Wickman Electric

Description of Work: We purchased an Angie's List Big Deal; $99.00 for up to two hours of electrical labor.

Description of Work: Tech was fantastic. Showed up, provided insight, completed work and stayed until the job was finished.

Description of Work: I purchased two hours of electrical work thru Angie's List Big Deal. Between the time I purchased the Big Deal and had the work done, I discovered that my "electrical problem" was no more than old flourensent lights that needed to be replaced. I had Brian, the owner, come on the scheduled day and time anyway. First, I told him that my problem was fixed, so could he look at a light socket that kept shorting out. He did. He discovered a bit of melted metal and it was quickly replaced. As that took all of 15 minutes, I asked if he could quickly take a look in the attic to confirm if I had older wiring (my house was built 1944). He did that. We discussed what a whole house rewiring would mean should I want to pursue that with an estimate that needed to be scheduled another time. As there was still time on the clock (he could have easily left), I had him check out the light fixture that I had originally scheduled to be repaired or replaced. While all was fine, he did recommend to upgrade the balast and use more energy efficient lights. I had him do that replacement (and I have to say, I am glad I did. The lights are much brighter and no more flickering when they are turned on).

Description of Work: He installed under the cabinet lights in my kitchen! When I called him he advised me on parts and lighting I had researched. I bought my coupon and he was prompt, professional and stayed a bit longer in a busy day to fix an indoor and an outdoor outlet!

Description of Work: This review is long overdue....sorry Brian! I saw an add for Wickman Electric as an AngiesList coupon and since I already had some projects in mind, decided to give Brian a call. I got his assistant and left my name and number and was called back the same day....good start. I always wonder if contractors are doing so well that they can afford to so often not return a phone call for work for days. Anyway, Brian calls me back the same day and I ask him about the coupon. He says that they were sold out (I guess AngiesList coupons have limited numbers...l had no idea). Brian was nice enough to offer to honor the coupon anyway. We schedule some time for him to come by and estimate the various jobs I had in mind. Brian shows up right on time and we start to down my list of separate jobs which include additional light switches, addition of outdoor lighting, addition of receptacles and in-wall wiring for home theater. I ask Brian a ton of questions and he very patiently answers them all. What I really appreciated here was not only Brian's willingness to answer my questions, but that he appeared to know all about the electrical code for the work. With the in-wall wiring, he didn't try to pitch me any nonsense about needing to run a CAT5 to HDMI conversion for a run under 10 feet...which I've had other contractors try to convince me of. I tend to do a lot of research about the jobs I hire people to do for me and Brian seemed happy to hear my probing questions instead of exasperated or annoyed. That went a long way in selling me on his services. Before be leaves, he offers to send a written work proposal with all the cost breakdown. Now I've been promised work proposals from contractors before and have either received nothing or received a fairly underwhelming array of poorly written documents that inaccurately detail the work we talked about. For one job, a contractor, when presses for a work proposal, literally hand wrote it on a crumpled strap of paper! Again Brian builds my trust in him by sending me a very neatly formatted and concise work proposal breaking each of the jobs in to its own section and separating the labor from the materials. I was impressed. Before deciding on which jobs to proceed with, I had some questions. Now when I say 'some' what I really mean is I had a TON of questions. Not all at once, but I end up trading easily a dozen email with Brian asking questions and then asking more based on his responses. Brian patiently answered very single one without becoming agitated or impatient and not once did he press me to make a decision on doing any of the work. I end up deciding on the in-wall wiring which involved running 14 gauge in-wall rated speaker wire to my 4 wall mounted speakers, putting in an HDMI wall plate and running the HDMI to the back of my tv, putting in a 5.1 wall plate and adding a surge protected receptacle behind the tv. On the day of the job, Brian shows up early and gets right to work. He anticipates this to be a one day job. He gets it done by EOD the same day. The work looked very good and the price was very reasonable....especially since he honored the coupon. He did a very nice job cleaning up all the dust and debris as well. He had to cut holes in the wall to run the wire, but he put the cutout pieces of drywall back which made the patching super easy. He was very up front about the need to patch the drywall so no surprises there and he even recommended a drywall contractor that did a really great job patching and matching the texturing. The carpet around the floor trim where he ran the wire is a bit frayed, but again, he was very up front about not being a carpet guy and that we'd likely need to call in some pros of we wanted the carpet back to exactly the way it was. All in all its not hugely noticeable and since he was up front about it before the work began, I wasn't upset about. He cracked one of the floor trims when he pulled it off, but we have those really thin old trim so its surprising more of them didn't get damaged. Overall, he did a really nice job, on time and on budget.

