of work done when the house was being prepared to be sold (before I bought it) and I knew other locations where work was done at that time, I had him check those other locations and he found and fixed several other previously undetected problems (this was a verbal change order for which he'd identified the additional cost at the time of request). I also found an outlet that wasn't working, so had him check all outlets, he found and fixed a couple others (another verbal change order). He also found one item easier to resolve than anticipated and gave me a partial reduction of that cost (got to love itemized estimates!). All extremely businesslike. Before I hired Andy I showed the estimate to a general contractor I've worked with for years and trust, and told him the deficiencies that Andy had identified. He looked it over and said that the work proposed was appropriate to address the problems (and confirmed that they were problems that really did need correction), and that the price was reasonable for the work proposed. I put "fair" for price only because I didn't have any other estimates (due to other contractors failing to respond), but my general contractor friend had indicated it was a reasonable (i.e., "fair") price, and it was generally consistent with electrical work I'd had done in the past. Brite Electric is a small business, in reality a 1-person company (Andy) and he hires on if he needs a second person for a particular job. This means you have the full attention of the qualified electrician, not someone who is just overseeing crews at jobs all over town. It also keeps the overhead down.

Description of Work: I had replaced some three-way and four-way light switches and was unable to get the wiring right. Brite Electric corrected my errors. I also asked for a quote on some future projects.