Savannah, Georgia
Gaslight Electric checks the wiring in Savannah's historic houses room by room, from the porch lantern to the panel. You get the findings in writing, with photos, and a clear order to do things in.
The walk
Every walk follows the same route, so next year's report can sit beside this year's.
Lanterns, porch outlets, the meter base and the cable coming in. Salt air and summer heat are hard on all of them.
Switches that run warm, plates that rattle, ceiling fixtures hung on boxes older than they are, chandeliers and their hooks.
Where water is near, we look for shock protection. We also look for outlets added later and extension cords doing a permanent job.
Cloth-covered cable, old splices, wires buried under insulation, and whatever the rodents have chewed.
Labels that are wrong, breakers or fuses that run warm, wires doubled up, scorch marks. We write down what is on every circuit.
Findings in plain words, sorted into fix now, plan for and fine as it is, with photos. Repairs are quoted separately, in writing.
Lamp-lit
Brass, porcelain and glass, photographed lit. A fixture that flickers or runs hot shows it best after dark.
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Sample photos.
What a walk finds
Houses here have been added to, painted over and rewired in pieces for generations. The walk finds what is in the walls now.
Nothing here is a verdict on its age. We note the condition of what we find and say what we would do about it.
Cloth-covered and brittle rubber-coated cable
Two-prong outlets with no ground
Fuse boxes and old panels mixed with new
Splices buried in plaster or under attic insulation
Junction boxes painted shut
Fixtures rewired once, long ago
Who the walk is for
Brick townhouses, frame cottages and raised-basement houses whose wiring grew floor by floor. If an exterior change needs review first, the report says so.
A written record of what was checked and when, and walks booked between guests. It is not a city inspection and does not replace one.
Yearly plans
Pick one visit, or put the walk on the calendar every year. Each plan says what it includes and what it doesn't.
A single walk through the whole house, with the findings in writing. Good before you buy, before a big job, or to see what you have.
One walk a year, in the same order, so this year's report sits beside last year's and changes show.
For a short-term rental: two walks a year, scheduled between guests, and a report you can keep with the property records.
Plans are a scheduled inspection, not insurance and not a repair contract. Repairs are quoted in writing and billed separately, and you pay for the walk whether or not you book repairs. Yearly plans are charged once a year. To cancel, tell us before your next walk is booked and we won't renew it.
Who is on the job
The license number is in the footer of every page, with a link to the state's lookup.
Electrical ContractorVerify
GA Lic. 000000 · Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing Board
The state license an electrical business works under and pulls its permits with.
General liability insurance
The carrier named on the certificate
A certificate is sent on request.
After the walk
“They found a splice behind the plaster in our back hall and showed me the photo before they touched anything. The report was short, in plain words, and in the order I would fix things.”
“I wanted the dining room chandelier hung again without losing its old canopy. They kept it, and told me what the wiring above it needed.”
“The report goes in the folder with my other records for the cottage. The next spring they set it beside the last one and showed me what had changed.”
Sample reviews.
Where the walks go
From the squares downtown to the islands, wherever the houses were wired before the people who live in them were born.
We don't work in Hilton Head, Bluffton or Brunswick, or north of Rincon. A yearly walk is easier to keep when we are close.
ZIP codes: 31401, 31404, 31405, 31406, 31410, 31411
Questions
A scheduled visit where we go through the whole house in the same order every year: porch, rooms, attic or crawl space, then the panel. You get a written report with photos, sorted into what to fix now, what to plan for and what is fine as it is.
Not by default. Age alone doesn't decide it. We look at the condition of what is in the walls, how it has been changed over the years and what is plugged into it. The report tells you what we found and what we would do first.
The walk needs none. Repairs that change wiring often do, and the rules depend on the work and the address. We tell you before we start whether a job needs one, and we pull permits for our own work.
Yes. The license line in the footer of every page links to Georgia's license lookup. Ask for our certificate of insurance at any time and we will send it.
We don't staff nights or weekends for emergencies. If you smell burning, see sparks or smoke, leave the house and call 911. For a problem during the week, call or text first thing and we will tell you plainly when we can come.
Book a walk
Say how old the house is and what has been bothering you. We write back with times.