Welcome to Coastal Services.

Remodel Wiring in Ocean View, DE

Rough-in and finish for additions, kitchens, baths and converted spaces. And the part worth deciding early: what else gets done while the walls are open.

  • Licensed & Insured
  • 12-Month Workmanship Warranty
  • 24/7 Emergency Service
Schedule Now
Years on the shore
0 +
Customer Rating on Google
★ 0 +
Emergency Service
24 /7
Workmanship Warranty
0 month

Electrical

Open Walls Are the Cheapest Hour You Will Ever Buy

The wiring for a remodel is the straightforward part. The decision worth making early is what else to do while you can see the framing, because the same work costs several times as much once the drywall’s back.

In the older houses here that usually means three things. Ungrounded two-wire circuits, which are everywhere in the pre-1970 stock and are why half the outlets in those houses are two-prong. Aluminum branch wiring, used in some homes built between roughly the mid 1960s and the early 1970s, which needs specific connections at every device rather than replacing outright. And circuits that have been extended one too many times, usually to a porch or a garage that got finished later.

None of those has to be dealt with. All of them are cheaper now than they’ll ever be again.

The other thing that catches people out is capacity. A kitchen remodel adds circuits. An addition adds more. If the panel is already full or the service is 100 amp, the remodel is what tips it, and that’s better known at the planning stage than discovered on the day.

What New Work Involves

01

Rough-In

Running circuits, boxes and panels of wiring before insulation and drywall, to a plan that matches what the room is actually going to be used for. Kitchens and baths carry specific requirements for circuits, protection and placement, and getting them right at rough-in is the difference between passing inspection and opening a wall you’ve just closed.

02

Finish Work

Devices, fixtures, switches and cover plates once the room is built. This is the visible part and the fast part, and it’ll go smoothly in exact proportion to how well the rough-in was planned.

03

What to Do While It's Open

Grounding ungrounded circuits, dealing with aluminum branch wiring at the connections, replacing runs that have been extended past sense, and adding the circuits you will want later. A recessed light, an outdoor outlet, a circuit for a future EV charger. None of it is required. All of it is cheaper now.

04

Converted Porches, Garages & Bonus Rooms

Turning a space that was never conditioned or properly wired into a room. These are the most common projects on this page here, because so many shore cottages grew one room at a time, and they almost always need more than people expect: a dedicated circuit, code-compliant outlet spacing, and often heating and cooling that has no duct to reach it.

Emergency Services

Have an urgent problem and can't wait?

Schedule Now

Where We Work

Areas we serve

Based on Cedar Neck Road in Ocean View, covering Sussex County and the shore communities around it. We work alongside general contractors and we work direct, and either way the permit and the inspection are ours to handle rather than yours.

  • Ocean View, DE
  • Millville, DE
  • Frankford, DE
  • Rehoboth Beach, DE
  • Bethany Beach, DE
  • Selbyville, DE
  • Dagsboro, DE
  • Lewes, DE

Don’t see your town? Call us. We travel.

Good to Know

Remodel Wiring Questions We Get Asked

Can’t see vours? Call and ask – we’d rather answer than have you guess

Grounding, aluminum connections and anything you will want later. Grounding ungrounded circuits is far cheaper now than as its own job. If the house has aluminum branch wiring, the connections at every device need doing properly and open walls make that reasonable rather than painful. And any circuit you can see yourself wanting, an outdoor outlet, a future EV charger, a light over the island, costs a fraction now of what it costs in two years.

Sometimes, and it is much better to know at the planning stage. A kitchen adds circuits, an addition adds more, and if the panel is already full or the house is on 100 amp service the remodel is usually what tips it. We look at the panel before the work starts rather than discovering it halfway through, because a service upgrade mid-project holds everything else up.

Yes, and direct with homeowners. On a contractor-run job we schedule around the rest of the trades and handle the permit and inspection for the electrical. On a direct job we do the same and keep you told, which matters more when you are not on site to see it.

Usually not. Aluminum branch wiring from that era is a connection problem rather than a wire problem: it expands and contracts differently from copper, so terminations loosen over time. The accepted fix is proper connections at every device rather than rewiring the house, which is a great deal less invasive and less expensive. Full rewiring is a last resort, not a default.

Twice, and the first time is earlier than most people plan for. Rough-in happens after framing and before insulation and drywall, which means the electrical layout has to be decided before the walls close. Finish work happens near the end. The mistake we see most is leaving the layout conversation until the drywall is up.

Yes. We’re insured and bonded, and we carry a Delaware electrical license.

Ready to get started?

We answer the phone 24 hours a day, every day of the year

Schedule Now