Description of Work: Replaced some switches, adjusted the location of two outlets, fixed an outlet and installed motion sensor light switches. Inspected the current power panel to see if it needed to be updated.

Description of Work: I have hired Brian to complete several projects on a couple of different dates including: replace multiple fixtures (5 recessed lights in kitchen, under cabinet fixture, dining room chandelier, 3 outdoor fixtures, bathroom fixture); carbon monoxide/fire alarm. He also installed wall mounted television (wall mount, tv, behind the wall wiring, replaced cable wires).

Description of Work: Wickman Electric disconnected a hot tub and installed an outdoor receptacle where the hot tub was wired.

Description of Work: Man from Wickman (forget name) repaired intermittent porch light (recessed can). Light fixture didn't need replacement, just a simple socket repair.

Description of Work: Excellent service, personality and expertise from Wickman Electric!

Description of Work: We had track lighting installed in the kitchen and rewiring of some old switches.

Description of Work: Replaced a split level entryway ceiling fan/light which was somewhat difficult to access. Installed new switches.

Description of Work: The owner came out the same day that I called and discovered by heaters weren't working because they hadn't been properly cleaned in years. He removed the covers and helped remove some of the dust/pet hair that was clogging the heaters and taught me how to clean them myself- all with no charge! I will definitely use him in the future and have recommended him to several of my friends.

Description of Work: Great communication and quality work

Description of Work: I've been having work done in my crawlspace and kitchen. Several outlets were not working after the insulation replacement, and I needed to reconnect my stove top after my counters were replaced. Because I had additional time on my coupon, I had him replace an outside outlet.

Description of Work: He fixed a GFCI outlet that was tripping all the time.

Description of Work: I used an Angie's List deal for 2 hours of electrical services. The Wickman Electrician added two new wall outlets near existing wiring. I also asked for some recommendations on future wiring/electrical projects.

Description of Work: Bathroom Fan Install - older house

Description of Work: We had several light switches replaced to install digital timers, and we had him inspect our electrical panel and network cables.

Description of Work: Repaired ceiling light that wasn't working properly as well as a bathroom light with a problem.

Description of Work: He replaced three balasts and installed better lights in our kitchen. He did trouble-shooting to discover how a heating lamp fixture in a bathroom was no longer wired and fixed the wiring. At the same time, he fixed some wiring that was not up to code by installing a junction box. While he was in the attic space, he reconnected a fan vent that was venting into the attic.

Description of Work: Replaced electric socket in kitchen. We noticed electric sparks coming from the socket. Called this morning and was delighted he was able to schedule me in for the same day. Outdoor light fixture re-installed as well.

Description of Work: We've used Wickman Electric for two projects now. For the first, Brian helped us with electrical work and lighting for a major home remodel. He updated all of the old, unsafe wiring, reworked electrical lines to use in our new room configurations, added outlets, can lights, extended power to the garage, installed heaters and heated flooring, and a number of other projects. I am pleased to say that now our entire home is updated and permitted to 2012 code. The second time we hired Brian was to help us install a new TV and surround sound system in our living room. He turned our TV room into a great entertainment room with all the latest bells and whistles. Now all we have is a huge TV on our wall and everything else is hidden in a closet. All we have to do is point it at the TV and touch a couple of buttons. It's awesome! He also explained how to update the software and whenever we have a question about how to use it, he gets back to us quickly.

Description of Work: Brian checked all the outlets inside our (older) house. He changed out a couple of regular outlets and also installed 2 GFCI outlets in the kitchen and 2 outside of the house.

Description of Work: Installed 5.1 sound system. Ran cables from central area to speakers and sub woofer through walls and under the carpet so they were completely hidden. Patched and painted all openings made in walls.