Does Mr. Electric install generators?

Yes, we do. Ensure the safety of your family and belongings during emergencies or natural disasters with a home standby generator. For businesses, commercial generators can help keep your customers safe, your team happy, and systems up and running smoothly. One of our professionals will install your generator and arrange for an electrical inspection to ensure all local codes and regulations are met.

How can Mr. Electric help protect my children’s safety at home?

Stop relying on wall plugs from the store to keep children away from outlets. Instead, our professional electricians will install tamper-proof outlets to protect your little ones. We offer a shutter-system that lets adults enjoy their lives and relieves them of some extra stress. Contact us for electrician services near you!

Does Mr. Electric help with home improvement projects?

Always call Mr. Electric when you are planning home improvement projects. We will give you the roadmap to the best renovations to help improve your space and save energy. We provide expert care for programmable thermostats, data and communication lines, and custom lighting.

Does electrical work in Metairie require a permit?

Most electrical projects in Metairie require a permit through Jefferson Parish's Inspection and Code Enforcement (ICEE) division. Panel upgrades, new circuits, EV charger installations , and whole-home rewiring all fall under the permit requirement. Smaller repairs like replacing an outlet or switch typically don't, but adding a new outlet or moving wiring always does. Louisiana adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code, which is what Jefferson Parish inspectors enforce today. Pulling the permit is our job, not yours. Every Mr. Electric of Metairie job that requires one is permitted and inspected before we consider it complete.

What's the risk of aluminum wiring in older Metairie homes?

A large share of homes built in Metairie between the mid-1960s and late 1970s used aluminum branch-circuit wiring instead of copper. Aluminum wiring expands and contracts more than copper as it heats and cools, which can loosen connections at outlets and switches over time. Loose connections arc and arcing starts fires. The CPSC has documented this risk extensively and estimates that homes wired entirely in aluminum are 55 times more likely to have a fire-hazard condition at a connection point than copper-wired homes. If your home was built during that window and you've never had the wiring evaluated, an inspection makes sense before any renovation work or panel upgrade. Our electricians check for aluminum wiring during every visit to a home in that age range.

What GFCI and AFCI protections does my Metairie home need?

Under Louisiana's adopted 2020 NEC, GFCI protection is required in bathrooms, kitchens, garages, outdoors, basements, crawl spaces, and anywhere within six feet of a water source. AFCI (arc-fault circuit interrupter) protection is required on nearly all bedroom circuits and has expanded in recent code cycles to cover most living areas. Most Metairie homes built before 2000 don't have full AFCI coverage. The ESFI reports that arc faults cause roughly 30,000 home fires annually in the US. Upgrading circuits to AFCI protection is one of the more cost-effective electrical safety improvements available for older Jefferson Parish homes, and it's work we do regularly across the area.

What are the most common electrical problems in Metairie homes?

After years of service calls across Jefferson Parish, the issues the team at Mr. Electric of Metairie sees most often fall into a few categories. Older panels (Federal Pacific and Zinsco brands in particular) that fail to trip under fault conditions. Aluminum wiring connections that have loosened at device boxes. GFCI outlets that stopped resetting due to moisture intrusion. Outdoor fixtures and disconnect switches corroded from humidity. And circuits that have been extended or modified by previous owners without permits, which often leads to wiring that doesn't meet current code. Homes in lower-lying Metairie neighborhoods that have experienced flood events sometimes have electrical damage that wasn't fully remediated. If your home flooded and you're uncertain whether the electrical system was properly inspected and repaired afterward, that's worth a professional evaluation.

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Most electrical projects in Metairie require a permit through Jefferson Parish's Inspection and Code Enforcement (ICEE) division. Panel upgrades, new circuits, EV charger installations, and whole-home rewiring all fall under the permit requirement. Smaller repairs like replacing an outlet or switch typically don't, but adding a new outlet or moving wiring always does.

Louisiana adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code, which is what Jefferson Parish inspectors enforce today. Pulling the permit is our job, not yours. Every Mr. Electric of Metairie job that requires one is permitted and inspected before we consider it complete.
A large share of homes built in Metairie between the mid-1960s and late 1970s used aluminum branch-circuit wiring instead of copper. Aluminum wiring expands and contracts more than copper as it heats and cools, which can loosen connections at outlets and switches over time. Loose connections arc and arcing starts fires.

The CPSC has documented this risk extensively and estimates that homes wired entirely in aluminum are 55 times more likely to have a fire-hazard condition at a connection point than copper-wired homes. If your home was built during that window and you've never had the wiring evaluated, an inspection makes sense before any renovation work or panel upgrade. Our electricians check for aluminum wiring during every visit to a home in that age range.
Under Louisiana's adopted 2020 NEC, GFCI protection is required in bathrooms, kitchens, garages, outdoors, basements, crawl spaces, and anywhere within six feet of a water source. AFCI (arc-fault circuit interrupter) protection is required on nearly all bedroom circuits and has expanded in recent code cycles to cover most living areas.

Most Metairie homes built before 2000 don't have full AFCI coverage. The ESFI reports that arc faults cause roughly 30,000 home fires annually in the US. Upgrading circuits to AFCI protection is one of the more cost-effective electrical safety improvements available for older Jefferson Parish homes, and it's work we do regularly across the area.
After years of service calls across Jefferson Parish, the issues the team at Mr. Electric of Metairie sees most often fall into a few categories. Older panels (Federal Pacific and Zinsco brands in particular) that fail to trip under fault conditions. Aluminum wiring connections that have loosened at device boxes. GFCI outlets that stopped resetting due to moisture intrusion. Outdoor fixtures and disconnect switches corroded from humidity. And circuits that have been extended or modified by previous owners without permits, which often leads to wiring that doesn't meet current code.

Homes in lower-lying Metairie neighborhoods that have experienced flood events sometimes have electrical damage that wasn't fully remediated. If your home flooded and you're uncertain whether the electrical system was properly inspected and repaired afterward, that's worth a professional evaluation.

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