“I cook every day, so I asked to keep the old gas line capped instead of removed. They did, and showed me where it is. The induction range took a morning to get used to and now I don't miss the flame.”
Ernestina G.Induction kitchen, Los Griegos
Home electrification in Albuquerque
Electrify one room at a time.
We swap gas appliances and tired wiring for electric ones in Albuquerque houses, one room per visit. Each step works on its own and leaves the house ready for the next.
Which room is first?
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The plan
Five stops, in the order that saves you trouble
This is the order we suggest for a gas house. Skip a stop, swap two or stop where you like: each room is its own estimate and its own start date.
- 01Stop 1
Step 1: Open the panel
Before anything is bought, we open the panel, count the free slots and write down what the house can carry. It sets the order of everything after it.
- 02Stop 2
Step 2: Replace what is about to fail
A tired water heater goes first. Swapping it while it still works beats doing it in January with no hot water.
- 03Stop 3
Step 3: Heat and cooling where you live
Mini-splits go in the rooms you use. The old furnace stays as a backup until you trust the new setup.
- 04Stop 4
Step 4: The kitchen
An induction range on its own circuit. The old gas line is capped and tagged, not torn out, so the choice stays yours.
- 05Stop 5
Step 5: The garage and the roof
A circuit for the car, and conduit and a battery-ready panel for solar, only when you want them.
How it adds up
Going a room at a time spares you one big check and a dozen day-one decisions
Doing a house in one project puts the family in a work zone for weeks. Going room by room spreads the cost, lets the first room teach you what you like, and keeps your kitchen yours. What makes it work is the order: the panel and the wiring are planned for the whole house at the first visit, so room two never undoes room one.
A written plan for the whole house at the first visit
A separate estimate and start date for each room
Gas lines capped, not torn out, until you decide
A page of notes left for the next room
Two ways to do it
A room at a time, or the whole house at once
Both work. Which one fits depends on the house and on you.
| What differs | The whole house at once | A room at a time |
|---|---|---|
| When you pay | The whole house at onceOne larger project with stage payments | A room at a timePer room, as each is finished |
| Living in the house | The whole house at onceSeveral rooms and the panel disturbed together | A room at a timeA work zone in one room at a time |
| Planning | The whole house at onceEvery decision on day one | A room at a timeOne house plan up front, built in steps |
| Fits best when | The whole house at onceThe walls are open anyway, or you are moving out for a remodel | A room at a timeSomething is failing, or the budget comes in pieces |
| The trade-off | The whole house at onceLess flexibility if your plans change | A room at a timeMore visits, and a little overlap in the panel work |
After every room
What we leave behind
Each room ends with the same four things, so the next one starts from where this one stopped.
A labeled panel
Every circuit named in plain words, by hand, and a note of what is still free.
A capped, tagged gas line
Capped where it was, with a tag saying so. Re-opening it is a plumber's job, not ours.
A one-page record
What is electric now, the model numbers and where the manuals are.
Notes for the next room
What we saw behind the wall and what that means for the next job.
The houses here
Adobe, ranch house, flat roof: each one hides something different
A 1950s ranch house may have a panel with room for a handful of circuits. An adobe wall is a foot thick, so a new wire takes a planned path. A flat roof with a parapet hides conduit better than a pitched one, and the evaporative cooler on it may still be the right call in July. We look first and plan around what is there.
Panels of 60 or 100 amps are common in older neighborhoods
Thick adobe and stucco walls change how a wire is run
Evaporative coolers can stay where they still make sense
What neighbors say
“We wanted the back bedrooms cooler without running the swamp cooler all summer. They wrote down which rooms got a unit and why, and left the old furnace for the winter.”
Liam S.Mini-splits, Hoffmantown
“The panel visit came first and it changed our plan. The water heater went before the stove because ours was nineteen years old.”
Neel P.Panel and water heater, Silver Hill
Sample reviews.
Service area
Where we work
Houses across Albuquerque, from the foothills to the river and out to the west side, and up through the canyon to Edgewood.
- Toward the mountains: Albuquerque, Hoffmantown, Snow Heights, La Cueva, Academy Acres, Princess Jeanne · Most of our visits
- Central and the valley: Los Altos, Parkland Hills, Spruce Park, Silver Hill, Los Griegos, Huning Castle
- West side and Edgewood: Vista Del Norte, Ventana Ranch, Piedras Marcadas, Edgewood · The far west side and Edgewood are a longer drive, so we book them on one day a week
We stay inside Albuquerque and Edgewood. If you're farther out, call and we'll say who might be closer.
ZIP codes: 87102, 87104, 87105, 87106, 87107, 87108, 87109, 87110, 87111, 87112, 87113, 87114, 87120, 87121, 87122, 87123, 87015
Questions we hear first
Do I have to switch everything?
No. Most people stop after two or three rooms for a while. Every room we do works on its own, and the plan keeps the next one possible.
What if my panel is too small?
Then the panel is room one. We check what you have, say what it can carry and what an upgrade involves, and you decide before anything else is bought.
Will it cost less to run?
It depends on your rates, your house and how you use it, so we don't promise a number. The estimate shows what changes in the equipment; your bills are what they are.
Do you handle rebates?
We leave rebate amounts to you, because programs and rules change. We give you an itemized invoice with model numbers so you can apply to whatever is open.
Tell us which room is first
A few lines are enough. We call or text to set up a walk-through, and a written plan for that room follows.
Phone(505) 555-0106
Hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- SaturdayToday
- By appointment
- SundayToday
- Closed