A rewire is one of the few chances to decide where every circuit in the house goes. The choices you make now are the ones you live with for decades, so the conversation before the work starts matters as much as the work itself.
Questions to settle before work begins
- What is behind the walls now, whether that is knob and tube, cloth-covered cable or aluminum branch wiring
- Whether the panel can carry what you plan to add in the next ten years
- Where you want outlets, switches and lights in each room
- Which appliances need their own dedicated circuits
- Who patches drywall or plaster after the wiring is in
Start with the future, not just the present. If an EV charger, a heat pump, an induction range or a finished basement is on your list, say so now. Running an extra circuit while the walls are accessible is far easier and cheaper than opening them again later, and those loads also decide whether your service needs a panel upgrade alongside the rewire.
Walk the house room by room with your electrician. Think about where furniture will sit, where you charge phones, where a TV will hang and where you wish a switch had always been. Current code requires arc fault protection on most living-area circuits and ground fault protection in wet areas, so ask how that affects your circuit layout and your budget.
Then cover the practical side. Ask about the permit and inspections, how long each stage takes, whether you can stay in the home during the work, and how much wall and ceiling access the job needs. In older Denver homes with plaster walls, the plan for small openings and repairs is worth agreeing on in writing. Our electrical wiring team walks through all of this before we quote.
If you are planning a rewire, call Northgate Electric at (720) 555-0142 and we will walk the house with you before anything is opened.
