But I feel that the best way to write this review is simply to tell everything.
Let me set the stage, sorry it's a little long.
In my very young years I worked for an electrician during high school & college. I know enough to do my home electrical repairs, wire an addition & electrical maintenance.
When I worked for an electrician, I have done several electrical service upgrades, but always as an assistant or helper.
I also know when it's smart to pay a professional to do the work. Boy I am so happy that I didn't tackle this project myself!!!!
This review is for an electrical service upgrade from 100 amps to 200 amps. The original installation was in 1982 on a raised ranch house. The power company meter is on the side of the house with a power cable between the meter & basement electrical panel running over the garage.
This separation of the meter & electrical panel makes the service upgrade more complicated & adds to the cost.
Over the last thirty-eight years one slot in my panel was damaged due to corrosion & high current from the dryer. Replacing & moving the dryer circuit beaker cost me due to limited space in the small electrical panel. Two past house additions & future air conditioning installation requires an electrical service upgrade. Not to mention that the electrical meter box on the side of the house has multiple rusted holes & is literally falling off the side of the house!
I was planing this for a couple of years later, but now I felt that I needed to get this done sooner rather than later.
The estimate from Brannack Electric & other electricians seemed pricy. However Tim Brannack came with two trucks & a total of four workers, including himself.
Two worked on the outside electrical meter & power drop, one at the basement electrical panel and the forth running the large service cable between the meter over the garage to the basement panel. After seeing the huge effort, now I understand why my estimate seemed higher than friends service upgrades.
Also the other estimates did not mention the need to replace the dryer & electric range cables to meet current electrical code. I don't think that the other electricians were going to do that work.
The service upgrade included the following:
New outside electrical drop.
New outside meter box.
New 200 amp disconnect in the garage.
New 200 amp cable between the garage disconnect & basement panel.
New electrical panel & circuit breakers in basement.
Replace the electric range cable, due to electrical code upgrades.
Replace the dryer cable, due to electrical code upgrades.
Run two new ground cables due to electrical code upgrades.
Run a new 30 amp future air conditioning power cable & outside disconnect box.
(maybe next year, would like to install a mini split AC system)
Tim Bannack & his crew worked their rear off all day. Tim punched a few large holes in the garage ceiling (after asking me) & I was later amazed at how good of a job he did patching up the sheet rock ceiling. (to a garage standard) Tim did everything that he said & his standards are high.
As I have five years experience in this field, (from forty years ago) I know enough to recognize good workmanship.
Tim is an older, very experienced electrician & it shows as I check in on his work throughout the day.
The three "kids", in their mid twenties to mid thirties all asked me excellent questions of my old system. This mix of an older gentleman & young "kids" are a good combination to get this job done.
During the electrical inspection by the town building department, the inspector checked the important points of the service upgrade & said that he has had nothing but excellent work from Tim Brannack.
When the bill came, there were no surprises, everything promised was done.
Tim's estimate was competitive with the other bids, however his was slightly higher, about 2%, than the others. In hindsight I thought it was fine.
(don't forget, Tim did the dryer & range cables that the other electricians were skipping)
I would recommend Brannack Electric to my friends & family. read more