Electrical Service You Can Depend On
Residential electrical repairs, lighting and upgrades for North York homeowners and property managers.
The electrician you keep the number for
Most of what we do is ordinary household electrical work. A kitchen outlet that died over the weekend. A bathroom fan that hums but does not spin. Pot lights for a basement that is finally being finished. A panel that someone wants looked at before they order an EV charger. None of it is glamorous, and all of it matters, because electrical faults in a house tend to get worse quietly.
We work in the houses, townhomes and low-rise buildings around Don Mills and across North York. Property managers call us for the same reasons homeowners do: they want someone who arrives when agreed, says plainly what the problem is, repairs it properly, and leaves the room the way they found it.
We will not tell you a panel needs replacing when it needs a breaker. We will not add a lighting layout you did not ask for. If a job needs an Electrical Safety Authority notification and inspection, that is part of the plan and the price from the start, not a surprise on the invoice.
A plain explanation first
What we found, why it happened and what the options are, in ordinary words, before anything is decided.
The scope in writing
What is included, what is not, and what would change the price. The invoice follows the scope unless you approved a change.
A tidy finish
Circuits tested, the panel directory updated, floors cleaned, and a walk-through of what was done before we leave.
Residential electrical services
Repairs, lighting, outlets, panels and EV charging for houses and small residential buildings in North York. Each is explained in more detail on the services page.
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Home electrical repairs
About repairsTripping breakers, dead outlets, flickering lights, buzzing switches, exhaust fans and smoke alarms that have reached the end of their life. We find the cause before replacing anything, so the repair holds.
Typical requests
- A breaker that keeps tripping
- An outlet or switch that stopped working
- Smoke or carbon monoxide alarm replacement
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Lights and ceiling fixtures
About lightingPot lights in finished or unfinished ceilings, flush-mount LED fixtures, pendants and chandeliers, dimmers that actually work with LED bulbs, and outdoor lighting for steps, paths and patios.
Typical requests
- Pot lights for a basement or living room
- Replacing a fixture you have bought
- Patio and pathway lighting
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Outlets and switches
About outletsReplacing worn or damaged devices, adding outlets where there were never enough, GFCI protection near water, USB outlets, tamper-resistant receptacles and three-way switching for stairs and hallways.
Typical requests
- Plugs that fall out of the outlet
- A new outlet for a desk or a workbench
- GFCI outlets for a bathroom or kitchen
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Panel consultations
About panelsAn honest look at your panel: capacity, condition, labelling, and whether it can take an EV charger or a heat pump. A consultation is not a sales call for a new panel; often the answer is that nothing is needed yet.
Typical requests
- Before buying or selling a house
- Before adding a large electric load
- A panel a home inspector flagged
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EV charging
About EV chargingLevel 2 charger circuits for garages and driveways, sized to your panel and the charger you have chosen, with the ESA notification included. We say up front if your service cannot take it without changes.
Typical requests
- A charger circuit in an attached garage
- An outdoor charger by the driveway
- Checking whether a 100 A panel can cope
How a job goes, from the first message to the last sweep
No part of the job should be a mystery. This is the order things happen in, and what you can expect at each point.
You tell us what is going on
A sentence or two, the neighbourhood, and a photo if you have one. For panel questions, a photo of the panel with the cover on tells us a lot.
We confirm the scope and the price
Small repairs are usually priced from your description; larger jobs get a visit first. You get a written scope: what is included and what would change the price.
The work is done as agreed
We arrive in the agreed window, protect floors and furniture, and do the work to the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. If we find something unexpected, we stop and talk to you before going further.
Testing, labelling and clean-up
Every circuit we touched is tested, the panel directory is updated, dust is vacuumed, and we walk you through what was done. Where the work needs an ESA inspection, we arrange it.
Questions homeowners ask us
When to ask for a panel assessment, when an outlet should be replaced, and what a fixture installation involves. Longer answers are on the services page.
When should I ask for a panel assessment?
Before you add a large electric load (an EV charger, a heat pump, an induction range or a basement suite), when you are buying or selling a house, when breakers trip whenever two big appliances run together, or when a home inspector has flagged the panel. An assessment tells you what you have and whether anything needs doing. Often the answer is nothing yet.
Is a full panel a problem on its own?
A panel with no spare slots is a space problem, not automatically a capacity problem. Sometimes a subpanel or a larger panel on the same service is the right answer; sometimes the service itself needs upgrading, which involves Toronto Hydro and an ESA inspection. A load calculation decides, not the number of breakers.
When does an outlet need replacing rather than resetting?
Replace it when plugs fall out or sit loosely, when the face is cracked or discoloured, when it is warm to the touch, or when it is a two-prong outlet you rely on for anything with a three-prong cord. If an outlet keeps dying and a GFCI elsewhere keeps tripping, the fault is usually upstream and resetting it is not a fix. More on outlets and switches.
Do I need GFCI outlets in an older house?
Older houses were wired under older rules, so the outlets you have are not automatically wrong. But outlets within reach of a sink, outdoors, in a garage or in an unfinished basement are where ground faults hurt people, and GFCI protection there is a small job with a real benefit. When we replace a device in those places, GFCI is what goes in.
Can you install a fixture I bought myself?
Yes. Have it on site with its mounting hardware and instructions. We check that the box in the ceiling can carry its weight (a ceiling fan or a heavy chandelier needs a box rated for it), that the circuit and switch suit it, and that any dimmer matches the LED driver. If the fixture is unsuitable for the location, we say so before opening the packaging.
What does a pot light installation involve in a finished ceiling?
Planning the layout and switching with you, confirming the circuit has room, then cutting the openings, fishing cable between them (sometimes through a small access hole that gets patched), fitting IC-rated housings where there is insulation, and connecting a dimmer that matches the lights. What affects the price is mostly the number of lights and how easy the ceiling is to reach from above.
Serving Don Mills and the rest of North York
We are based at 20 O'Neill Rd, near Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East, and most of our work is within a short drive of it. The neighbourhoods below are the ones we are in most often; if you are elsewhere in North York, ask.
- Don Mills
- Flemingdon Park
- York Mills
- Bayview Village
- Parkwoods
- Elsewhere in North York
Get in touch
Tell us what is happening and where. We confirm the scope, the price and the timing before any visit.
20 O'Neill RdNorth York, ON M3C 0R2