When you are booking an appointment for electrical repair, you may be wondering how long such a repair might take. After all, this is the electrical supply for your entire home! You need to know how long your daily activities will be disrupted while the repair takes place so that you can make an informed decision about when you schedule your repair and what you plan to do during it.
Depending on the case, electrical repair can take anywhere from a couple hours to a couple weeks. This may seem like a wide range of times, but this is only because electrical repair cases are so varied. Here are a couple factors you can consider when preparing yourself for the length of your repair job:
- The Severity of the Damage – If the only issue is a single section of the wiring or replacing an outlet, then you are likely looking at only thirty minutes to a couple hours for your job. However, if the wiring in your house has been left alone for decades and is on the fritz throughout the entire house, you may be looking at a far longer job.
- The Size of Your House – In the case of more extensive electrical repairs, the size of your house becomes a factor. Smaller houses will naturally take less time than large ones.
- Accessibility of Wires – Electrical wires run all throughout your house. If the damaged areas are in easy-to-access areas (or areas where you are okay with us breaking through the drywall), then the job will go quicker than if we need to work around things.
If you are unsure what kind of timeline to expect, we will provide you with an estimate at the end of an inspection, along with the rest of our report.