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Electrical work in Pittsburgh
Steep lots, narrow houses and stretched services shape most electrical work in Pittsburgh. Homes are often tall and dug into slopes, with services and wiring extended by one owner after another. Winters bring ice and wet snow onto overhead drops, and heavy rain floods basements where the panel usually sits.
The hills shape the work as much as the houses do. On a sloped lot the meter and service entrance can end up in an awkward spot, sometimes a couple of stories above the street, which changes how a service upgrade gets routed and staged. Tight lots and shared walls limit where a new mast can go, so planning the route can take longer than the install.
Winter is the hard season. Ice and wet snow bring limbs onto drops, and the mast and weatherhead that get torn away are the owner's to repair, not Duquesne Light's. In the river valleys, heavy rain reaches basement panels. Pennsylvania has no statewide electrician license, and Pittsburgh licenses electrical contractors through the city.
In a house wired before 1950, the usual jobs are home rewiring, an electrical panel upgrade to retire the fuse box, and grounded outlet installation where two-prong receptacles are still in use. If you've just bought one, start with an electrical inspection.
When to call urgently
- A burning smell near outlets, switches or the panel
- Visible sparking, arcing or scorch marks
- A shock from an appliance, switch, faucet or fixture
- Water reaching outlets, the panel or wiring
- A breaker that will not stay reset, or a panel that is hot to the touch
Local conditions
What do electricians get called for in Pittsburgh?
We cover Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, the South Side, Squirrel Hill, the North Side and Mount Washington, along with the rest of the ZIP codes listed below.
Old wire behind the renovation
Knob-and-tube and cloth-covered wire survive across the pre-war housing, hidden behind later work. It fails at splices and boxes and raises insurance questions.
60 or 100 amps running a modern house
A small service carrying a renovated kitchen, central air and a finished basement is a routine finding, and most other work waits on upgrading it.
Winter drops pulled down
Ice-loaded limbs bring drops down onto houses most winters, and the weatherhead and mast must be repaired before reconnection.
Flooding around the basement panel
Heavy rain in the valleys reaches basements where the panel sits at the foot of the stairs, and raising or moving it is often recommended.
Meters on the wrong side of the hill
Homes built into slopes often have the meter and service entrance in hard-to-reach spots, which changes how an upgrade is routed and what it involves.
ZIP codes
Which ZIP codes do you cover here?
Every Pittsburgh ZIP code we cover is listed here. Type your ZIP into the checker to be sure. Don't see your ZIP? Call anyway and we'll check your address.
- 15201
- 15202
- 15203
- 15204
- 15205
- 15206
- 15207
- 15208
- 15209
- 15210
- 15211
- 15212
- 15213
- 15214
- 15215
- 15216
- 15217
- 15218
- 15219
- 15220
- 15221
- 15222
- 15223
- 15224
- 15225
- 15226
- 15227
- 15228
- 15229
- 15230
- 15231
- 15232
- 15233
- 15234
- 15235
- 15236
- 15237
- 15238
- 15239
- 15240
- 15241
- 15242
- 15243
- 15244
- 15250
- 15251
- 15252
- 15253
- 15254
- 15255
- 15257
- 15258
- 15259
- 15260
- 15261
- 15262
- 15264
- 15265
- 15267
- 15268
- 15270
- 15272
- 15274
- 15275
- 15276
- 15277
- 15278
- 15279
- 15281
- 15282
- 15283
- 15286
- 15289
- 15290
- 15295
Available in Pittsburgh
Which electrical service do you need?
Is the old wiring in my Pittsburgh house safe?
It depends on its condition more than its age. A licensed electrician checks the splices, the grounding and the panel, tells you which circuits need replacing and which can stay, and you'll have an estimate first.
What does electrical work cost in Pittsburgh?
It depends on what the house needs. In a pre-1950 home the big jobs are a rewire and a service upgrade, priced on how many circuits there are and how much wall and ceiling has to be opened. A single repair costs far less. You'll know the cost before the job starts.
Is there an emergency electrician for Pittsburgh after hours?
Yes. Call any hour, day or night, and tell us what's going on. We'll get a licensed electrician out who takes emergency calls. If anything is sparking, smoking or wet, switch off that breaker first if you can reach it safely.
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Need an electrician in Pittsburgh?
Tell us roughly when the house was built and what it's doing. We'll get a licensed electrician out to look at the wiring and the panel.
We'll get a licensed electrician out to you, and you only pay for work you agreed to.