New Construction Wiring in Hendricks County

New wiring is the one part of a house that is hard to change later

Once the drywall is up, every outlet you wish you had, every switch on the wrong side of the door, and every circuit that should have been dedicated becomes a remodel. New construction is the chance to get it right the first time, and it costs very little more to do it well than to do it to the minimum. We walk the plans with you room by room before rough-in and we build in the capacity for what you will want in ten years: the EV charger, the hot tub, the shop equipment, the generator.

The sequence, start to finish

1. Plan review and walk-through. We take the architect's or builder's electrical plan and improve it with you: outlet placement, switching, lighting layouts, dedicated circuits, panel location and size. This is where the EV circuit and the generator provision get drawn in.
2. Temporary power and service. A temp pole for the trades, then the permanent service: meter base, mast or underground, and a 200 amp or larger panel sized for the load calculation.
3. Rough-in. Boxes, cable and conduit through the framing, home runs to the panel, everything labeled. We coordinate with the plumber and the HVAC crew so the stud bays and joist runs work for everyone.
4. Rough inspection. We schedule and meet the inspector. Passing rough is what releases insulation and drywall.
5. Trim-out. After paint: devices, plates, fixtures, fans, exterior lights, panel finish and labeling.
6. Final inspection and power on. Final inspection passed, the utility releases the meter, and we walk the house with you.

Barndominiums, pole barns and shops

Post-frame buildings are their own trade. The wiring runs on the girts and purlins instead of in stud walls, everything exposed has to be in conduit or protected, and the loads are different: welders, compressors, a lift, big-door openers, radiant heat and often a full living space at one end. We size the service or the feeder from the house for the equipment you actually plan to run, and we plan the lighting for a space with a 14-foot ceiling, which is not the same as a living room.

Working with builders

Builders want an electrician who shows up on the day scheduled, passes rough on the first inspection, and does not hold up drywall. We do. Send us the plans and the schedule and you get a fixed price and dates.

New construction by area

New homes are going up fastest in Brownsburg and along the Avon and Plainfield corridors, while barndominiums and pole barns are the typical new build on the acreage west of Danville toward Putnam County and south around Mooresville.

New construction questions

What size service should a new house have?

200 amps is the standard for a new single-family home and is enough for most, including an EV charger and a hot tub. Larger homes, all-electric homes with heat pumps, or houses with a big shop or a pool often warrant 320 or 400 amps. The load calculation decides it, and it is far cheaper to size it right now than to upgrade later.

Can you run power to a detached garage or pole barn?

Yes. Usually as an underground feeder from the house panel to a subpanel in the outbuilding, sized for what will run out there. A shop with a welder, a compressor and heat may warrant its own service from the utility instead; we will tell you which makes sense.

What should I ask for that builders often leave out?

A 240-volt EV circuit to the garage, an outlet on the kitchen island, a generator inlet or transfer switch provision, outlets in the eaves for holiday lights, a switched outlet under the sink for a future disposal, exterior outlets on every side, and conduit stubs to the attic and the yard for whatever comes later. All of them are cheap during framing.

Do you do the low-voltage pre-wire too?

Yes. Network drops, TV locations, doorbell and camera wiring, and speaker wire can all go in during rough-in and come out to a structured wiring panel. It is a fraction of the cost of fishing it later.

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